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100
Name five of the countries that border Germany.
1. Denmark 2. Poland 3. Czech Republic 4. Austria 5. Switzerland 6. France 7. Luxembourg 8. Belgium 9. The Netherlands
100
Who is the current chancellor of Germany? (Bonus: what is her political affiliation? + 40 for affiliation)
Angela Merkel (Christian Democratic Union, CDU)
100
In what year did the Nazi regime come to power?
1933
100
Name the years that Germany won the World Cup.
1954,1974,1990
100
When did the Berlin Wall fall?
1990
200
How many provinces are in Germany? (Bonus: name all of them +10 per province)
16 (Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Berlin, Brandenburg, Bremen and Hamburg. Others are Hessen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Niedersachsen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz and Saarland. The rest are Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Schleswig-Holstein and Thüringen)
200
Under what economic system does Germany fall?
A federal parliamentary republic
200
Name three key names in the Nazi hierarchy.
Göring, Hess, Goebbels, Bormann, Himmler, Dönitz, Speer, Hitler
200
In what province does Oktoberfest take place every year?
Bavaria (Bayern)
200
What was the year of the massacre at the Olympics that Germany hosted?
1972
300
What is the population of Germany?
82,000,000
300
What was the name of the extremist group in Germany during the 70s? (Bonus: Name two key people in the group + 100 for both key members)
RAF (Red Army Faction) + Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin, Horst Mahler, and Ulrike Meinhof
300
What is the official political name of the Nazi party?
NSDAP (National Socialist German Workers' Party)
300
Where is the largest train station in Germany?
Berlin
300
What is the official name of Germany?
FRG (Federal Republic of Germany)
400
What provinces were added to Germany after the fall of the Berlin Wall?
Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia
400
What are the names of the first five chancellors since Germany became the BRD?
Konrad Adenauer, Ludwig Erhard, Kurt Georg Kiesinger, Willy Brandt, Walter Scheel
400
How old is the country of Germany?
Approximately 2000 years (Julius Ceasar)
400
What are the names of 4 German-made cars?
Audi, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Opel, Porsche, Volkswagen
400
What country has the highest amount of immigrants living in Germany?
Turkey
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