Literature
The Austrian play "The Sound of Music" was based on the story of this real Austrian family.
Who are the von Trapps?
Traditional Swiss woodcarving often features these timepieces that emerge with a bird call.
What are cuckoo clocks?
This Austrian bodybuilder became governor of California and starred in "The Terminator."
Who is Arnold Schwarzenegger?
This Austrian monk discovered the basic laws of inheritance through his pea plant experiments.
Who is Gregor Mendel?
What is scharfes S? (ß)
OR
What is Eszett? (ß)
Johanna Spyri is best known for this Swiss classic about a young girl who lives in the Alps with her grandpa.
What is Heidi?
This Austrian Art Nouveau painter is famous for "The Kiss" and his golden period works.
Who is Gustav Klimt?
Switzerland joined this international organization only in 2002, much later than most European countries.
What is the United Nations?
Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann accidentally discovered the psychoactive effects of this compound in 1943.
What is LSD?
In Austrian German, "Haberer" is slang for this type of person in your social circle.
What is a friend?
OR
What is a buddy?
Although not Austrian, this Czech author living in the Austrian-Hungarian Empire wrote "The Metamorphosis" about a man who transforms into a giant insect.
Who is Franz Kafka?
This traditional Swiss craft involves intricate paper cutting to create decorative silhouettes.
What is Scherenschnitt?
This Austrian Formula 1 racing team, owned by an energy drink company, has won multiple championships.
What is Red Bull Racing?
Austrian physician Karl Landsteiner won the Nobel Prize in 1930 for discovering these blood classification systems.
What are blood types?
Servus, Baba, Wiederschaun, and Pfiat di all mean this phrase in Austrian German.
What is goodbye?
Swiss writer Friedrich Dürrenmatt wrote this famous play about a town that offers money to have a man killed.
What is "The Visit" (Der Besuch der alten Dame)?
Swiss graphic designer Adrian Frutiger created this clean, widely-used typeface that bears his name.
What is Frutiger?
In 2008, Switzerland and Austria co-hosted this major European football tournament.
What is the UEFA European Championship (Euro 2008)?
Swiss engineer George de Mestral invented this fastening system after observing burrs sticking to his dog's fur.
What is Velcro?
This practical expression, meaning "this year," is also the root of Heuriger, or wine taverns in Austria.
What is "Heuer?"
This Austrian author wrote "The Man Without Qualities," an unfinished modernist novel considered one of the greatest of the 20th century.
Who is Robert Musil?
This Austrian architect and artist created the colorful, irregular Hundertwasserhaus in Vienna.
Who is Friedensreich Hundertwasser?
This Swiss canton is the largest producer of wine in Switzerland today.
What is Valais?
This Austrian-American actress was also an inventor who developed frequency-hopping technology used in Bluetooth and WiFi.
Who is Hedy Lamarr?
Whereas Austrian German is distinctly Germanic, Swiss German takes influence from this other language family.
What is the Romance language family?