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How many convenience stores are there in Taiwan?
Around 13,000 (2nd highest in the world after South Korea)
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How much does 1L of fresh Milk cost in Germany and Taiwan?
Taiwan: 70-100 NTD
Germany: 35 NTD
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What is the age for driving a car in Germany?
17 with parents, 18 alone
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How long does a Taiwanese student spend at school every day (average) ?
9,5 hours
Compare Germany: 6-7 hours a day
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What is the population of Germany? And what is the population of Germay´s capital, Berlin?
Germany: 84 million
Berlin: 3,5 million
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How many monkeys live in Kaohsiung?
No exact number, but around 200 monkeys per km^2 on Shoushan. Estimating around 10,000-15,000 monkeys in Kaohsiung.
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What is the percentage of foreign students in Taiwan and Germany?
Taiwan 10%
Germany 15%
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What is the speed limit on Taiwanese and German Highways?
Taiwan 100-110 km/h
Germany: 70% of highway has no speed limit, otherwise 120km/h
0 km/h
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How many scooters are there in Taiwan?
Around 14 million scooters (almost one for every adult)
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What happens on the 6th of December (St. Nicholaus Day)
A) People will go out and look for eggs from the easter bunny
B) Germans will decorate christmas trees
C) Trick or Treating for Candy
D) Children will wake up and find candy inside their shoes
D) Children will wake up and find candy inside their shoes
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Which country is closest to Taiwan´s main island?
Japan - 108km
China- 128km
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What is the tuition for a public university in Taiwan?
What is the tuition for a public university in Germany?
Example: NSYSU tuition per year
Germany: no tuition
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In terms of safety, which country is safer to drive on?
Compare the rate of death due to Traffic between Germany and Taiwan? How do they compare (by percent?)
Taiwan 12.4/100,000 deaths
Germany 3,4/100,000 deaths
Taiwan-Germany: 3.6:1 (360% higher)
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How much of Taiwan´s society is "native" to Taiwan (they have been here for thousands of years)
2,3% are native (Indigenous)
95% of Taiwanese are Han-Chinese
around 3% foreigners
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How old is the country of Germany (Culturally or politically)?
Culturally: Around 2000 years old, first mentioned by Julius Caesar
Politically: 1990 - Unification of West and East Germany
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What are the 3 biggest cities in Taiwan?
New Taipei: 4.0 million
Kaohsiung: 2.78 million
Taichung: 2.76 million
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You feel hungry and want to buy some breakfast:
How much money should you prepare for these famous breakfast foods?
Bread Roll:
Cheese and Cherry Cake:
Pretzel
Bread Roll: 10 NTD
Cheese and Cherry cake: 20 NTD
Pretzel: 10 NTD
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How expensive is a car license in Taiwan?
And how expensive is it in Germany?
Taiwan: License 700 NTD
10,000-20,000NTD (including training)
Germany: 70,000 NTD (always)
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What were the countries/empires that colonized Taiwan?
Dutch (in southern Taiwan 1624–1662)
Spanish (in northern Taiwan, 1626–1642)
Qing Empire (1683–1895)
Japanese (1895–1945)
Chinese Nationalists (1945–???)
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Germany both has the oldest zoo and the highest numbers of zoos in the world.
When was the first zoo founded and how many are there?
Zoo Berliner Tiergarten: 1848 (also biggest zoo in the world)
Number of zoos in Germany : 400
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Where does the name "Taiwan" come from?
From Siraya language combining tayw (“people”) + an (“place”). A place where new people arrived (Anping bay in Taiwan, where dutch people arrived).
Chinese name is solely a phonetic transcription :
Taywan - 台灣 (sheltered bay)
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How many Germans live in Taiwan ?
How many Taiwanese live in Germany?
In 2021, around 1200 Germans living in Taiwan
In 2016, around 7050 Taiwanese in Germany (2000 students)
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How long is the direct flight from Taoyuan to Frankfurt, Germany?
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Taiwan has 4 official languages, which are they?
(Actually there´s more, but Taiwan classifies many languages as one group)
Mandarin Chinese
Hakka
Taiwanese (Taiyu/Hokkien)
Aboriginal Languages
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What are some original German Christmas Traditions?
Christmas cookies, Gingerbread, going to Church, christmas markets, putting candy into shoes
