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100

This German monument was built in Berlin on the orders of Prussian King Frederick William II in the 18th Century and served as the backdrop of two US presidential speeches.

Brandenburg Gate

100

This German theologian was famously held captive at a castle in Eisenach, where he translated the New Testament into German.

Martin Luther

100

This treaty, signed in France, effectively ended war between Germany and most of the Allied Powers in 1919.

Treaty of Versailles

100

What breed of cattle, which originally bred in the Netherlands and Northern Germany, accounts for over 90% of cows on US dairy farms?

Holstein Frisian

100

This German city can boast that it has the largest harbor in the country.

Hamburg

200

Throughout German history, there have been three different empires. This first empire had a bit of a misnomer.

The Holy Roman Empire

200

This former chancellor of Germany is lovingly known in Germany by their nickname: Mutti 

Angela Merkel

200

West Germany joined this international group in May 1955.

NATO

200

This originally-American shipping and logistics company is headquartered in the capital of former West Germany, Bonn. 

DHL

200

This Germany city is the car-capital of the country and is home to Porsche and Mercedes-Benz.

Stuttgart

300

The German cities of Lübeck, Hamburg, Bremen, and Rostock were among the members of what "League" that controlled much of the trading around the Baltic Sea from roughly the 12th century to the 15th century?

Hansa / Hanseatic League

300

This American celebrity is arguably more famous in Germany than he is in his native country and had a music career in Germany.

David Hasselhoff

300

This country is the only non-EU country to border Germany.

Switzerland

300

This German car company created the first automobile in 1886. 

Mercedes-Benz / Daimler

300

What German city, the capital of the Free State of Saxony, was also the site of the World War II firebombing documented in Kurt Vonnegut’s novel, “Slaughterhouse-Five”?

Dresden

400

A German attack on this Liverpool-based cruise liner in 1915 helped to significantly push US domestic public support to enter World War I. 

RMS Lusitania

400

This German model is best-known in the United States for their appearances in America's Got Talent and Project Runway.

Heidi Klum

400

Workers’ compensation laws were first introduced and implemented in the 1880s by what "Iron Chancellor" of Germany?

Otto von Bismarck

400

Neuschwanstein Castle, a 19th-century palace built in Schwangau, Germany, commissioned by King Ludwig II of Bavaria, was heavily inspired by the operas of what 19th-century German composer who is especially known for his four-opera cycle "Der Ring des Nibelungen".

Richard Wagner

400

In February of 1945, Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill, and Franklin D. Roosevelt met for a conference in what Crimean city to discuss the post-war organization of Germany and Europe?

Yalta

500

This military clash in the year 9 C.E. was between the Roman legions and Germanic tribes. Its Latin name, Clades Variana, means the Varian Disaster.

Battle of Teutoburg Forest

500

This American actor is well-known for their role in Star Trek: The Next Generation, as well as for playing the host of Reading Rainbow.

LeVar Burton

500

This politician is the current chancellor of Germany and has been in office since 2021.

Olaf Scholz

500

Travel Wisconsin is the advertisement campaign that encourages people to visit the state of Wisconsin. This German word is their slogan to describe the feeling of friendship, warmth, and cheer.

Gemütlichkeit

500

This mountain in the Alps is the highest peak in Germany.

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