German Trivia!

Geography

1

This is the capital city of Germany.

1. Frankfurt         4. Hamburg

2. Munich            5. Essen

3. Berlin

3. Berlin

2

This wall divided Germany into east and west until 1989.

1. The Essen Wall         4. The Hamburg Wall

2. The Munich Wall       5. The Berlin Wall

3. The Frankfurt Wall

5. The Berlin Wall

3

Germany shares a border with this many countries.

1. Nine         4. Six

2. Eight        5. Ten

3. Seven

1. Nine

4

This is the longest river in Germany.

1. The Main River          4. The Elbe River

2. The Rhine River         5. The Spree River

3. The Neckar River

2. The Rhine River

5

This is the tallest mountain in Germany.

1. Watzmann        4. Kreuzspitze

2. Brocken            5. Zugspitze

3. Krottenkopf

5. Zugspitze

Numbers

1

This is the German word for three.

1. zwei      4. eins

2. drei       5. fünf

3. vier

2. Drei

2

This is the word for 5.

1. Drei     4. Eins

2. Vier     5. Zehn

3. Fünf

3. Fünf

3

This is how you say one

1. Fünf       4. Eins

2. Zwei       5. Vier

3. Drei

4. Eins

4

This is the word for 4.

1. Vier        4. Fünf

2. Sechs     5. Zwei

3. Drei

1. Vier

5

This is how you say 12 in German.

1. Zwölf     4. Zehn

2. Eins       5. Dreizehn

3. Elf

1. Zwölf

Food and Traditions

1

This is the German word for potato.

1. Brezel               4. Kartoffel

2. Sauerbraten      5. Döner

3. Spätzle

4. Kartoffel

2

Bratwurst is this type of food.

1. Sausage       4. Chicken

2. Egg              5. Bread

3. Steak

1. Sausage

3

This is the month in which Oktoberfest occurs.

1. October         4. July

2. November      5. September

3. August

5. September

4

This is the name of a thin German pancake.

1. Bratwurst            4. Eier

2. Pfaankuchen        5. Eis

3. Brötchen

2. Pfannkuchen

5

Schinken is this type of food.

1. Bread           4. Steak

2. Ham             5. Cheese

3. Chicken

2. Ham

Language and Culture

1

This is the term for please.

1. Danke        4. Freut mich

2. Bitte          5. Machen

3. Tschüss

2. Bitte

2

This is the word for school.

1. Wohnung        4. Schule

2. Zimmer          5. Krankenhaus

3. Coiffeur

4. Schule

3

Which fairy tale authors were born in Germany?

1. The Brothers Grimm      4. Virginia Haviland

2. Edith Howes                  5. Juliana Ewing

3. Arthur Ransome

1. The Brothers Grimm

4

This is how you say I am sorry.

1. Dankeschön                4. Es tut mir leid

2. Auf wiedersehen          5. Ich verstehen

3. Mach's gut

4. Es tut mir leid.

5

This holiday is celebrated on December 6th in Germany, with children receiving small gifts in their shoes.

1. Christmas          4. Corpus Christi

2. Santastag          5. Weinachtstag

3. St. Nikolaustag

3. St. Nikolaustag

Random

1

Which of these is a German car brand?

1. Porsche    4. Cadillac

2. Toyota      5. Lexus

3. Honda

1. Porsche

2

This famous road in Germany has no official speed limit in multiple areas.

1. The Schnellbahn          4. The Motorbahn

2. The Fahrradbahn      5. The Zugbahn

3. The Autobahn

3. The Autobahn

3

This German scientist discovered the theory of relativity.

1. Albert Einstein          4. Werner Heisenberg

2. Max Born                 5. Fritz Haber

3. Otto von Guericke

1. Albert Einstein

4

This forest is famous for fairy tales.

1. Kellerwald-Edersee               4. Hunsrück-Hochwald

2. Schwarzwald (AKA the Black Forest)   5. Harz

3. Bayerischer Wald

2. Schwarzwald (The Black Forest)

5

This is the name of the famous castle in Bavaria that inspired Cinderella's castle.

1. Wartburg                      4. Neuschwanstein Castle

2. Hohenzollern Castle       5. Nordkirchen Palace

3. Heidelberg Castle

4. Neuschwanstein Castle