Landmarks
The famous barrier that separated East and West Germany.
What is the Berlin Wall?
Where people caught fleeing or attempting to flee East Germany went.
What are Stasi interrogation centers and East German prisons?
The number of federal states Germany has.
What is 16?
The day of the week when almost all stores are closed
What is Sunday?
The iconic landmark that anchors Berlin’s historic mile was built as a symbol of Prussian military strength and was Berlin's gateway until 1961.
What is the Brandenburg Gate?
The first U.S. President to address Germany post WWII, who famously declared "Ich bin ein Berliner."
Who is John F. Kennedy?
How often the German Parliament or Bundestag is voted on by citizens.
What is every four years?
The largest meal of the day.
What is lunch?
The Berlin landmark where the German parliament is held that features a modern, transparent glass dome symbolizing political openness.
What is the Reichstag Building?
The formal names of East and West Germany.
What is the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic?
The current Federal Chancellor, who has been in office since 2025.
Who is Friedrich Merz?
An illegal practice in Germany's education system.
What is homeschooling?
The monumental German Protestant church and dynastic tomb, which is also known as the Evangelical Supreme Parish and Collegiate Church.
What is the Berlin Cathedral?
The conference held in the summer of 1945 that partitioned Germany and Berlin into four military occupation zones.
What is the Potsdam Conference?
A movement that police continue to restrict or disperse gatherings and investigate participants for possible violations of laws on hate speech.
What are pro-Palestinian protests?
A huge electronic music movement defined by industrial power, dark rhythms, and club culture that gained popularity in the reunification period.
What is German Techno?
The Western Bloc's name for the best-known Berlin Wall crossing point between East Berlin and West Berlin during the Cold War
What is Checkpoint Charlie?
The 1990 diplomatic treaty that relinquished Allied occupation rights over Germany and gave the reunited country full sovereignty.
What is the Two Plus Four Agreement?
A far-right political party that is currently surging in German elections and challenging the country's traditional political system. They strongly believe in lifting sanctions on Russia, anti-immigrant policies, and leaving the E.U.
What is AFD, or Alternative for Germany?
The time of the day, normally around 3:00-4:00 p.m., when people get together to talk, eat cake, and drink coffee.
What is Kaffeeklatsch (or kaffee und Kuchen)?