Berlin, Berlin (and Other Lovely Cities)
A city you can find decorated with bear statues of varying designs
What is Berlin?
First Madam Chancellor of Germany
Who is Angela Merkel?
The year the Schwarz-Rot-Gold flag color scheme was adopted
What is 1919?
In what city did Oktoberfest originate?
What is Munich?
From the German word Angst (fear); used to refer to ‘moody’ teenagers
What is Angsty?
Served as the capital of West Germany from 1949 to 1990
What is Bonn?
In 1805, Napoleon dubbed this land, originally a dukedom, to be a kingdom; it currently serves as Germany’s southern-most state
What is Bavaria?
The amount of Bundesländer, or federal states, Germany has
What is 16?
The year Reinheitsgebot Beer Purity Law was enacted
What is 1516?
Literally translated, a double-goer; a look-a-like
What is a Doppelgänger?
A city dubbed as “the birthplace of the hot dog”
What is Frankfurt?
This empire ruled the Germanic tribes from 6 AD to 9 AD, when they lost a battle at Teutoburg Forest
What is the Roman Empire?
Stadtstaaten; Berlin and Hamburg are referred to as such
What are city-states?
Reinheitsgebot Beer Purity Law only allowed this ingredient, barley and water in beer-making
What is Hops?
To “slip up”, or act out of character; often referred to during video games when a game spazzes out
What is glitch?
A city that can be found in Germany, but also in Massachusetts and Scotland
What is Hanover?
This German chancellor oversaw the end of the Cold War, the reunification of Germany, the creation of the European Union and is credited with the second-longest tenure since the unification of the German states
Who is Helmut Kohl?
Flächenländer; thirteen federal states are referred to as such
What are area-states?
City famous for Kölsch, a wheat beer
What is Cologne?
Broken, out-of-order; an object that has become ineffective and very well may be trash
What is Kaput?
A city said to be the birthplace of “white gold”, or porcelain
What is Meissen?
Holy Roman Emperor Otto the First built the first of these empires; First Chancellor Otto von Bismarck the second and Adolf Hitler the third
What is the Reichs?
One of six of the original seventeen states; origins in the German republic include 1919 and 1990, and is often referred to as a Freistaaten (free state)
What is Saxony?
Signature beer of this city; often served in a large, glass bowl and accompanied by varying syrups
What is Berliner Weisse?
A small type of flute; The ____ and the Pied Piper
What is a Fife?