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The major islands in Germany
What are Rügen, Usedom, Fehmarn, Sylt
A popular American food brought to America by Germans so baseball games wouldn't be so boring
What is a Pretzel, (paired with yellow mustard and beer)
Germany is one of 22 countries that have outlawed this for feline pets
What is the declawing of cats deemed as unnecessarily cruel.
The most popular drink at Oktoberfest
Beer
In what language was the first book printed
What is German. The oldest book in the Western Hemisphere still in existence is a Maya fig bark manuscript, believed to have been written in the 13th century A.D. It is called the Dresden Codex.
The highest point in Germany
What is Zugspitze (2,962 meters above sea level)
The shape of the cookies worn at Oktoberfest
What is heart
On the Autobahn its ok to speed in certain parts but illegal to do this
Running out of gas is illegal.
city where Oktoberfest is held
Munich
Who coined the phrase “I am a jelly donut.”
That's a raw English translation of, “Ich bin ein Berliner,” what JFK infamously said when he visited Berlin.
The number of countries that share borders with Germany
What are nine countries. Denmark, Poland, the Czech Republic, Austria, Switzerland, France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.
The number of different kinds of bread in Germany give or take 50 types
There are more than 3200 officially recognized types of bread in Germany according to the “German Institute of Bread”. Gas stations have great bread.
The German Beer Purity Law from 1516 still defines these ingredients of German beer today
What is water, barley and hops.
number of annual visitors
6 million
The number of letters in the longest German word to be published
Its 79 letters long Donaudampfschifffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft as the longest word published in the German language according to the 1996 Guinness Book of World Records
The number of castles in Germany
What is 1200
The number of different beers in Germany
What is over 1,500. Beer is considered a food in Bavaria officially
Address a police officer with the informal in 2nd person singular “du" might get you this.
What is a hefty fine of up to €600 for using "du" with the police.
original purpose
wedding celebration
Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Luxembourg and Liechtenstein
What are the countries that have German as the official language
total area of Germany
What is 357,022 square kilometres (137,847 sq mi)
This soda was invented in Germany during WW11 due to a lack of Coca Cola Ingredients.
What is fanta. It was made out of whatever was available at the time, including beet sugar, whey, and apple pomace, the "leftovers of leftovers" sold over 3 million in 1943
The Punishment for a prisoner who tries to escape from jail
What is no punishment, they believe it’s a basic human instinct to be free.
Number of times Oktoberfest has been canceled
25 (inc 2020)
They have 35 of these and they all say the same thing
The number of dialects of the German language: just a few are Hochdeutsch, Niederdeutsch, Mitteldeutsch, Kölsch, Thüringisch, Mainzerisch, Hesisch, Saarländsch, Pfälzisch, Sächsisch, Berlinersch and Oberdeutsch