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Cultural Trivia Questions - For the German, French, and Spanish Speaking World
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1
What holiday is celebrated across the world on May 1st?
Veteran's Day
Labor Day
International Workers Day
Armistice Day
2
What did Wilhelm Rontgen discover?
Key Hole Surgery
Blood Transfusions
X-Rays
Blood Storage
3
This German rock band was famous for hits "Rock you like a Hurricane" and "Winds of Change"
The Spyders
The Scorpions
Slayer
Ratt
4
What is the name of this famous composer?
Bach
Mozart
Rachmaninoff
Schumann
5
Which soda brand originated in Germany?
Sprite
Fanta
Pepsi
Schweppes
6
What is the capital of Liechtenstein?
Vaduz
Andorra la Vella
Paris
Berlin
7
What type of school was first founded by a German in the US in 1856?
Military school
High school
Pre-school
Kindergarten
8
Porsche is a car brand that originated in which country?
Germany
Italy
Spain
France
9
Germany is about as large as...
Montana
New Jersey
Alaska
Texas
10
When do you say "Gesundheit"?
to say good-bye
If someone sneezes
to wish someone Happy Birthday
To wish someone Good Luck
11
What is the capital of Germany?
Vienna
Berlin
Stockholm
Dublin
12
Which Austrian got famous in the USA as an actor as well as a politician?
Christoph Waltz
Marcel Hirscher
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Til Schweiger
13
What Austrian rock group sings about Mozart in their song "Rock Me Amadeus"?
One Direction
Die Toten Hosen
Namika
Falco
14
Aldi is a grocery store chain that originated in...
Japan
United States
Germany
United Kingdom
15
Which castle in Germany did Walt Disney seek to replicate?
Schloss Nymphenburg
Burg Eltrathen
Schloss Neuschwanstein
Burg Els
16
In what German city was Beethoven born?
Munich
Frankfurt am Main
Berlin
Bonn
17
Germany has won the World Cup...
twice
4 times
3 times
5 times
18
What German monk started the Protestant Reformation in 1517?
Martin Luther
Henry VIII
John Calvin
Ulrich Zwingli
19
What is the name of the most common currency used in Europe?
Pound
Franc
U.S $
Euro
20
How many countries have German as their official language?
four
seven
eight
six
21
What is the capital of Switzerland?
Bern
Zurich
St. Gallen
Eagle Mountain
22
These brothers collected Fairy Tales such as "Little Red Riding Hood" and "Cinderella"
Goethe
Schwarzenneger
Grimm
Hesse
23
Where is Germany's largest airport?
Frankfurt am Main
Hamburg
Berlin
Stuttgart
24
What is the population of Germany?
~22m
~103m
~82m
~75m
25
The colors of the German flag are
gold, black, red
black, gold, red
red, gold, black
black, red, gold
26
This is the winningest team in professional soccer.
Hertha BSC
FC Bayern München
Borussia Dortmund
VfB Stuttgart
27
Who is the most famous German author, he wrote Faust and the Erlking.
Schoppenhauer
Kleist
Goethe
Shakespeare
28
He was the inventor of the mechanical printing press.
Eli Whitney
Jonas Salk
Galileo
Johannes Gutenberg
29
Who said in 1963 on his first visit to Germany: Ich bin ein Berliner!
Paul McCartney
John Lennon
John F. Kennedy
Martin Luther King
30
How many states does Germany have?
16
21
12
7
31
Germany borders _______ countries.
9
7
13
11
32
What is the max speed that you can drive on the Autobahn (freeway)
no speed limit
110 kph
60 kph
200 kph
33
What is the capital of Austria?
Vienna
Bern
Sarajevo
Berlin
34
What is the German soccer league called?
Bundesliga
Premier League
Liga MX
MLS
35
What German festival is held in Munich, Germany every year?
Christmas Markets
Zombie con
Oktoberfest
St Martin’s day
36
Who came up with the formula E=mc2?
Aristotle
Stephen Hawking
Isaac Newton
Albert Einstein
37
The current long time chancellor of Germany is...
Theresa May
Dmitri Medvedev
Angela Merkel
Vladimir Putin
38
Most taxis in Germany are _______.
Mercedes
Volkswagens
Bratwurst scented
Porsches
39
In what year did the Sound of Music film debut?
1964
1967
1965
1966
40
When did the Berlin Wall fall?
June 9th 1989
November 20th 1990
January 3rd 1988
November 9th 1989
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Who is the founder of psychoanalysis?
Paul Broca
Carl Rogers
Charles Darwin
Sigmund Freud
