When in Germany, Do as the Germans Do, 2nd Edition

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Contents

Test Yourself Quizlinks

Articles

Arts and Culture

Business and Economy

Celebrations and Holidays

Consumers and Shopping

Daily Life and Customs

Education

Entertainment

Food and Drink

Geography

Health and Fitness

History and Famous People

House and Home

Justice and Law Enforcement

Language

Media

Politics

Religion and Beliefs

Science and Technology

Social Issues and Attitudes

Transportation

Quizlink Answers

Map of Germany

Index

Test Yourself Quizlinks

When in Germany, do you know how to fit in by doing as the Germans do? How sensitive are you to German customs and traditions? And how aware are you of contemporary daily life and typical domestic routines of the German people?

The following multiple-choice questions will test how much you know about all aspects of German culture. There are 120 questions in all, each corresponding to a specific article within the book. To discover the answer and more information about the subject, follow the quizlink to the relevant article. Alternatively, you can check the answers listed at the back of the book.

Do as the Germans Do

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(a) before vacationing in Mallorca

(b) while banking online

(c) after suffering a power outage

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(a) colleagues play tricks on you

(b) you are given a cake and small gifts

(c) you are expected to provide cake and champagne

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(a) bank draft

(b) credit card

(c) online pay service

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(a) the weather

(b) family

(c) get straight down to business

5.  Which of the following should you not address as du37

(a) a child

(b) a group of close friends

(c) a pet

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(a) "Fräulein!"

(b) "Frau!"

(c) "Frau" plus her surname

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(a) a suit and tie

(b) jeans and sports coat

(c) shorts and t-shirt

8.  If you need to relieve yourself, what should you not 40

(a) das Badezimmer (b) die Toilette (c) das WC

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(a) wait to be seated

(b) ask a food server for a table

(c) find a table yourself

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(a) Apotheke

(b) Drogerie

(c) Supermarkt

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(a) biodegradable waste

(b) packaging materials

(c) glass

12.  What does a "KEHRWOCHE81

(a) cleaning duties

(b) deliver papers and mail

(c) put out recycling

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(a) "AUSGANG"

(b) "EINSTIEG"

(c) "NOTAUSGANG"

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(a) Evergreen

(b) Reformhaus

(c) Warenhaus

Places

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(a) the Brandenburg Gate

(b) Neuschwanstein Castle

(c) Cologne Cathedral

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(a) Berlin

(b) Frankfurt

(c) Munich

18

(a) Hamburg’s Elbe Philharmonic Hall

(b) Berlin’s BER airport

(c) Stuttgart’s S21 urban development

4.  Link each of these three festivals to its region. 21

(a) Karneval

(b) Fastnacht

(c) Fasching

(i) Rhineland

(ii) Bavaria

(iii) Baden

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(a) Baedeker Rhine

(b) Baedeker Paris

(c) Baedeker Venice

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(a) Kenya

(b) New Guinea

(c) Namibia

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(a) Garmisch

(b) Innsbruck

(c) Zermatt

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(a) Nevada

(b) Oregon

(c) Utah

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(a) Daniel Liebeskind

(b) I.M. Pei

(c) Norman Foster

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(a) Baden-Württemberg

(b) Franconia

(c) Sachsen (Saxony)

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(a) Munich

(b) Stuttgart

(c) Wolfsburg

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(a) Dresden

(b) Frankfurt am Main

(c) Stuttgart

People

1.  Goethe’s novel Werther9

(a) the South Sea Bubble

(b) popular uprisings

(c) rejected-lover suicides

10

(a) Goethe

(b) Shakespeare

(c) Dante

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(a) Weihnachtsmann

(b) Christkind

(c) Krampus

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(a) Silvester

(b) Magdalena

(c) Elisabeth

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(a) a derogatory term for an East German

(b) an Alpine ice man

(c) a popular TV clown

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(a) Frederick the Great

(b) Otto von Bismarck

(c) Karl Adenauer

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(a) librarian

(b) cobbler

(c) chimney sweep

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(a) an Academy award (Oscar)

(b) the Nobel Peace Prize

(c) Gold in three consecutive Olympics

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(a) a patent office in Bern

(b) a customs house in Munich

(c) a restaurant in Ulm

10.  Which of the following statements is not 76

(a) her father was a Lutheran pastor

(b) she excelled in school at Russian

(c) her second (and current) husband is a law professor

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(a) Ulfilas

(b) Gutenberg

(c) Luther

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(a) Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

(b) Richard Rogers

(c) Daniel Libeskind

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(a) Friedrich Bayer

(b) Felix Hoffmann

(c) Gustav Aspirin

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(a) founder of Zionism

(b) father of gay rights movement

(c) discoverer of a cure for syphilis

Organizations

16

(a) Bayer & Pfeizer

(b) Daimler & Chrysler

(c) Steffi Graf & Andre Agassi

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(a) Starbucks

(b) McDonald’s

(c) Wal-Mart

3.  Which of the following abbreviations is not 92

(a) AG

(b) GmbH

(c) ZDF

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(a) a mascot

(b) a color

(c) a flower

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(a) Communist party

(b) Bündnis 90

(c) Church of Scientology

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(a) a monopoly on land lines

(b) two country codes (for West and East)

(c) area codes of varying length

7.  Compared with other countries, Internet access in Switzerland is particularly … 114

(a) fast

(b) slow

(c) expensive

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(a) Red Bull (energy drinks)

(b) Spar (grocery stores)

(c) Swarovski (glass crystal)

Time

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(a) Roman Empire

(b) Crusades

(c) Wild West

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(a) by profession/industry

(b) by state

(c) by first letter of surname

3.  Martinstag 23

(a) curing a leper

(b) clothing a beggar

(c) turning water into beer

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(a) 11

(b) 14

(c) 17

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(a) 10

(b) 12

(c) 13

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(a) 150 B.C.

(b) A.D. 450

(c) A.D. 1200

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(a) 1941

(b) 1968

(c) 2007

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(a) the founding of the Federal Republic

(b) German reunification

(c) the collapse of the Berlin Wall

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(a) 15 years

(b) 25 years

(c) 30 years

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(a) not compulsory

(b) 10 months

(c) 16 months

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(a) 3 years

(b) 8 years

(c) 15 years

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(a) 1987

(b) 2003

(c) 2017

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(a) 6 months

(b) 12 months

(c) unlimited

Quantity

1.  Which of the following is not 42

(a) apartment dimensions

(b) recipe ingredients

(c) tire size

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(a) fewer than 5 percent

(b) 10 percent

(c) 20 percent

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(a) 500

(b) 1,000

(c) 1,500

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(a) 65 liters

(b) 120 liters

(c) 175 liters

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(a) cuckoo clocks

(b) pairs of lederhosen

(c) garden gnomes

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(a) Hungarian

(b) Polish

(c) Turkish

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(a) 12 million (14 percent)

(b) 19 million (22 percent)

(c) 26 million (31 percent)

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(a) 8 points

(b) 12 points

(c) 18 points

129

(a) only one standard class

(b) two

(c) three

Connections

12

(a) Detroit

(b) Philadelphia

(c) Chicago

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(a) a beaver

(b) a hedgehog

(c) a porcupine

3.  Which of these items can you not 33

(a) your ATM card

(b) your mobile phone

(c) your electric alarm clock

4.  What U.S. movie was based on German author Erich Kästner’s tale Das doppelte Lottchen48

(a) Beauty and the Beast

(b) The Parent Trap

(c) Elf

49

(a) OV

(b) O-Ton

(c) OmU

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(a) uses more water

(b) spins more slowly

(c) uses hotter water

84

(a) 77

(b) 133

(c) 208

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(a) Federal Bureau of Investigation

(b) Internal Revenue Service

(c) National Rifle Association

9.  How is the word TV 89

(a) TAY-VAY

(b) TEE-VEE

(c) TAY-FOW

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(a) der Smoking

(b) das Lifting

(c) der Opening

What’s That?

1.  What semi-legal feature of German cities are Spätis29

(a) convenience stores

(b) unregistered cabs

(c) massage parlors

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(a) The Currywurst Curtain

(b) The White-sausage Equator

(c) No-man’s Länder

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(a) abbreviation for Freizeit (free time)

(b) symbol for airplane (Flugzeug)

(c) capitalized ß

4.  What is a GroKo102

(a) a political coalition

(b) an energy drink mixed with protein supplement

(c) Bundesliga antiracism in soccer movement

5.  What is the origin of the Jugendweihe 103

(a) Bavarian Catholicism

(b) North German Lutheranism

(c) East German Communism

6.  What is ein Handy111

(a) a mobile phone

(b) a personal organizer

(c) a sanitary wipe

115

(a) the upper 10,000

(b) the golden circle

(c) the blessed 1 percent

Laws and Regulations

1.  What does the German law, das Ladenschlussgesetz28

(a) recycling

(b) speed limits

(c) store closing hours

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(a) 13 years’ education

(b) kindergarten

(c) religious education

3.  What right