Quiztime Germany Quiz
1. Which British Field Marshall received the German surrender in 1945?
Viscount Montgomery (Monty / Montgomery)
2. In 1908, Melitta Bentz of Germany pierced holes in a tin container and put a circular piece of absorbent paper in the bottom to create what?
The coffee filter
3. Germany provided both of the mens singles finalists at Wimbledon in 1991, who were they?
Boris Becker and Michael Stich
4. Turbo and Stuttgarter are giant types of German sausages. True or false?
False - Onions
5. German airman Manfred von Richthofen was born 1892. What nickname did British pilots give to him?
`The Red Baron’
6. Which scientist was born in Germany in 1879, became a Swiss citizen in 1901 and later became a US citizen in 1940?
Albert Einstein
7. Which city in west central Germany is capital of North Rhine-Westphalia?
Düsseldorf
8. What is the name of the German battleship whose wreck was found in the Atlantic in June 1989?
Bismarck
9. What is the national Airline of Germany called?
Lufthansa
10. What was the capital of West Germany before Berlin was reinstated?
Bonn
11. In which German city did The Beatles make their German debut?
Hamburg
12. Which German brothers collected such stories as ‘Hansel And Gretel’?
The Brothers Grimm
13. Which word of German origin describes a school for very young children?
Kindergarten
14. Outside Germany, which country has the most German speakers?
Austria
15. What is the current name of what used to be the German Ocean?
The North Sea
16. Who was first Chancellor of the reunified Germany of 1990?
Helmut Kohl
17. Formed in 1944, the German Volkssturm was the equivalent of which British organisation?
Home Guard
18. What type of Smoked Sausage took its name from a German City?
Frankfurter
19. What does the German word Panzer literally mean?
Armour
20. True or False - Between 1937 and 1945 Heinz produced a version of Alphabetic Spaghetti especially for the German market that consisted solely of little pasta swastikas?
True!
21. Donnerstag is German for which day of the week?
Thursday
22. Who wore the number seven shirt in England’s World Cup Victory against West Germany in 1966?
Alan Ball
23. Which German side won the European Cup in 1974, 1975 and 1976?
Bayern Munich
24. What does lager literally mean in German?
Storage
25. What 18th century German soldier told very tall tales of himself?
Baron Munchhausen
26. The Germans call them Stumphhose - what are they?
Tights
27. ‘Bad’ before a German town name means what?
It’s a Spa Town
28. In Germany who were known as "Dick und Doof"?
Laurel and Hardy
29. Where is the base city for Porsche cars?
Stuttgart
30. What does Mit Hefe on a German beer bottle mean?
With Yeast
31. In which German city is their principal Stock Exchange?
Frankfurt
32. Which German actress starred in "The Blue Angel?"
Marlene Dietrich
33. What title did German emperors use?
Kaiser
34. Which Controversial drug was first marketed by a the German firm Grunethal as Distaval in the 1960s?
Thalidomide
35. In Germany, he is known as Tim, and his dog is called Struppi - who is he?
Tin Tin
36. What was the codename for the German Invasion of Russia during World War 2?
Barbarossa
37. What was the name of the German airship that crashed in flames in 1937?
Hindenburg
38. The Germans call it ‘blutwurst’ what do we call it?
Black pudding
39. Which number one did Elvis sing partially in German?
Wooden Heart
40. What is the upper speed limit on motorways in Germany?
There isn’t one!
Tiebreaker - The most sit-ups in one hour using an abdominal frame was achieved by Harald Homrighausen of Germany on 2nd May 2003. How many did he achieve?
5,971
