{"id":4682,"date":"2013-04-26T13:39:03","date_gmt":"2013-04-26T13:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/?p=4682"},"modified":"2013-04-24T13:39:35","modified_gmt":"2013-04-24T13:39:35","slug":"solution-what-do-you-know-about-germany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/solution-what-do-you-know-about-germany\/","title":{"rendered":"Solution &#8211; What do you know about Germany?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u00b4s the solution to the quiz I published some days ago. Compare it to yours&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. How many residents are there approximately in Germany?<\/strong><br \/>\nAbout 82,45 Million.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Name three rivers in Germany!<\/strong><br \/>\nRhein, Donau, Elbe, Neckar, Spree&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. How many &#8220;Bundesl\u00e4nder&#8221; are there in Germany? Name three of them, including their capitals.<\/strong><br \/>\nThere are 16 Bundesl\u00e4nder. For example Bayern (M\u00fcnchen), Niedersachsen (Hannover), Nordrhein-Westfalen (D\u00fcsseldorf), Th\u00fcringen (Erfurt), Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg (Stuttgart), Sachsen (Dresden), Schleswig-Holstein (Kiel)&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. What is the name of the highest mountain in Germany?<\/strong><br \/>\nZugspitze<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. Who is currently Bundeskanzler\/in of Germany?<\/strong><br \/>\nAngela Merkel<\/p>\n<p><strong>6. Name three neighboring countries of Germany!<\/strong><br \/>\nFrance, Denmark, Poland, Austria, Switzerland, Netherlands&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>7. The first republic with a democratic constitution was proclaimed in 1918. What was its name?<\/strong><br \/>\nWeimarer Republik.<\/p>\n<p><strong>8. What was the name of the party that ruled between 1933 and 1945?<\/strong><br \/>\nNSDAP (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei)<\/p>\n<p><strong>9. What happened on the 8th of May, 1945?<\/strong><br \/>\nIt was the end of World War 2 in Europe.<\/p>\n<p><strong>10. What does DDR mean?<\/strong><br \/>\nDeutsche Demokratische Republik.<\/p>\n<p><strong>11. When was the German reunification?<\/strong><br \/>\nIn 1990. The fall of the Berlin wall took place in 1989.<\/p>\n<p><strong>12. Which right is protected by Artikel 1 of the German constitution?<\/strong><br \/>\nThe dignity of humans.<\/p>\n<p><strong>13. Which political parties are currently represented in the German Bundestag? Name at least three of them.<\/strong><br \/>\nCDU, CSU, SPD, Gr\u00fcne, FDP, Linkspartei.PDS<\/p>\n<p><strong>14. Germany has some important universities. Name three of them!<\/strong><br \/>\nHeidelberg, M\u00fcnster, G\u00f6ttingen&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>15. Name one nationwide newspaper and one public TV channel!<\/strong><br \/>\nNewspapers: &#8220;S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung&#8221;, &#8220;Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung&#8221;, &#8220;Die Welt&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>TV Channels: ARD, ZDF.<\/p>\n<p><strong>16. Name three German actors or actresses!<\/strong><br \/>\nMuriel Baumeister, Meret Becker, Heike Makatsch, Til Schweiger, Christoph Waltz, Daniel Br\u00fchl&#8230;well, there are hundreds of others as well \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><strong>17. Name three German sportspersons!<\/strong><br \/>\nMichael Schumacher, Oliver Kahn, Dirk Nowitzki, Heike Drechsler&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>18. What did Johannes Gutenberg invent?<\/strong><br \/>\nPrinting.<\/p>\n<p><strong>19. There were two pioneers in automotive engineering in Germany. Do you know their names?<\/strong><br \/>\nKarl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler.<\/p>\n<p><strong>20. Do you know the colours of the German flag? And how are they arranged?<\/strong><br \/>\nBlack, red, gold. In this order from top to bottom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u00b4s the solution to the quiz I published some days ago. Compare it to yours&#8230; 1. How many residents are there approximately in Germany? About 82,45 Million. 2. Name three rivers in Germany! Rhein, Donau, Elbe, Neckar, Spree&#8230; 3. How many &#8220;Bundesl\u00e4nder&#8221; are there in Germany? Name three of them, including their capitals. 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