Choose the BEST answer for each question.

1. Which one of the following inventors or discoverers was NOT German or Austrian?

   1.   ?    Henrich Focke (helicopter, 1937)
   2.   ?    James Watt (steam engine, 1765)
   3.   ?    Wilhelm Roentgen (X-rays, 1895)
   4.   ?    Rudolf Diesel (diesel engine, 1897)
   5.   ?    Johannes Gutenberg (printing press, 1445)
   6.   ?    Otto Hahn (atomic fission, 1938)
   7.   ?    Willi Messerschmitt (rocket planes 1941)
   8.   ?    Josef Ressel (screw propeller, 1826)

2. Which of the following car types is NOT German?

   1.   ?    Mercedes
   2.   ?    Porsche
   3.   ?    Volkwagen
   4.   ?    Volvo
   5.   ?    Audi
   6.   ?    Smart
   7.   ?    Opel

3. What type of language is English?

   1. Romance (Latin-based)
   2. Greek
   3. Germanic
   4. Oriental
   5. American
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4. Which country does not use a Germanic language?

   1. Sweden
   2. France
   3. England
   4. Austria
   5. Holland
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5. Which Christmas songs come from a German-speaking country?

   1. O Christmas Tree
   2. Silent Night
   3. Away in a Manger
   4. All of the Above
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6. Which city was the capital of classical music, attracting Beethoven, Mozart, Haydn, Mahler, Strauss, etc.

   1. Paris
   2. London
   3. Prague
   4. Vienna
   5. Rome
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7. Who won the most medals in the 2002 Winter Olympics?

   1. Norway
   2. Germany
   3. USA
   4. Austria
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8. Who is considered the father of modern psychoanalysis?

   1. Louis Pasteur
   2. Werner von Braun
   3. Sigmund Freud
   4. Friedrich Nietzsche
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9. Who was the German physicist famous for the formula e=mc squared?

   1. Max Planck
   2. Albert Einstein
   3. Levi Strauss
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10. Which Swiss-German shot an apple of his son's head and became a Swiss national hero, representing their independence?

    1. Robin Hood
    2. Wilhelm Tell
    3. Jesse James
    4. Charlie Chaplin
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11. Which US president was not from a German background?

    1. Dwight Eisenhower
    2. John F. Kennedy
    3. Ronald Reagan
    4. Franklin Roosevelt
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12. Which US baseball player was of German heritage?

    1. George Hermann Ruth
    2. Chipper Jones
    3. Mark McGwire
    4. Joe DiMaggio
    5. Sammy Sosa
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13. Which day was officially declared German-American Day, because on that date in 1683 the first group of 41 immigrants arrived in Philadelphia?

    1. July 4th
    2. August 15
    3. December 6
    4. October 6
    5. November 1
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14. Which city is not a German-speaking city

    1. Berlin
    2. Hamburg
    3. Vienna
    4. Munich
    5. Zürich
    6. Rome
    7. Cologne
    8. Salzburg
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15. Which of the following was NOT born in a German-speaking country?

    1. Levi Strauss
    2. Henry Kissinger
    3. Ronald Reagan
    4. Arnold Schwarzenegger
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16. Which US film star speaks German and has a German mother?

    1. Leonardo DiCaprio
    2. Sandra Bullock
    3. Tom Cruise
    4. Chris Rock
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17. What is the speed limit on the German Autobahn (assuming no construction)?

    1. 100 mph
    2. As fast as you can safely go
    3. 200 mph
    4. 80 mph
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18. The Declaration of Independence was first published (not written) in German in a German newspaper

    1. True
    2. False
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19. The English are mostly descendant of the German "Angle" and "Saxon" tribes, which explains why German and English are closely related.

    1. True
    2. False
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20. Germany is as big as Texas

    1. True
    2. False
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