Q: Who was Maria Ludwig?
ANS: Molly Pitcher

Q: What famous German-American became one of America's first self-made men and	was the richest man in America?
ANS: John Jacob Astor

Q: Who was the first president of the United States to understand German?
ANS: George Washington

Q: What German-American general saved America form becoming a monarchy?
ANS: General Muhlenberg

Q: What typically American institution of the 18th and 19th century did German	Americans oppose?
ANS: Slavery

Q: Give the German name of Otto's Holy Roman Empire.
ANS: Das Heilige Römische Reich Duetscher Nation

Q: Who ended the Holy Roman Empire?
ANS: Napolean Bonaparte

Q: Name the three most important rulers of Prussia.
ANS:   Friedrich Wilhelm
	Friedrich I
	Friedrich II

Q: Who was the first president of the Weimar Republic?
ANS: Friedrich Ebert

Q: Several parts.
	Name the four dates in which German people sought to join as a nation and to have a Parliament.  Which three dares were successful?  What happened?
ANS:   1848 - Failure of the Parliament
	1871 - United Germany
	1919 / 1933 - Weimar Republic with Democratic Constitution
	1949 - BRD

Q: Who composed the world famous waltz, the Beautiful Flue Danube? (Full name)
ANS: Johann Strauss the Younger

Q: In what part of Austria was the German literary epic, Das Nibelungenlied collected?
ANS: The Danube River
Q: An Austrian was the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize for Peace.  She was a	pacifist and wrote a book: Lay Down Your Arms.  Who was she?
ANS: Bertha von Suttner

Q: What famous Austrian author wrote "Song of Bernadette" and "The Forty Days of	Musa Dagh"?
ANS: Franz Werfel

Q: This man lived from 1749 - 1832 and is considered the greatest figure in German	literature?
ANS: Göthe

Q: Who created the emblems for both the Democratic and Republican parties?
ANS: Thomas Nast

Q: Who invented the air pump in 1652?
ANS: Otto von Güricke

Q: What German movie won the Oscar for the best foreign film in 1980?
ANS: Die Blecktrommel

Q: The oldest known record of written German dates from about 770. It is a small Latin	German dictionary called what?
ANS: Abrogans

Q: Who wrote The Messiah?
ANS: Georg Friedrich Händel

Q: Achieving world fame with his first novel, Im Western Nichts Neues, this author attempted to mirror the political and economic problems of the world in his novels.
ANS: Erich Maria Remarque 

Q: During the 16th century comical satires centered on a group of incredibly dull-witted	townspeople. Name them:
Ans: Schildbürger

Q: Name two heroic sagas that originated in the Old High period?
ANS: Niebelungenlied, Gundrunslied, Beowulf, Song of Rowland

Q: Multi Part.
	Prior to WWI groups of artists gathered in two German cities.  Name the groups and their respective cities.
ANS: 	Die Brücke - Dresden
	Der Blaue Reiter - München


Q: Who was Crown Emperor of the Romans in 800 A.D. of France and Germany?
ANS: Charlemagne

Q: What was Hitler's first attempt to take over the Bavarian gov't?
ANS: Bierhalle Putsch 

Q: Who was the printer and engraver famous for the "praying hands"?
ANS: Albrecht Dürer

Q: Who was the German philosopher who believed the world was strife and wrote "The	World as Will and Idea"? 
ANS: Schopenhauer

Q: Name the famous German novelist who moved to the US and wrote "The Magic	Mountain" - awarded Nobel Prize - died in Venice.
ANS: Thomas Mann

Q: What is the German name of the two W. German parliament houses?
ANS: Bunderstag and Bundersrat

Q: Who wrote one of the most famous children's books, "Heidi"?
ANS: Johanna Spyri

Q: What did Frans Gruber and Joseph Mohr contribute to the world? (Answer in German)
ANS: Stille Nacht

Q: Who was famous for his experiments in the area of agricultural chemistry?
ANS: Justus von Liebig

Q: Several Parts:
	Give the name of the man who founded the German university that became a model for American universities.  Tell where this university is located today. It is named after him.
ANS: Wilhelm von Humboldt    Berlin

Q: Give the German name for this school of art, which was formed in 1911 by Marc and	Kandansky.
ANS: Der Blaue Reiter

Q: What Nobel Prize winning author wrote the famous book, "Dr. Faustus"?
ANS: Thomas Mann

Q: Which German philosopher said that all cultures go through up and down phases and	that the cultures in the west is in the down phase.
ANS: Oswald Spengler

Q: Name the three musical greats from Germany who had to flee to the United States	because they were Jewish. All three continued to work in this country.  Who are	they?
ANS: Kurt Weil, Paul Hindemith, Brund Walter

Q: Name the three classic German writers.
ANS: Göthe, Schiller, Lessing

Q: "The Dream" (1921) and "Departure" (1932) now seem prophetic of the coming of the	Nazis. Who painted them?
ANS: Max Beckmann

Q: What Swiss novelist wrote the classic books "Der Grüne Heinrich" and "Die Leute	Con Seldwyla"?
ANS: Gottfried Keller

Q: Who was the director and what is the name of the film that was nominated for 11	Academy Awards although it was made in West Germany?
ANS: Wolfgang Peterson       Das Boot

Q: The founder of the Bauhaus School in Dessau and his disciple had to flee to America	in the Nazi period.  Both made their mark on the urban landscapes of America.	Who are both of these men?
ANS: 	Walter Gropius
	Mies Van Der Rohe

Q: Known mainly for his sacred music, this composer wrote, Jesu, Joy of Man's	Desiring"?
ANS: Bach

Q: Working with Fritz Strassman and Lise Meitner, this chemist discovered nuclear	fission in 1938.  In 1945, he won the Nobel Prize for chemistry.
ANS: Otto Hahn

Q: This leading author of the enlightenment actually was better known for his critical	essays on German literature such as the Hamburgissche Dramaturgie, before	he became known for his own writing.
NAS: Gotthold E. Lessing

Q: This German American built the Brooklyn Bridge.  Name him.
ANS: Johann August Röbling

Q: What did Marx and Engels publish in 1848?
ANS: Communist Manefesto


Q: Often dealing with the problems of one against the masses, the Swiss dramatist is	famous for his Der Besuch der Alten Dame and Die Physiker.  Name him.
ANS: Dürrenmatt

Q: A pioneer in modern organic chemistry, he established the first chemical teaching	laboratory in Giessen, Germany in 1824.  Her discovered Chloroform, Chloral,	and a method of making Potassium Cyanide.
ANS: Justis von Liebig

Q: Who wrote the words and who wrote the music for the German National Anthem?
ANS: words-von Fallersleben
          Music-Joseph Haydn

Q: This is a multi-part question. Modeled after the marble gateway of the ancient	Athenian Acropolis this landmark was typical of the classical influence on	German art during the Enlightenment. Name the landmark, the architect, and the	city where it stands.
ANS: Brandenburg Gate, Karl Langhans, East Berlin

Q: This war began as a religious revolt in Bohemia in 1618.Before its end in 1648; the	population in Germany was reduced from 18 million to less than 7 million.
ANS: 30 Years War

Q: How many voting seats are there in the Budersrat?
ANS: 38 voting seats 

Q: Who was the military governor of the American occupation zone?
ANS: General Lucius Clay

Q: His letter about Texas in 1832 inspired German immigration into Texas. He became	known as the Father of German Immigration in Texas.
ANS: Friedrich Ernst

Q: Who was the last Habsburg ruler of Austria?
ANS: Karl I (1916-1918) (Charles I)

Q: German women were granted the right to vote in what year?
ANS: 1918

Q: In 1936 German troops were sent into a European country to fight on the side of the	fascists.  Name this conflict.
ANS: Spanish Civil War

Q: What three wars lead to the consolidation of the German states and the founding of the	German Empire?
ANS: Danish War; Austro-Prussian War; Franco-Prussian War

Q: During the Reaction of the Princes issued laws in 1918 that suppressed freedom of the	press and academic freedom.  Name them.
ANS: Karlsbad Decrees

Q: Who wrote Wilhelm Tell?
ANS: Schiller

Q: Who wrote the classic "The Interpretation of Dreams"?
ANS: Sigmund Freud

Q: This painter of religious subjects lived from 1480-1528.  His masterpiece is the	"Isenheimer Altar."  Who was he?
ANS: Matthias Grüenewald

Q: He composed music in a twelve-tone scale.  His art was classified as degenerate	during Hitler's regime.
ANS: Arnold Schönberg

Q: Name Göthe's first drama.
ANS: Götz Von Berlichingen

Q: Who wrote Emil und Die Detektive?
ANS: Erik Kästner

Q: Who perfected the classical form of the novelle?
ANS: Heinrich von Kleist

Q: Who wrote Tristan und Isolde?
ANS: Gottfried von Strassburg

Q: Who was the best-known lyric poet during the Age of the Popular Minnesänger?
ANS: Walther von der Vogelweide

Q: Who designed the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin?
ANS: Karl Langhans

Q: The Dream (1921) and Departure (1932-35) now seem prophetic of the coming of the	Nazis.  Who painted them?
ANS: Max Beckmann

Q: What German became head of the music department at Yale University?
ANS: Paul Hindemith

Q: Name the three classic German writers.
ANS: Lessing, Göthe, Schiller

Q: Who wrote "Die Lorelei"?
ANS: Heinrich Heine

Q: Which philosopher was famous for "Übermensch"?
ANS: Nietsche

Q: Name the two authors of "Das Narrenshiff."
ANS: Sebastian Brant, and Katherine Ann Porter

Q: Who saw history as a reflection of God's will?
ANS: G. F. Hegel

Q: What here writers first developed the novelle?
ANS: Kleist, Hoffman, Storm

Q: Two part.
	Who wrote the play "Dreigreoshen Oper"?  And who composed the music?
ANS: Brecht, Weil

Q: For which works did the following win the Nobel Prize for Literature? 
	   Mann…(ANS) Der Zauberberg
	   Gerhard Hauptman…(ANS) Die Weber
	   Herman Hesse…(ANS) Magister Ludi

Q: Who is known as the Father of Gymnastics?
ANS: Friedrich Ludwig Jahn

Q: Who founded the Kindergarten in Germany?
ANS: Friedrich Fröbel (about 1840)

Q: Who is known as the Meistersänger of Nürnberg?
ANS: Hands Sachs

Q: Who wrote the controversial play about the Pope's role in WWII?
ANS: Rolf Hochhuth

Q: What two German philosophers founded the Existentialist School of Thought?
ANS: Martin Heidigger and Karl Jaspers

Q: Name the two most famous German nuclear physicists.
ANS: Werner Heisenberg and Carl F. von Weizäcker

Q: Who was the Prime Minister of Germany from 1871 to 1890?
ANS: Bismarck


Q: Who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1972?
ANS: Heinrich Böll

Q: Who designed the Bauhaus and where is it located?
ANS: Gropius in Dessau

Q: Which musician was most honored by Hitler?
ANS: Richard Wagner

Q: Who wrote Die Blcktrommel?
ANS: Günter Grass

Q: Give the German name of the expressionistic painters who formed a group in 1905 in	Dresden.
ANS: Die Brücke

Q: The theme of this artist's works is the protection of children by their mother.  Name	the artist.
ANS: Käthe Kolwitz

Q: Er war Maler, Zeichner, Kupferstecher, und Holzschinzer.  Wie heisst er?
ANS: Albrecht Dürer

Q: What famous German designed the United Nations building in New York?
ANS: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Q: Wer komponiert die opern "Wozzek" und "Lulu"?
ANS: Alban Berg

Q: Give the German names for the two of Mozart's operas.
ANS: Die Hochzeit Des Figeros, Don Giovanni, Die Zauberflöte

Q: Wer ist diesem Jahre, 1985, 300 Jahre alt geworden?
ANS: Johann Sebastian Bach

Q: Which famous German composer received the Honorary Doctorate in Music from	Oxford University?
ANS: Joseph Haydn

Q: Wer hat den bekannten "Hochzeitmarch" komponiert?
ANS: Felix Mendelssohn

Q: Welche berühmten schriftsteller haben die deutsche sprachentwicklung geforscht?
ANS: Gebrüder Grimm 

Q: Welcher Sweizer schried den klassischen bildungsroman, "Der Grüne Heinrich"?
ANS: Gottfried Keller

Q: Who wrote the famous "Im Westen Nichts Neues" about WWI?
ANS: Erich Maria Remarque

Q: What famous German cabaret poet and writer committed suicide in Sweden 60 years	age because he was Jewish in Hitler's world?
ANS: Kurt Tucholsky

Q: Who directed the German film "Die Heirat Der Maria Braun"?
ANS: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Q: Name the film and the star/director that was nominated for 11 Academy Awards?
ANS: Das Boot, Wolfgang Peterson

Q: Who discovered the diphtheria antitoxin?
ANS: Emil von Behring

Q: Who discovered X-rays?
ANS: Röntgen

Q: Who developed differential calculus?
ANS: Leibnitz

Q: Name the Swiss novelist and playwright whose major works deal with the problems	of identity crises and of collective guilt.  His most well known works include the	novel Im Not Stiller and the satirical farce The Firebugs.
ANS: Max Frisch

Q: Name Goethe's first novel and his first drama?
ANS: Novel- Leiden des jungen Werthers
          Drama- Götz von Berlichingen

Q: This 16th Century German artist was a powerful genius whose works have great tragic	intensity. Two of his works were Crucifixion and Virgin and Child.
ANS: Matthias Grünewald

Q: A masterpiece of propaganda, this film of the Nazi Party Rally of 1934 is considered	so effective that even today it is only rarely shown in the US.
ANS: Triumph of the Will

Q: This title was given by a philosopher to his major work and by a musician to a tone	poem. Give the title and the names of the philosopher and musician.
ANS: Also Sprach Zarathustra-Nietsche and Richard Strauss

Q: Who composed the Wedding March for "A Midsummer's Nights Dream"?
ANS: Mendelssohn

Q: He set many verses to music and his "Traumerei" is a standard piano selection.
ANS: Robert Schoumann

Q: Considered by some to be Wagner's greatest masterpiece, this collection of four	operas is based on an ancient German epic. Give the name of this collection of	Operas and the names of each of the individual operas. 
ANS: Ring des Nibelunen, Rheingold, Die Walkuere, Goetterdaemmerung, and	Siegrfreid.