Germany quiz for us dumb Americans

[Sodak]

Let's see... was it the Ostrogoths? Or did the Visigoths continue thru Iberia? As you can tell, I haven't surfed for the answer...

 

[joespaniel]

I was gonna say visgoths, but sodak beat me to the punch.

BTW, sodak, nice piece on civ2 combat. Enjoyed reading it.

 

[Knight-Dragon]

Nope, the Ostrogoths ravaged thru Italy and the Visigoths stopped and settled down in Iberia. It was another Germanic tribe.

 

[joespaniel]

How about the Vandals!

 

[Knight-Dragon]

Correct! Next question's all yours.

 

[joespaniel]

What was this:

 

[Knight-Dragon]

You have already shown it at and stated Germany 1914 : -

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=6459

Hmmmm, on a wild guess, the flag for the Imperial German Navy?

 

[joespaniel]

No. Just the German flag from 1914.

This is the Navy Jack.

 

[Knight-Dragon]

Next question is mine I presume?

The Franks under Charlemagne subdued this Germanic tribe which occupied Northern Italy. Name this tribe.

 

[Julien]

The Lombards, if my memory is good...:crazyeyes

 

[Julien]

A few questions :

1) What was Charlemagne's capital ? In which country is it now ?

2)Which Holy Roman Emperor has been excommunicated in its rivalry with the Pope.

3) Who was Hitler's Foreign Secretary/Minister ?

4)Who was the longest ruling German chancelor ?

5) How many laender is there in present day Germany (bonus for naming them all)

 

[DaEezT]

Originally posted by Julien

5) How many laender is there in present day Germany (bonus for naming them all)

lol

i never met anyone who could do that out of memory. not even my geography/history/social-stuff teachers...

Well, I know the most importent Bundesland: Bayern

 

[Julien]

i never met anyone who could do that out of memory. not even my geography/history/social-stuff teachers...

Well I can. There aren't so many after all.

 

[Knight-Dragon]

"1) What was Charlemagne's capital ? In which country is it now ?"

Aachen? In Germany now.

"4)Who was the longest ruling German chancelor ?"

Bismarck? The Iron Chancellor.

 

[joespaniel]

Hmm, Im scratching my head on these... Good questions Julien.

OK, I think 1 and 4 are answered.

2 - Is it Charles IV?

3 - Hess?

5 - ??? What is a laender?

If you mean the Bundstag, its 669 currently.

More clarification on #5 please!

 

[jumbo2002]

Originally posted by joespaniel
Answer all or as many as you know. (Americans answer all even if you don't know the right response!)

#1- Who is the Chancellor of Germany?
#2- What is the German Parliment called?
#3- How many members make up the German Parliment?
#4- What is the current population of Germany?
#5- What year did the Berlin Wall go up?(Bonus points:Where is the Berlin Wall?)
#6- What year did the Berlin Wall come down?
#7- What year did East and West Germany unite?
#8- How many seas border Germany?(Bonus points again:Name them)
#9- How many countries border Germany?(Yep:Name them too)
#10-Name the German currency.

I'm jumping into this thread late, but since I'm a dumb American I'll do the best I can!

1. Schroder
2. Bundestag
3. Umm...in the 500s.
4. Around 80 million.
5. 1953. (I think...) In Berlin!
6. 1989
7. 1990
8. North Sea...and another one.
9. Let's start with with northwest and move around. Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Lichtenstein (sp?), the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Poland. (I probably missed one...) but I'll guess 8.
10. Mark...or the euro.

 

[joespaniel]

Originally posted by jumbo2002


I'm jumping into this thread late, but since I'm a dumb American I'll do the best I can!

Jumbo - You dumb American, I gave the answers already!

We have a cumulative quiz going now, and youre welcome to join in. Julien has asked 5 new questions (tough ones too).

 

[Julien]

The Laender are the state that compose Federal Germany (ex Bayern, or Bavaria in English).

 

[joespaniel]

Jeez, now who's the dumb American? (me)

Thanks Julien, I think the answer is 16, but I dont think I can name them all.

Before unification, was it 11 in W. Germany? For some reason, this sticks out in my mind...

 

[jumbo2002]

Originally posted by Julien
A few questions :

1) What was Charlemagne's capital ? In which country is it now ?

2)Which Holy Roman Emperor has been excommunicated in its rivalry with the Pope.

3) Who was Hitler's Foreign Secretary/Minister ?

4)Who was the longest ruling German chancelor ?

5) How many laender is there in present day Germany (bonus for naming them all)

Ok, I'll try these then.

1. Aachen, in Germany...it's a beautiful place also! (I visited it!)
2. Ferdinand II? (Was there a Ferdinand II?)
3. Ribbentrop
4. Bismarck?
5. No way I'm going to name them...but I think there were 11 on W. G. and 9? in E. G...so 20?