German/Hispanic Cultural Trivia

The national colors of Germany are

black, red, and gold

The German Keiser named for his red beard was

Friedrich Barbarossa

The oldest German city is

Trier

The year referred to in German history as Zero Hour is

1945

These troops blockaded the roads, railroad tracks, and canals into West Berlin.

Soviet Troops

This person’s kingdom united the present-day counties of France, Switzerland, and Germany in the 9th century after he was crowned as the first Kaiser by the Pope in 800 A.D.

Charlemagne

The murder of this man precipitated WW1

Franz Ferdinand of Austria

This person was a German scientist who first formulated laws describing the elliptical orbit of planets around the sun.

Johannes Kepler

The French emperor who brought an end to the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation was

Napoleon Bonaparte

The Allied chiefs of state who met in Potsdam, Germany in 1945 were

Truman, Churchill, and Stalin

This girl was a Dutch teenager who wrote her story in hiding in WW2.

Anne Frank

This man expanded the manufacturing of the Volkswagen upon Hitler’s request.

Ferdinand Porsche

The family name of the Austrian Empress Maria Therea is

Habsburg

The first crusade was in

1095

This man wrote the poem Die Lorelei.

Heinrich Heine

In Germany, the main meal of the day is at

noon

This famous Austrian classical composer was buried in an unmarked grave.

Mozart

This man spoke the famous words “Ich bin ein Berliner?”

John F. Kennedy