6. One Phone call to a Lifetime's Learning - Quiz Answers

6.  One Phone call to a Lifetime's Learning  - Quiz Answers

1   The German Luftwaffe  is the German Air Force

2    Luft  means  air and  Waffe means  weapon

3   What would  die deutsche Marine  mean The German Navy

4   See if you can find the word for the German army. It is  die Wehrmacht

5   Herzog  is a common German name but also has a meaning. This is a duke

6   Study of Middle High German can be helped by knowledge of Latin

7   How would you order a cup of coffee in Germany?  Ich möchte bitte eine Tasse Kaffee.

8    Kaffee und Kuchen is a Sunday institution in parts of Germany. It is Coffee and Cake

9   What is a Torte?  It is a layer cake (layers are usually separated by cream)

10  Where is the Schwarzwald in Germany? In South Western corner in Baden-Württemberg 

11  The fruit ingredient of the Schwarzwälderkirschtorte  is a cherry

12  Eine Kirsche can sometimes be confused with eine Kirche  which is a church

13  Erdkunde is a subject taught in Germany. It is Geography & means Earth Study

14  Which is NOT a German car:   Mercedes,   Renault,  Porsche,   Audi,  Volkswagen

15  Volkswagen means People's Car

16  What are Bremsen? brakes  &

17  The  Gangwerk? Gears

18  What are Benzin? Petrol (Gas) &  19  Öl ? Oil

20  Mercedes cars are manufactured in Stuttgart

21  BMW cars are made in Munich

22  BMW stands for Bayerische Motoren Werke  & this means Bavarian Motor Works

23  Aktiengesellschaft  after a firm's name in Germany means (Public) Share Company

24  German has 2 words for car: der Wagen   &  das Auto   Are they der, die or das words?

25  The  Technischer Überwachungsverein are important for cars. Known as the TÜV, this   organisation registers the car.