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What is a noun?
The category of German words which are capitalized.
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What is the Volkswagen Golf?
It is Germany's best selling car, and has been for virtually my entire life.
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What is four?
The number of World Cups which the German men's national soccer team has won.
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What is spätzle?
This Swabian specialty is an egg noodle and typically is served with cheese and gravy.
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What is Rammsteinl?
Germany's most successful musical export take their name from this American airbase in that country?
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Who is Karl Marx?
His best known work is a foundational text in materialist philosophy and a stinging critique of capitalist economics
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What is Volkswagen 'Beetle'?
This people's car was popular, but not a member of the band with which it shares its name.
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Who is Jesse Owens?
His four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics served to repudiate the Nazis' racial theories.
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What is the currywurst?
Both Berlin and Hamburg lay claim to having originated this popular German street food that can be found at Imbiss stands across the country.
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What is Gelsenkirchen?
This city in the Ruhrgebiet recently temporarily changed its name to 'Swiftkirchen' to mark three concerts there by the international pop icon Taylor Swift.
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What is a Berlin?
The eastern part of this city has been a German capital since 1871.
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Who is Michael Schuhmacher?
German Formula One icon who sadly was not as good on skis.
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What are pink and purple?
The alternate jersey currently worn by Germany's national soccer teams features these colours not traditionally associated with Germany.
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What is Döner Kebap?
German President Steinmeier recently took this dish with him on an official visit to Istanbul.
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Who is Shirin David?
Her recent German #1 "Bauch, Beine, Po" was the 7th time she has topped the charts there, making her the country's all-time most successful female singles artist.
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What is Frankfurt?
Known to some as "Mainhattan", it is Germany's financial capital and home to the European Central Bank.
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What is a Trabant?
It featured a duroplast frame, spat out copious amounts of exhaust and East Germans had to wait upwards of 14 years to get one.
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Who is Steffi Graf?
Winner of 22 Grand Slam titles including 7 Wimbeldons and 5 US Opens
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What is the Black Forest Cake?
It is said that Germany's best known dessert got its name because of its resemblance to the costumes of traditional dancers from this part of the country.
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Who is Adele?
She recently set up shop in a pop-up stadium in Munich and will give 10 concerts there this month to an estimated 800.000 people
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What is Bonn?
The Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst has its HQ in this one-time capital city of West Germany.
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What is Brandenburg?
Name of the German Bundesland that is home to the country's Tesla factory?
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Who is Ann-Kathrin Berger?
This Gothan FC goalie saved Germany's chance at a bronze medal at the recent Paris Olympics.
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What are pretzels?
Some historians suggest that this German bakery classic was created by monks as a way to reward children who learned their prayers.
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What is Fanta?
This carbonated beverage was invented in Germany during World War II as a substitute for the no-longer available Coca Cola.
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