Frankfurt Christmas Market - Quiz
Frankfurt Christmas Market
  • 1. What is the German name for the Frankfurt Christmas Market?
A) Frankfurter Christkindlmarkt
B) Weihnachtsstadt
C) Frankfurt Winterfest
D) Frankfurter Weihnachtsmarkt
  • 2. When do the origins of the Frankfurt Christmas Market date back to?
A) 1450
B) 1945
C) 1393
D) 1840
  • 3. What is the approximate annual visitor count for the market?
A) Three million
B) One million
C) Five million
D) Ten million
  • 4. Which of these is a location occupied by the market?
A) Munich Square
B) Römerberg
C) Berlin Platz
D) Hamburg Street
  • 5. Where is there an affiliated Christmas market located outside of Germany?
A) Paris, France
B) Rome, Italy
C) Vienna, Austria
D) Birmingham, England
  • 6. Who was allowed to set up stalls at the market during the Middle Ages?
A) Only professional merchants
B) Foreign traders
C) Only residents of Frankfurt
D) Anyone from Europe
  • 7. Which King spent Christmas at the Royal Palace of Frankfurt in 941 CE?
A) King Heinrich
B) King Louis
C) King Frederick
D) King Otto I
  • 8. Who painted the scene of King Otto I and his brother in 1840?
A) Alfred Rethel
B) Albrecht Dürer
C) Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
D) Heinrich Hoffmann
  • 9. During which century did the market start to evolve into its modern form?
A) 20th century
B) 19th century
C) 15th century
D) 17th century
  • 10. Who published the Christmas fairy tale 'King Nutcracker and Poor Reinhold' in 1851?
A) King Otto I
B) Brothers Grimm
C) Heinrich Hoffmann
D) Alfred Rethel
  • 11. Where did the production of turned nutcrackers begin in the 1870s?
A) Frankfurt city center
B) Birmingham
C) Seiffen in the Ore Mountains
D) The Bavarian Alps
  • 12. What caused the market to move from the Römerberg in the late 1960s?
A) Subway system construction
B) A city planning decree
C) Lack of space
D) Allied air raids
  • 13. In what year was the East Row in the Saturday Mountain reconstructed?
A) 1983
B) 1970
C) 1851
D) 1945
  • 14. Why was the Frankfurt Christmas market cancelled in 2020?
A) Renovation of the square
B) Severe weather conditions
C) Lack of funding
D) COVID-19 pandemic
  • 15. What replaced the physical market in 2020?
A) Radio broadcasts
B) Digital content online
C) A mail-order catalogue
D) A smaller indoor market
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