A) Italy B) France C) Spain D) Germany
A) Wurmberg B) Rosstrappe C) Brocken D) Hexentanzplatz
A) Harz National Park B) Bialowieza Forest C) Black Forest D) Amazon Rainforest
A) Hiking B) Rock climbing C) Surfing D) Skiing
A) Little Red Riding Hood B) Rapunzel C) Snow White D) Hansel and Gretel
A) Johann Wolfgang von Goethe B) Karl Marx C) Friedrich Nietzsche D) Heinrich Heine
A) Sandstone B) Granite C) Limestone D) Basalt
A) Rainbows B) Northern Lights C) Double rainbows D) Brocken spectre
A) Goslar B) Erfurt C) Halberstadt D) Quedlinburg
A) A Latin word meaning 'highland' B) The Middle High German word Hardt or Hart (hill forest) C) An Old English term for mountain D) A Celtic name
A) Thuringia, with Acker-Bruchberg ridge as the highest peak B) Lower Saxony, with Wurmberg as the highest peak at 971 metres C) Nordhausen, with Achtermannshöhe as the highest peak D) Saxony-Anhalt, with Brocken as the highest peak
A) 200 kilometres (124 mi) B) 50 kilometres (31 mi) C) 75 kilometres (47 mi) D) 110 kilometres (68 mi)
A) 45 kilometres (28 mi) B) 35 kilometres (22 mi) C) 20 kilometres (12 mi) D) 50 kilometres (31 mi)
A) It gradually descends into the surrounding area B) It has deciduous forests interspersed with meadows C) It supports arable farming on its plateaus D) It is higher and features fir forests
A) Over 1 million people B) Approximately 300,000 people C) Approximately 600,000 people D) Less than 100,000 people
A) Salzgitter B) Harz and Mansfeld-Südharz C) Nordhausen D) Goslar and Göttingen
A) Königsberg (1,023 m) B) Acker-Bruchberg ridge (927 m) C) Heinrichshöhe (1,044 m) D) Wurmberg (971 m)
A) Fir forests B) Rainforests C) Coniferous forests D) Deciduous forests interspersed with meadows
A) 2,226 square kilometres (859 sq mi) B) 1,500 square kilometres (580 sq mi) C) 4,500 square kilometres (1,740 sq mi) D) 3,000 square kilometres (1,160 sq mi)
A) Ten rivers B) Fifteen rivers C) Eight rivers D) Twelve rivers
A) For recreational fishing B) To form mountain ponds like the Oderteich C) To create artificial lakes D) As tourist attractions
A) The Wipper B) The Bode C) The Innerste D) The Oker
A) The Leine B) The Oker C) The Bode D) The Wipper
A) The Innerste B) The Oker C) The Wipper D) The Bode
A) The Oder B) The Leine C) The Wipper D) The Bode
A) The leeward side B) The southern side C) The eastern side D) The windward side
A) Regular precipitation B) Hot and humid C) Cold with heavy snowfall D) Dry and arid
A) Precambrian era B) Cenozoic era C) Palaeozoic era D) Mesozoic era
A) Base-poor rocks B) Limestone C) Sandstone D) Marble
A) Weser Valley B) Bode Gorge C) Selke Valley D) Oker Valley
A) Jurassic period B) Tertiary period C) Cretaceous period D) Quaternary period
A) Argillaceous shales B) Marble C) Limestone D) Granite
A) The extinction of marine life B) The appearance of the first dinosaurs C) The formation of the first mountain range D) The most important uplift movements during the sub-Hercynian phase
A) Granite deposits B) Limestone deposits C) Sandstone deposits D) Marble deposits
A) Scandinavian Plateau B) Alpine Fault Zone C) Gießen-Harz surface layer of the Rhenohercynian zone D) Baltic Shield
A) Circular basins B) Flat-bottomed valleys C) Wide U-shaped valleys D) Long, narrow V-shaped valleys
A) Common beech (Fagus sylvatica) B) Sycamore trees (Acer pseudoplatanus) C) Scots elm (Ulmus glabra) D) English oak (Quercus robur)
A) Spruce woods B) Wood-rush beech woods C) Melic grass beech woods D) Mixed woods
A) Oak woods B) Mixed woods C) Spruce woods D) Beech woods
A) Carpathian birch (Betula pubescens subsp. carpatica) B) Ash (Fraxinus excelsior) C) English oak (Quercus robur) D) Scots elm (Ulmus glabra)
A) River source woods B) Riparian woods C) Bog-spruce woods D) Colin zone woods
A) Sycamore B) Spruce C) Scots elm D) Common beech
A) Phellinus viticola B) Tricholomopsis decora C) Sphagnum spec. D) Melic grass
A) Beech woods B) Colin zone C) Mixed woods D) Spruce woods
A) Deciduous trees B) Coniferous shrubs C) Peat mosses (Sphagnum spec.) D) Tall grasses
A) Sphagnum cuspidatum B) Sphagnum papillosum C) Sphagnum fallax D) Sphagnum magellanicum
A) Cowberry B) Common heather C) Bog-rosemary (Andromeda polifolia) D) Blueberry
A) Rust-red B) Bright yellow C) Green D) Purple
A) Black crowberry B) Cross-leaved heath C) Cranberries (Vaccinium oxicoccus) D) Cowberry
A) In the waterlogged areas B) On the bog margins C) On the drier hummocks D) In the flarks
A) Blueberry B) Cowberry C) Cross-leaved heath D) Round-leaved sundew (Drosera rotundifolia)
A) Sphagnum fallax B) Sphagnum magellanicum C) Sphagnum cuspidatum D) Sphagnum papillosum
A) A flowering herb B) An ice age plant C) A common shrub D) A tall tree
A) The black stork (Ciconia nigra) B) The capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) C) The peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) D) The European wildcat (Felis silvestris)
A) Open moorland B) Black woodpecker holes in old beeches C) Bog spruce forests D) Spruce woods with dense cover
A) The pygmy owl (Glaucidium passerinum) B) The ring ouzel (Turdus torquatus) C) The grey wagtail (Motacilla cinerea) D) The golden-ringed dragonfly (Cordulegaster boltoni)
A) The lynx B) The European wildcat (Felis silvestris) C) The red deer D) The roe deer
A) The grey wagtail (Motacilla cinerea) B) The dipper (Cinclus cinclus) C) The ring ouzel (Turdus torquatus) D) The peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus)
A) The European wildcat (Felis silvestris) B) The grey wagtail (Motacilla cinerea) C) The red deer D) The peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus)
A) Gnophos sordarius B) Enthephria caesiata C) Calopteryx virgo D) Cordulegaster boltoni
A) The ring ouzel (Turdus torquatus) B) The dipper (Cinclus cinclus) C) The black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius) D) The capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus)
A) The red deer B) The European wildcat (Felis silvestris) C) The mouflon D) The roe deer
A) The ring ouzel (Turdus torquatus) B) The black stork (Ciconia nigra) C) The peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) D) The capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus)
A) The golden-ringed dragonfly (Cordulegaster boltoni) B) The Subarctic darner (Aeshna subarctica) C) The beautiful demoiselle (Calopteryx virgo) D) The Alpine emerald dragonfly (Somatochlora alpestris)
A) The black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius) B) The Tengmalm's owl (Aegolius funereus) C) The capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) D) The peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus)
A) The Tengmalm's owl (Aegolius funereus) B) The European wildcat (Felis silvestris) C) The capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) D) The black stork (Ciconia nigra)
A) The black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius) B) The European wildcat (Felis silvestris) C) The capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) D) The peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus)
A) 814 B) 1224 C) 968 D) 852
A) Homo sapiens B) Celts C) Neanderthals D) Homo erectus
A) The Code of Hammurabi B) The Saxon Mirror (Sachsenspiegel) C) The Roman Twelve Tables D) The Magna Carta
A) Eike von Repkow B) Charlemagne C) Louis the Pious D) Frederick Barbarossa
A) Woodland clearances. B) Silver mining industry. C) Tourism. D) Cattle driving.
A) Albert Peter, Alpine Flowers B) Hermann Löns, Harz Nature C) Johannes Thal, Silva hercynia D) Rudolph Augustus, Brocken's Flora
A) 1668 B) 1705 C) 1718 D) 1588
A) Albert Peter B) A resident mine worker C) Rudolph Augustus D) Count Christian Ernest
A) 200 B) 421 C) 750 D) 1000
A) 1705 B) 23 March 1798 C) 1818 D) 1920
A) In 1668 B) Around 1920 C) In 1852 D) In 1798
A) Ellrich concentration camp. B) Buchenwald near Ilfeld. C) KZ Dora near Nordhausen. D) Mittelbau-Dora near Blankenburg.
A) 1 April 1945. B) 15 June 1945. C) 8 May 1945. D) 7 May 1945.
A) 2007 B) 1989 C) 1990 D) 1975
A) A new hiking trail was inaugurated. B) The border was officially opened for tourism. C) Demonstrating walkers first entered a large military out-of-bounds area. D) Mining operations were resumed.
A) Copper schist. B) Argentiferous lead ore. C) Potash. D) Stone coal.
A) Silver B) Barite C) Copper schist D) Lead
A) Mansfeld B) Elbingerode C) Bad Grund D) Goslar
A) 2010 B) 2007 C) 1988 D) 1992
A) Goslar B) Bad Lauterberg C) Elbingerode D) Mansfeld
A) National Park Service B) Harzer Verkehrsverband (HVV) C) Bergwacht Harz D) Förderverein Loipenverbund Harz
A) Swimming B) Skiing C) Cycling D) Walking
A) Thale B) Goslar C) Braunlage D) Wernigerode
A) Cross-country skiing B) Freestyle skiing C) Alpine skiing D) Nordic skiing
A) Mountain biking races B) National hiking events C) International winter sport competitions D) Rock climbing contests
A) Hiking B) Skiing C) Cycling D) Nordic walking
A) Mountain biking B) Rock climbing C) Water sports D) Winter sports
A) 50 B) 62 C) 75 D) 40
A) Torfhaus B) Goslar C) Wernigerode D) Hahnenklee
A) Wernigerode B) Nordhausen C) Altenau D) Thale
A) Hexentanzplatz B) Wurmberg C) Brocken D) Roßtrappe
A) Clausthal-Zellerfeld Cave B) St. Andreasberg Cave C) Baumann's Cave D) Netzkater Dripstone Cave
A) Samson Pit B) Lange Wand Mine C) Büchenberg Mine D) Rammelsberg Mine |