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