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  • 1. Which author from Lübeck won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1929?
A) Emanuel Geibel
B) Gustav Falke
C) Thomas Mann
D) Heinrich Mann
  • 2. Which swimmer won three medals at the 1996 Summer Olympics?
A) Tobias Kamke
B) Marie-Louise Dräger
C) Maximilian Munski
D) Sandra Völker
  • 3. Who was known as 'the infant scholar of Lübeck'?
A) Christian Friedrich Heinecken
B) Erasmus Finx
C) Adam Brand
D) Arnold of Lübeck
  • 4. What was the profession of Hermann Blohm?
A) Shipbuilder
B) Architect
C) Philosopher
D) Diplomat
  • 5. Which individual served as the chief commissioner of the Federal Criminal Police Office from 2004 to 2014?
A) Jörg Wontorra
B) Kurd von Schlözer
C) Jörg Ziercke
D) Hermann Pister
  • 6. What sport is Marie-Louise Dräger known for?
A) Tennis
B) Cycling
C) Rowing
D) Swimming
  • 7. Who was the Nazi SS commandant of Buchenwald Concentration Camp?
A) Walter Ewers
B) Hermann Pister
C) Hermann Görtz
D) Heinrich Mann
  • 8. What was the primary profession of Tobias Kamke?
A) Swimmer
B) Tennis player
C) Rower
D) Footballer
  • 9. Who wrote 'The Germans in England 1066–1598'?
A) David Nicolle
B) Helen Zimmern
C) Arnold of Lübeck
D) Ian Duncan Colvin
  • 10. Which of these individuals was a professional sports journalist?
A) Peter Schneider
B) Friedrich Ranke
C) Jörg Wontorra
D) Heinrich Mann
  • 11. What was the occupation of Hans Blumenberg?
A) Merchant
B) Architect
C) Historian
D) Philosopher
  • 12. Which rower was a silver medallist at the 2016 Summer Olympics?
A) Sandra Völker
B) Maximilian Munski
C) Marie-Louise Dräger
D) Tobias Kamke
  • 13. Who was a spy for Nazi Germany in Britain and Ireland?
A) Walter Ewers
B) Hermann Pister
C) Hermann Görtz
D) Adam Brand
  • 14. Which historical figure was a diplomat and historian?
A) Arnold of Lübeck
B) Erasmus Finx
C) Kurd von Schlözer
D) Christian Adolph Overbeck
  • 15. Who was the author of the contemporary chronicles and died between 1211 and 1214?
A) Erasmus Finx
B) Thomas Mann
C) Arnold of Lübeck
D) Johann Bernhard Vermehren
  • 16. Which occupation was held by Laurentius Surius?
A) Nuclear physicist
B) Landscape painter
C) Carthusian monk and hagiographer
D) Lutheran church historian
  • 17. When were the Lübeck Martyrs executed?
A) 10 November 1945
B) 10 November 1933
C) 10 November 1937
D) 10 November 1943
  • 18. Who was the Mayor of Lübeck who lost the Battle of Helsingborg?
A) Otto-Heinrich Drechsler
B) Werner Huno
C) Jürgen Wullenwever
D) Johann Wittenborg
  • 19. Which role did Willy Brandt hold in Germany?
A) German chancellor
B) Nuclear physicist
C) Mayor of Lübeck
D) Court painter
  • 20. Who discovered the Meibomian gland?
A) Heinrich Meibom
B) Friedrich Matthias Claudius
C) Hermann von Fehling
D) Robert Christian Avé-Lallemant
  • 21. What is the profession of Jonas Nay?
A) Chemist
B) Actor
C) Organist
D) Diplomat
  • 22. Who was the impressionist painter and sister of Cornelia Schorer?
A) Helga Kleiner
B) Maria Slavona
C) Catharina Elisabeth Heinecken
D) Birgitt Ory
  • 23. Which political party is Robert Habeck associated with?
A) AfD
B) CDU
C) SPD
D) Alliance 90/The Greens
  • 24. Who set up the Riga Ghetto?
A) Otto-Heinrich Drechsler
B) Johann Wittenborg
C) Jürgen Wullenwever
D) Gustav Radbruch
  • 25. What was the professional field of Ernst Curtius?
A) Classical archaeologist and historian
B) Nuclear physicist
C) Baroque painter
D) Violinist
  • 26. Who was one of Germany's first female physicians?
A) Maria Slavona
B) Helga Kleiner
C) Catharina Elisabeth Heinecken
D) Cornelia Schorer
  • 27. What was the role of Dieterich Buxtehude?
A) Diplomat
B) Actor
C) Composer and organist
D) Mathematician
  • 28. What is a legendary origin story for the creation of marzipan in Lübeck?
A) Trade agreements with Persia
B) A maritime accident involving almond shipments
C) A famine year or military siege
D) An ancient royal wedding
  • 29. What is the primary function of the Academy of Hearing Acoustics?
A) Researching new music technologies
B) Teaching the history of the Hanseatic League
C) Vocational training for hearing-aid professionals
D) Training students in maritime navigation
  • 30. Which is the oldest and smallest part of Lübeck?
A) Schlutup
B) City centre (Innenstadt)
C) Travemünde
D) St. Jürgen
  • 31. Which district has the highest population density in Lübeck?
A) Buntekuh
B) St. Gertrud
C) St. Lorenz-South
D) Moisling
  • 32. Where is the Citti-Park, Lübeck's biggest mall, located?
A) Buntekuh
B) Travemünde
C) St. Gertrud
D) City centre
  • 33. Which district is mainly known for its natural surroundings including the forest Lauerholz?
A) St. Gertrud
B) Buntekuh
C) Moisling
D) Kücknitz
  • 34. What is the secondary tourist destination in Lübeck known for its beach?
A) Schlutup
B) Travemünde
C) St. Jürgen
D) City centre
  • 35. Which district served as the former principal industrial area of Lübeck?
A) St. Gertrud
B) Kücknitz
C) Moisling
D) St. Lorenz-South
  • 36. Which state is Lübeck located in?
A) Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
B) Hamburg
C) Schleswig-Holstein
D) Lower Saxony
  • 37. What river flows through Lübeck into the Bay of Lübeck?
A) Schwartau
B) Trave
C) Elbe
D) Wakenitz
  • 38. What was the name of the Slavic settlement founded before 819?
A) Liubice
B) Starigard
C) Wagria
D) Lübeck
  • 39. In what year did Lübeck receive Soest city rights?
A) 1260
B) 1226
C) 1937
D) 1160
  • 40. How many church towers in Lübeck surpass 100 meters?
A) Five
B) Eight
C) Six
D) Seven
  • 41. What is Lübeck's most famous culinary specialty?
A) Marzipan
B) Cheese
C) Sausage
D) Pretzels
  • 42. Until what year did Lübeck maintain its status as an independent city?
A) 1880
B) 1937
C) 1945
D) 1226
  • 43. What is the primary air hub for the city of Lübeck?
A) Hamburg Airport
B) Lübeck-Blankensee Airport
C) Kiel Airport
D) Berlin Brandenburg Airport
  • 44. Which railway line connects Lübeck to Scandinavia?
A) Nordic Rails
B) Vogelfluglinie
C) Baltic Link
D) Hanseatic Express
  • 45. What is the approximate population of Lübeck?
A) 300,000
B) 500,000
C) 150,000
D) 220,000
  • 46. When was the settlement first recorded under the name Liubice?
A) 1072
B) 819
C) 1143
D) 1138
  • 47. Which count founded a new town on the river island of Bucu in 1143?
A) Frederick II
B) Frederick Barbarossa
C) Henry the Lion
D) Adolf II
  • 48. What is the origin of the name Lübeck?
A) A Slavic personal name
B) A Germanic royal title
C) A name of a Baltic deity
D) A Roman trading term
  • 49. In what year was the Slavic fortification at Old Lübeck destroyed?
A) 1138
B) 1226
C) 1160
D) 1181
  • 50. Who transferred the bishopric from Oldenburg to Lübeck in 1160?
A) Frederick II
B) Frederick Barbarossa
C) Adolf II
D) Henry the Lion
  • 51. What status did Emperor Frederick II grant Lübeck in 1226?
A) Regional protectorate
B) Monarchical immunity
C) Imperial immediacy
D) Duchy status
  • 52. Approximately how many towns adopted Lübeck law?
A) Around 500
B) More than 100
C) Fewer than 10
D) Exactly 50
  • 53. What was the result of Lübeck's intervention in the Count's Feud from 1534 to 1536?
A) It resulted in a new imperial grant
B) It caused the league to dissolve immediately
C) It solidified Baltic trade dominance
D) It was unsuccessful
  • 54. When did the last Hanseatic diet meet in Lübeck?
A) 1871
B) 1669
C) 1811
D) 1806
  • 55. In what year was Lübeck incorporated into the First French Empire?
A) 1811
B) 1806
C) 1813
D) 1815
  • 56. Lübeck joined the German Empire in which year?
A) 1815
B) 1900
C) 1871
D) 1866
  • 57. In what year was the Elbe-Lübeck Canal completed?
A) 1900
B) 1897
C) 1867
D) 1906
  • 58. When was the Herrenwyk ironworks founded?
A) 1877
B) 1906
C) 1900
D) 1897
  • 59. What was the date of the RAF raid that caused a firestorm in Lübeck?
A) 2 May 1945
B) 6 November 1806
C) 28 March 1942
D) 3 May 1945
  • 60. Where was the northernmost road crossing into East Germany located?
A) The historic centre
B) Herrenwyk
C) Hamburg
D) Schlutup
  • 61. In what year did UNESCO designate Lübeck's historic centre a World Heritage Site?
A) 1949
B) 1987
C) 1937
D) 2015
  • 62. Lübeck hosted which international conference in April 2015?
A) European Union summit
B) G20 conference
C) NATO summit
D) G7 conference
  • 63. Which political party became the largest in the Lübeck parliament in 1932?
A) The Social Democratic Party
B) The Nazi Party
C) The Communist Party
D) The Green Party
  • 64. What was the name of the prisoner-of-war camp that operated in Lübeck from 1940 to 1945?
A) Neuengamme
B) Stalag 76
C) Oflag X-C
D) Schlutup Camp
  • 65. What is the Köppen climate classification for Lübeck?
A) Cfb
B) Dfc
C) Bsk
D) Aw
  • 66. What is the average temperature in Lübeck during the winter?
A) 5 °C
B) 2 °C
C) 0 °C
D) -2 °C
  • 67. What was the highest temperature ever recorded in Lübeck?
A) 38.0 °C
B) 35.5 °C
C) 40.2 °C
D) 32.7 °C
  • 68. In what year was the driest year recorded in Lübeck?
A) 1998
B) 1959
C) 1912
D) 2010
  • 69. Who is the current mayor of Lübeck?
A) Angela Merkel
B) Olaf Scholz
C) Jan Lindenau
D) Frank-Walter Steinmeier
  • 70. How many overnight stays were recorded in Lübeck in 2019?
A) 1 million
B) 2 million
C) 500,000
D) 5 million
  • 71. Where is the famous handicrafts market held during the Christmas season?
A) Holstentor
B) City Hall
C) Heiligen-Geist-Hospital
D) Market Square
  • 72. What is the lowest temperature recorded in Lübeck?
A) -20.5 °C
B) -10.0 °C
C) -27.2 °C
D) -16.1 °C
  • 73. In which century did Lübeck join the Hanseatic League?
A) 15th century
B) 12th century
C) 10th century
D) 18th century
  • 74. What percentage of Lübeck's city was destroyed during the Second World War?
A) Almost 20%
B) Almost 50%
C) Almost 30%
D) Almost 10%
  • 75. When was the Holstentor built?
A) 1286 to 1300
B) 1444 to 1460
C) 1464 to 1478
D) 1334 to 1350
  • 76. Which city gate in Lübeck was completed in 1444?
A) Burgtor
B) Holstentor
C) Koberg Gate
D) Salzspeicher Gate
  • 77. In what year was the Hospital of the Holy Spirit built?
A) 1444
B) 1286
C) 1334
D) 1250
  • 78. What is the Katharineum today?
A) A musical conservatory
B) A Latin school
C) A city warehouse
D) A hospital
  • 79. What was stored in the historic Salzspeicher warehouses?
A) Spices
B) Salt
C) Textiles
D) Grain
  • 80. The Church of St Lawrence is located on the site of a cemetery for victims of what?
A) The Great Fire
B) 19th-century cholera
C) World War II bombing
D) 16th-century plague
  • 81. Who initiated the tradition of weekly Abendmusiken in the Marienkirche?
A) Thomas Mann
B) Franz Tunder
C) Johann Sebastian Bach
D) Dieterich Buxtehude
  • 82. Which famous composer married Franz Tunder's daughter in 1668?
A) Mattheson
B) Dieterich Buxtehude
C) Bach
D) Handel
  • 83. Which composer visited Lübeck in 1705 to hear Buxtehude perform?
A) Günter Grass
B) Thomas Mann
C) Lothar Malskat
D) Bach
  • 84. What is the title of the 1901 novel by Thomas Mann about Lübeck bourgeoisie?
A) Abendmusiken
B) The Rat
C) The Old Town
D) Buddenbrooks
  • 85. Who painted new works and passed them off as medieval fresco restorations in the 1950s?
A) Franz Tunder
B) Thomas Mann
C) Dieterich Buxtehude
D) Lothar Malskat
  • 86. In which novel did Günter Grass feature the art scandal involving Lothar Malskat?
A) The Fresco
B) The Baltic Sea
C) Buddenbrooks
D) The Rat
  • 87. Where is the writer Günter Grass buried?
A) Travemünde
B) Lübeck
C) Behlendorf
D) Lüneburg
  • 88. Which institution recognized that Lübeck's Old City layout remains largely unaltered?
A) The German Historical Society
B) The City Council
C) UNESCO
D) The European Union
  • 89. In which year did Lübeck twin with Kotka, Finland?
A) 1969
B) 1999
C) 1987
D) 1990
  • 90. Which city is a twin town of Lübeck since 1987?
A) Bergen
B) Venice
C) Kawasaki
D) Wismar
  • 91. Which of these cities has friendly relations, rather than a twinning agreement, with Lübeck?
A) Visby
B) Klaipėda
C) Venice
D) La Rochelle
  • 92. When did Lübeck establish friendly relations with Shaoxing, China?
A) 2003
B) 1979
C) 1996
D) 1992
  • 93. Which motorway connects Lübeck to Hamburg, Bremen, and Cologne?
A) A20
B) A226
C) A1
D) A10
  • 94. The A20 motorway connects Lübeck to which country?
A) Finland
B) Sweden
C) Norway
D) Poland
  • 95. Which motorway heads to the seaport city of Travemünde?
A) A226
B) A25
C) A20
D) A1
  • 96. How many bus lines are operated by the Lübeck City Transport Company?
A) 10
B) 40
C) 55
D) 25
  • 97. What is the name of the main port located in Travemünde?
A) Skandinavienkai
B) Lübeck-Hafen
C) Nordkai
D) Baltik-Hafen
  • 98. Lübeck's port is the second-largest of what type in Germany?
A) Baltic port
B) Container port
C) Inland port
D) North Sea port
  • 99. Where is Lübeck Airport located?
A) Hamburg
B) Wismar
C) Blankensee
D) Travemünde
  • 100. How far is the nearest major airport (Hamburg Airport) from Lübeck?
A) 100 km
B) 74 km
C) 120 km
D) 50 km
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