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