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