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