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