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Berlin Quiz

Test your knowledge of Berlin with our Berlin quiz. The questions are all about literature connected to Berlin, as well as Berlin’s characteristics, its status as a capital city, important places and events. Enjoy!

1. Which author wrote the novel ‘Berlin Alexanderplatz’?
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Jakob Hein
Alfred Döblin
Erich Kästner
2. Which of these fictional characters comes from Berlin?
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Effi Briest
Thomas Buddenbrook
Oskar Mazerath
3. Where did the film ‘Kuhle Wampe’, with a screenplay by Bertolt Brecht, get its name from?
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Bert Brecht’s belly
A camping site on the Müggelsee lake
A bay by the Schlachtensee lake
4. When did Berlin become the capital city of Germany for the second time?
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1871
1945
1990
5. What was the capital city of the former East Germany?
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Berlin
Karl Marx Stadt
Dresden
6. In which area of Berlin will you find the government buildings?
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Mitte
Charlottenburg
Prenzlauer Berg
7. What is the ‘Schwangere Auster’ (‘pregnant oyster’)?
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Opera House
Haus der Kulturen der Welt
Theater am Schiffbauerdamm
8. Where can you admire the sculpture of the Egyptian Queen Nofretete?
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Pergamon Museum
Neues Museum
Bode Museum
9. Which famous architect designed the Holocaust memorial?
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Peter Eisenman
Daniel Libeskind
Aurélie Nemours
10. What’s the title of Thomas Brussig’s bestseller about the fall of the Berlin Wall?
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Helden wie wir
Sonnenallee
Helden des Alltags
11. If you order a ‘Molle’ in a Berlin pub, you’ll get… ?
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a schnaps
a beer
a glass of sparkling wine
12. Who or what is a ‘Bulette’?
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a Berlin term for the police
a Berlin term for a cow
a Berlin term for a meatball
13. Which Berlin-born actress had her big breakthrough playing ‘fesche Lola’ in a film made in 1929/30?
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Marlene Dietrich
Leni Riefenstahl
Romy Schneider
14. What is the title of the Wim Wenders film in which angels watch over Berlin?
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Der Engel über Berlin
Der Himmel über Berlin
Die Wolken über Berlin
15. Which building was wrapped up by the environmental artists Christo and Jean-Claude in 1995?
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the Reichstag
the Berlin Wall
the Brandenburger Gate
16. What was the name of the book by Christiane F., published at the end of the 1970s, which caused an uproar?
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Drogenszene Berlin
Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo
Süchtig in Berlin


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