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1 What does the following picture show?  The Speicherstadt at night   Hamburg in 1800   HSH Nordbank Arena: Hamburger SV vs Eintracht Frankfurt, May 2004

2 Which of the following titles did Hamburg have?

3 Hamburg became a city-state in the North German Confederation (1866–71), the ________ (1871–1918) and during the period of the Weimar Republic (1919–33).

4 This was the first time in history the word hanse was mentioned for the trading guild ________.

5 The Botanischer Garten Hamburg is a modern ________ maintained by the University of Hamburg.

6 What does the following picture show?  Neue and Freihafen-Elbbrücke   German Labskaus   Seal of 1245.   Hamburg in 1800

7 Where is Hamburg?

8 Who of the following is/was the leader of Hamburg?

9 What is the leader of Hamburg called?

10 What is the license plate code of Hamburg?

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the Tierpark Hagenbeck zoo of Hamburg, Germany (pictured) was the first to use moats instead of cages to separate the animals from the public?
  • the Scientology Task Force of Hamburg, Germany reported on what it called brainwashing in Scientology's Rehabilitation Project Force?
  • the buildings now serving as Consulate General of the United States in Hamburg were once used as local headquarters for the Nazi party?
  • the chance purchase of a $15 Yoruba carving in Hamburg by Warren M. Robbins led to the establishment of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African Art?
  • thousands of toads in Hamburg, Germany recently became mysterious exploding toads?
  • the Jenisch house, a 19th-century country house, is located in the oldest landscaped park in Hamburg, Germany?
  • a medallion awarded by the city of Hamburg to honor "those—both Jewish and non-Jewish—who have contributed to Jewish life in Germany" is named for the Jewish First Mayor Herbert Weichmann?
  • Hamburg's Wellingsbüttel Manor was the former home of Duke Friedrich Karl of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, and used as a student's resident hall from 1964 till 1996?
  • Hamburg's Rotherbaum quarter is the site of the Am Rothenbaum tennis stadium?
  • Daniel Hoevels's work has been described as "helping critics rediscover Hamburg's theater"?
  • Karl Schnibbe was one of a group of three Hamburg teenagers arrested by the Gestapo in Nazi Germany during World War II for distributing anti-Hitler pamphlets?
  • Louis Didier Jousselin built a 3 km long bridge (pictured) in less than 3 months whilst the French occupied Hamburg?
  • György Ligeti dedicated his Hamburg Concerto to German hornplayer Marie Luise Neunecker, who premiered it in Hamburg with the Asko Ensemble?
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