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2 Heimat quizzes and 20 Heimat trivia questions.
1.
  "Heimat", Part II    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The concluding quiz about 'Heimat', takes you from the start of the Second World War to 1980.
Average, 10 Qns, jaydel, Aug 21 18
Average
jaydel
Aug 21 18
141 plays
2.
  "Heimat", Part I    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
There has been no quiz about 'Heimat', so my aim is to put that omission right. It was shown back in the eighties, but to me it still stands out. The questions are spread over two quizzes, this being the first part.
Average, 10 Qns, jaydel, Jun 19 07
Average
jaydel
150 plays

Heimat Trivia Questions
1. Paul marries Maria. They get two sons, Anton and Ernst. Still, Paul feels there is so much more than this rural, not so exciting life. So he leaves his wife and two boys and goes abroad. Where is he heading to?

From Quiz "Heimat", Part II

Answer: United States of America

He just tells his folks he's going out to have a beer.

2. At the start of every episode (except the first one), one of the people in the series tells us what has happened last time. Who is he?

From Quiz "Heimat", Part I

Answer: Glasisch Karl

With the help of some photographs, the story as it has unfolded is being told.

3. What is another particular feature of 'Heimat'?

From Quiz "Heimat", Part I

Answer: It is alternately in black and white and in color

Also, the actors speak in dialect most of the time.

4. Otto will not survive the war. What will happen to him?

From Quiz "Heimat", Part II

Answer: blown up when trying to defuse a bomb

Otto has become a member of a bomb disposal squad. He is killed in the line of duty, so to speak.

5. The series is some kind of miniature history of Germany in the twentieth century. When does the story begin?

From Quiz "Heimat", Part I

Answer: Just after World War I

Paul Simon returns to his home village after having survived the terrible carnage of trench warfare.

6. The story takes place in Schabbach. In which part of Germany is that village located?

From Quiz "Heimat", Part I

Answer: The Hunsrück

You won't find Schabbach on a map as it is a fictitious village. The Hunsrück is located just north of the French border and east of the Luxembourg border.

7. As he returns to Schabbach, Anton comes up with a plan to build a factory. What kind of factory is it?

From Quiz "Heimat", Part II

Answer: Optics

He figures that the air in the Hunsruck is so clean that is the ideal place to build this kind of factory.

8. Who's the first person we see?

From Quiz "Heimat", Part I

Answer: Paul

He descends from a hill, overlooking the village where he was born and raised.

9. Who is the central figure in the series?

From Quiz "Heimat", Part I

Answer: Maria

As the story takes us through the 20th century, we see Maria Wiegand getting old. She is being played by just one actress: Marita Breuer.

10. Maria's relationship with Otto has resulted in her having a third son, Hermann. He will go on to do great things. What occupation will he eventually have?

From Quiz "Heimat", Part II

Answer: Composer

He was born just before the war.

11. Paul's brother is Eduard, who stayed behind in Schabbach as the war raged. Why?

From Quiz "Heimat", Part I

Answer: He was too sickly

His hobby is photography.

12. Being the pride and joy of his mother, Hermann succeeds in shocking her (and her family) profoundly. How?

From Quiz "Heimat", Part II

Answer: He has a relationship with an older woman

The fifties, Klara Sisse (pet name Klärchen), works at the factory of Anton. Hermann is (sexually) attracted to her and the feeling is mutual. When this secret is found out, Klärchen is fired and ordered to break off the relationship. However, the two lovers are able to celebrate New Year's Eve in secret before they say goodbye forever. Deeply hurt, Hermann will leave the village, vowing never to return.

13. Despite his vow never to return to Schabbach, we see Hermann in his hometown at the end of the series. Why is that?

From Quiz "Heimat", Part II

Answer: To bury his mother Maria

It is 1980 and Maria has died. Although she was alone in the end, everyone who has been involved with her (and is still alive) returns to be at her funeral, even her estranged husband Paul, who reveals he has never stopped loving Maria

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