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Hamburg Trivia Quiz

Hamburg, with a population of 1.7 million, is Germany's second city. Slightly bigger than Vienna, it is also the second largest city in the German-speaking lands. Test your knowledge of the place, and have fun!

A multiple-choice quiz by bloomsby. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
bloomsby

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
54,207

Updated
Dec 19 23

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
1922

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Guest 77 (2/10), PurpleComet (7/10), Guest 110 (5/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Hamburg is a fully-fledged state ('Land') of the Federal Republic of Germany.

True

False

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Question 2 of 10

2. Hamburg is situated on the ...? Hint

North Sea

Elbe River

Baltic Sea

Weser River

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Question 3 of 10

3. Hamburg is Germany's biggest port. It is also Europe's third biggest port after Antwerp and _____? Hint

London

Odessa

Antwerp

Rotterdam

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which of these traditional industries in Hamburg suffered a severe decline in the 1970s and 1980s and by about 1990 had become unimportant in Hamburg? Hint

Financial services

Aircraft building

The media

Shipbuilding

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Question 5 of 10

5. A postwar German Chancellor first achieved a national standing as a Hamburg Senator. Who was it? Hint

Helmut Schmidt

Helmut Kohl

Konrad Adenauer

Willy Brandt

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Question 6 of 10

6. Hamburg has very few really old buildings. Why? Hint

The place was of little importance till about 1850

Most of the city was destroyed by fire in 1842

Prosperity encouraged constant redevelopment

Much of the city was completely rebuilt in 1920s

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Question 7 of 10

7. In 1241 Hamburg entered into an alliance with another German port, thus laying the foundations for the subsequent development of the Hanseatic League. Which was the other port? Hint

L�beck

Cuxhaven

Bremen

Rostock

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which English pop group spent several months performing in Hamburg in 1962? It was the _______?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 9 of 10

9. Though a Free City of the Holy Roman Empire, Hamburg was subject to the suzerainty of a foreign country till 1768. Which one? Hint

Britain

Sweden

Denmark

Poland

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Question 10 of 10

10. The majority of Germans who migrated to America in the 19th century sailed from Hamburg.

True

False

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Hamburg is a fully-fledged state ('Land') of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Answer: True

It is one of the three German city states - the others are Berlin and Bremen. Until 1933 L�beck was also a city state but it did not regain this status after 1945.

2. Hamburg is situated on the ...?

Answer: Elbe River

The Elbe flows into the North Sea. The major port on the Weser is Bremen.

3. Hamburg is Germany's biggest port. It is also Europe's third biggest port after Antwerp and _____?

Answer: Rotterdam

London - once the busiest port in the world - declined rapidly from about 1960 onwards and already by 1980 was well down in this particular league table.

4. Which of these traditional industries in Hamburg suffered a severe decline in the 1970s and 1980s and by about 1990 had become unimportant in Hamburg?

Answer: Shipbuilding

Shipbuilding declined very sharply in 1970s and 1980s in the face of competition from the Far East. Hamburg is a major center for the German media. In addition to TV and radio, three best-selling weeklies are published there - 'Die Zeit', 'Stern' and 'Der Spiegel'.

The Springer newspapers 'Bildzeitung' and 'Die Welt' (and others) are also published there. Financial services have always been an important industry in Hamburg, but the development of the aircraft building industry dates from about 1980.

5. A postwar German Chancellor first achieved a national standing as a Hamburg Senator. Who was it?

Answer: Helmut Schmidt

Helmut Schmidt was Chancellor from 1974-82. In 1962 he won widespread admiration for his handling of the flooding in Hamburg. In particular, he called on the armed forces to help with flood relief, which at that time wasn't strictly legal in Germany.

6. Hamburg has very few really old buildings. Why?

Answer: Most of the city was destroyed by fire in 1842

Hamburg was also subjected to exceptionally heavy area bombing a century later, in July-August 1943, which caused extensive damage and killed about 40,000 civilians.

7. In 1241 Hamburg entered into an alliance with another German port, thus laying the foundations for the subsequent development of the Hanseatic League. Which was the other port?

Answer: L�beck

In 1241 Hamburg was very much the junior partner in this alliance. L�beck soon became the chief city in the emerging Hanseatic League.

8. Which English pop group spent several months performing in Hamburg in 1962? It was the _______?

Answer: Beatles

The group spent several months performing in Hamburg before they achieved fame in England.

9. Though a Free City of the Holy Roman Empire, Hamburg was subject to the suzerainty of a foreign country till 1768. Which one?

Answer: Denmark

Hamburg bought itself complete freedom from Denmark in 1768 for one million thalers - very substantial sum at the time.

10. The majority of Germans who migrated to America in the 19th century sailed from Hamburg.

Answer: True

From about 1830 there was a sharp increase in the number of Germans migrating to America, and in 1847 the Hamburg-America Line (Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actiengesellschaft - abbreviated HAPAG) was founded in Hamburg. It was one of the very first lines to provide regular, scheduled sailings across the Atlantic, instead of waiting till the ship was full enough to warrant the journey. Later, it was among the shipping lines that pioneered the separation of single men from other passengers on the transatlanic crossing, as there had been several allegations of sexual harassment and worse.

Source: Author bloomsby

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