| 1. Which city is the birthplace of Oktoberfest? | | | | place at the first Oktoberfest? |
| A. Munich | | | | A. A horse race |
| B. Berlin | | | | B. A Polka dance off |
| C. Dublin | | | | C. Beer barrel races |
| D. Cincinnati | | | | D. The first funnels |
| A. Munich | | | | A. A horse race |
| QQ: Oktoberfest is an institution whose origins are | | | | QQ: The first Oktoberfest consisted of a royal |
| unique to Munich. It is notcelebrated elsewhere in | | | | wedding and a horse race, not beer tents. Horse |
| Germany or even Bavaria. | | | | races in the presence of the Royal Family marked |
| 2. The first Oktoberfest evolved from what event? | | | | the close of the event that was celebrated as a |
| A. A funeral | | | | festival for the whole of Bavaria. The decision to |
| B. A peace treaty | | | | repeat the horse races in the subsequent year gave |
| C. A wedding | | | | rise to the tradition of the Oktoberfest. |
| D. A christening | | | | 9. How is the Munich Oktoberfest known to locals? |
| C. A wedding | | | | A. the "Wiesn" |
| QQ: Oktoberfest began in 1810 as the wedding | | | | B. Always simply "Oktoberfest" |
| reception of Bavaria's Crown | | | | C. the Fall Beer Festival |
| Prince Ludwig of Bavaria (later to be King Ludwig I) | | | | D. Lederhosen Time |
| to Princess Therese of | | | | A. the "Wiesn" |
| Saxe-Hildburghausen and has evolved into an annual | | | | QQ: The Munich Oktoberfest - known by the locals |
| celebration of lager andlederhosen observed | | | | as the "Wiesn" - because at what came to be called |
| worldwide. | | | | the Theresienwiese (Therese's Meadow), and this |
| 3. What has always been the site for the traditional | | | | remains the site for the Oktoberfest. The fields |
| Oktoberfest celebration? | | | | where the wedding took place have been named |
| A. Therese's Meadow | | | | Theresienwiese ("Theresa's fields") in honor of the |
| B. Munich Beer Garden | | | | Crown Princess ever since, although the locals have |
| C. Beer Street in Munich | | | | since abbreviated the name simply to the "Wies'n". |
| D. Munich's Beer Boulevard | | | | 10. When did the first beer tents and halls appear at |
| A. Therese's Meadow | | | | Oktoberfest? |
| QQ: The wedding took place at what came to be | | | | A. Never, Oktoberfest isn't really about beer at all |
| called the Theresienwiese | | | | B. The first year of course! |
| (Therese's Meadow), and this remains the site for | | | | C. 1896 with the backing of the breweries |
| the Oktoberfest. | | | | D. Not until after prohibition was repealed |
| 4. To date, Munich has had to cancel 24 | | | | C. 1896 with the backing of the breweries |
| Oktoberfests. What is NOT a reason forcancellation? | | | | QQ: In 1896 the beer stands were replaced by the |
| A. World War I | | | | first beer tents and halls set up by enterprising |
| B. Cholera epidemic | | | | landlords with the backing of the breweries. |
| C. Black plague | | | | 11. What is true of Oktoberfest? |
| D. World War II | | | | A. Originated in Munich, it is now celebrated |
| C. Black plague | | | | throughout Bavaria and Germany |
| QQ: To date, 169 have been held on the grounds (24 | | | | B. Originated in Munich, it is not celebrated elsewhere |
| have had to be canceledbecause of the impact of | | | | in Bavaria and Germany |
| wars and of the cholera epidemics in the | | | | C. It is a celebration of All Saints Eve or Halloween |
| mid-nineteenth century). | | | | D. The consumption of beer is forbidden at |
| 5. Munich celebrates its Spring Strong Beer festival | | | | Oktoberfest |
| every March as a preludeto the so-called beer garden | | | | B. Originated in Munich, it is not celebrated elsewhere |
| season, a series of outdoor events culminatingwith | | | | in Bavaria and Germany |
| the city's renowned Oktoberfest. What reason was | | | | QQ: Even though Oktoberfest embodies the |
| the original "Strong | | | | outsider's view of German popular culture. |
| Beer" brewed? | | | | Oktoberfest is an institution whose origins are unique |
| A. As a preparation for Lent | | | | to Munich. It is not celebrated elsewhere in Germany |
| B. As a celebration of Spring | | | | or even Bavaria. |
| C. To pay taxes | | | | 12. Munich has a full calendar of annual celebrations |
| D. To avoid taxes | | | | and dulten, which means fairs, which include the |
| A. As a preparation for Lent | | | | renowned Oktoberfest. What was the original |
| QQ: In spring, the monks brewed a | | | | meaning of the word "Dult"? |
| stronger-than-usual beer for consumptionbefore Lent, | | | | A. Drink up |
| to ward off possible emaciation during the period of | | | | B. Cheers |
| fasting. Thestrong beer festival grew out of these | | | | C. Church festival |
| origins. | | | | D. Wedding feast |
| 6. Why is October a significant month in the beer | | | | C. Church festival |
| brewing year? | | | | QQ: Munich celebrates its Fruhjahrs Starkbier (Spring |
| A. Because Saint Octavius is also the patron saint of | | | | Strong Beer) festivalevery March. This is the first |
| beer | | | | event in Munich's annual calendar ofcelebrations and |
| B. It marks the beginning of the winter brewing | | | | Dulten (fairs). It also serves as a prelude to the |
| season | | | | so-calledbeer garden season, a series of outdoor |
| C. It is the last good date to have a great outdoor | | | | events culminating with the city'srenowned |
| party | | | | Oktoberfest. The original meaning of the word Dult |
| D. It marks the end of the summer brewing season | | | | was "church festival." |
| B. It marks the beginning of the winter brewing | | | | 13. Many Americans speak some German every day |
| season | | | | without realizing it as so many German words have |
| QQ: Long before modern chemistry and refrigeration | | | | worked their way into our language. One common |
| made brewing a year-roundindustry, the last safe | | | | expression, used to follow a sneeze, is "Gesundheit." |
| brewing month was March. Though early brewers | | | | What does it mean? |
| hadn't identified the microscopic culprits, they knew | | | | A. To your health |
| that summer's warm weather encouraged spoiled | | | | B. God bless you |
| beer. So the last batch was stored, or lagered, in the | | | | C. Use a tissue |
| caves around Munich. They worked on that through | | | | D. Beware the devil |
| the summer and when October's cool weather | | | | A. To your health |
| allowed brewing again, "they had a big blowout" to | | | | QQ: Bet a lot of people went for "B"! |
| finish off whatever March beer was left. The | | | | 14. Some German words have become so commonly |
| blowout became an agricultural fair, which eventually | | | | used in English that they are now considered part of |
| coincided with the commemoration of Ludwig I's | | | | the American language. Which of these is NOT an |
| marriage to Princess Therese von | | | | American word adopted from German? |
| Sachsen-Hildburghausen and today's Oktoberfest. | | | | A. Poltergeist |
| 7. Although perhaps best-known for giving us | | | | B. Noodle |
| Oktoberfest, Ludwig I also left this legacy? | | | | C. Sauerkraut |
| A. Made Munich Germany's richest museum center | | | | D. Kindergarten |
| B. Legalization of beer gardens | | | | E. They are all German words |
| C. Built many of Munich's grandest sights | | | | F. None of these are German words |
| D. All of the above | | | | E. They are all German words |
| D. All of the above | | | | QQ: You are a dummkopf if you guessed sauerkraut |
| QQ: Ludwig I is by far the most significant of | | | | or kindergarten although poltergeist and noodle were |
| Bavaria's monarchs. He aspired toelevate the city into | | | | a bit trickier! |
| a great artistic, scientific, and cultural center and is | | | | 15. Many Americans speak a little German every day |
| the city's great builder. Many of Munich's grandest | | | | without realizing it as so many German words have |
| sights can be attributed to his rule, notably his palace | | | | worked their way into our language. Some words are |
| the Residenz (residence), the galleries at the | | | | identical in German and American and other words |
| Nymphenburg summer palace, the art galleries of the | | | | have slightly changed. Which words are identical? |
| Glyptothek and Pinakothek, and many more. It is his | | | | A. Mother |
| legacy that today gives Munich the reputation of | | | | B. Uncle |
| being Germany's richest museum center. But it is his | | | | C. Winter |
| other legacies, the legalization of the beer gardens | | | | D. Wind |
| and the celebration of Oktoberfest, that perhaps | | | | E. A and B |
| most well-known. If his palaces and castles are the | | | | F. C and D |
| most extravagant expression of Bavarian heritage, | | | | F. C and D |
| beer is its most commonplace symbol. In Bavaria, | | | | QQ: Both winter and wind are identical in both |
| beer rules. | | | | German and English while these two have changed |
| 8. In addition to a royal wedding, what event took | | | | slightly from mutter to mother and onkel to uncle. |
