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Famous Germans

Based on the clues, name these famous Germans, past and present.
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Clue
German
Discovered relativity
Current Chancellor
Ride of the Valkyries
Current Pope
"Great" King of Prussia
"Iron Chancellor"
who united Germany
Das Kapital
Philisopher who said
"God is dead"
Printing press inventor
Author of Faust
WWI Kaiser
Clue
German
Father of rocket science
Moonlight Sonata
Winner of 22 tennis Grand Slams
Started the Protestant Reformation
Brandenburg Concertos
TV model who says
"Auf Wiedersehen"
"Desert Fox" general of WWII
7-time Formula One champion
Chancellor who rebuilt
West Germany (1949-1963)
History's most infamous German
The Tin Drum author
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sierraistheshiz
Yeah all I got was Hitler and Einstein. Hitler pretty much wipes the rest out.
Oct 7, 2012  delete  reply
Salz
Literally.
Feb 14, 2013  delete  reply
Nate
What? No Dirk Nowitzki?
Oct 7, 2012  delete  reply
puckie
Hitler was Austrian not German, maybe rephrase question to most infamous in German history?
Oct 7, 2012  delete  reply
DthNte
I agree!
Mar 3, 2013  delete  reply
FowlChr
Um, Hitler was Austrian
Oct 7, 2012  delete  reply
What
Are you kidding me?!? Hitler was an Austrian. And by the way, I typed "Schuhmacher" (correct version), and it wasn't accepted, but the false one ("Shumacher) was so.
Oct 7, 2012  delete  reply
milk
Austria is a germanic nation, and Austrians are ethnically german for the most part. Hitler became leader of Germany, and tried to unite all german lands and people in europe, and for a short time Austria *was* part of Germany.
Oct 7, 2012  delete  reply
What
With that argument you could also include other people who spoke german. And I thought this quiz follows the birthplace. And Hitler was born in Austria-Hungary. Also note that he's the only Austrian here, other famous ones like Sigmund Freud are not included.
Oct 7, 2012  delete
lazdijaiprince
Indeed, according to that argument everyone born in the Soviet Union is Russian
Apr 14, 2013  delete
Quizmaster
Normally I just let these go, but first of all, the quiz is right. It's Schumacher:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Schumacher

Are you thinking of this guy?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Schuhmacher

Moving on, Adolf Hitler became a citizen of Germany in 1932. Who says this quiz follows the birthplace?

Finally, Germany was a cultural identity long before it was a unified country. It wasn't even a unified country until the 19th century.

Are you kidding me indeed.

Oct 7, 2012  delete  reply
icetruckkiller
Can you accept Friderick for Frederick?
Feb 23, 2013  delete
What
Sorry for Schumacher. I just saw that I made a mistake here. To the other issue: Yes, Germany was unified in 1871. Hitler was born 1889 in Austria-Hungary. That's what I followed... okay, it's your quiz and you can say it's not about birthplaces. Just note that a lot of people see him as Austrian.
Oct 8, 2012  delete  reply
bmfweasel
Q: "Hey... you remember Hitler?"... A: "Yes... he's that Austrian, right?" (The answer of 0.000001% of the world's population.) A: "He's that Nazi German madman that killed millions of people" (The answer of 99.999999% of the world's population.) "A lot of people see him as Austrian" is just a tiny bit of an exaggeration.
Oct 8, 2012  delete  reply
What
Most of the people see him as a mass murderer, and a lot of these as an Austrian mass murderer (especially Europeans). Don't twist my words.
Oct 8, 2012  delete
Wildman1056
It's just a quiz on the internet, for God's sake. Lighten up. Some people just suck the fun out of everything.
Oct 9, 2012  delete  reply
Lemurlover3
I thought that the Chinese had invented the printing press far before Gutenberg did.
Oct 9, 2012  delete  reply
Mehl
They did, but Gutenberg invented the moveable-type printing press, which became the standard for printing in the western world. It was much more efficient than the Chinese printing press.
Jun 4, 2013  delete  reply
ineedahobby
@What: You are correct. The two greatest Austrian accomplishments are convincing the world that Hitler was German and Beethoven was Viennese.
Oct 13, 2012  delete  reply
paula05
14/22.
Dec 17, 2012  delete  reply
Ozchris
Blimin' Nietzsche was impossible to spell. For me anyway.
Dec 25, 2012  delete  reply
quizzicusgermanicus
Adolf Hitler always thought of a Grossdeutschland, a big German realm stretching from denmark to northern italy, from Belgium to what today is slovakia. He got the german citizenship in the 1930ies, so yes I must say: Sadly enough, Hitler was apart from being an Austrian also a German. Pray God no one like him comes again to powers.
Jan 31, 2013  delete  reply
dalekdoctor2011
Hitler was Austrian not german
Mar 26, 2013  delete  reply
patat
The current pope isn't up 2 date anymore
Mar 28, 2013  delete  reply
justus
Please accept Friedrich for Frederick
Mar 30, 2013  delete  reply
Salz
Benedict XVI is no longer the pope. Please change.
Apr 14, 2013  delete  reply
martryn
Spelling. I'm not a German speaker. I mean, there were several I knew but couldn't spell. Nietzche, for example. I think the closest I got was Nietchze, which to me looked right. Gutenberg I tried Guttenburg and Guttenberg and then figured I was thinking of the wrong person. After those two I more or less gave up.
Apr 27, 2013  delete  reply
webkinztoco123
The pope is now Argentinian Francis.
May 29, 2013  delete  reply
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