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City Trivia - Berlin

Can you guess these facts about the capital of Germany?
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Last updated: September 30, 2023
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River on which Berlin is located
Spree
German state which completely surrounds Berlin
Brandenburg
German parliament building which was set on fire in 1933
Reichstag
Year in which the infamous Berlin Wall was built
1961
....and the year in which it fell
1989
Berlin's most iconic landmark; a city gate built in Neoclassical style
Brandenburg Gate
Kingdom,centred around Berlin,known for its efficient military
Prussia
Best known crossing point between East and West Berlin in times of the Cold War
Checkpoint Charlie
Large Berlin suburb,where Churchill,Stalin and Truman met after WWII
Potsdam
Demonym attached with Berlin; also a type of doughnut
Berliner
What the allies did to supply West Berlin during the Soviet blockade of 1948-49
Airlift
Berlin's former primary International Airport,which ceased operations in 2020
Tegel
German chancellor after whom the city's new primary airport is named
Willy Brandt
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Berlin's largest stadium,originally built for the 1936 Summer Olympics
Olympiastadion
German word for place;Potsdamer_____, Alexander____
Platz
Another term for the Berlin's iconic TV tower
Fernsehturm
Famous fast food dish invented by Herta Heuwer in 1949
Currywurst
Museum Complex declared a World Heritage Site in 1999
Museum Island
Air raid shelter where Hitler and his newly married wife Eva Braun committed suicide
Fuhrerbunker
Berlin's main railway station
Hauptbahnhof
Possibly Berlin's most famous university, named after two influential brothers
Humboldt
Sporting event held annually on the streets on the last weekend of September
Berlin Marathon
Monument which was designed to commemorate the German unification wars
Victory Column/Siegessaule
Open air exhibition of art painted directly on the last existing portions of the Berlin Wall
East Side Gallery
Europe's largest film studio; second oldest of its kind in the world
Babelsberg
2 Comments
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Level 60
Sep 30, 2023
Don't tell Potsdam it's a suburb...
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Level 77
Sep 30, 2023
Hauptbahnhof is the German for Main Railway Station; there are scores of them in the country.