A) France B) Italy C) Spain D) Germany
A) Wurmberg B) Brocken C) Rosstrappe D) Hexentanzplatz
A) Amazon Rainforest B) Bialowieza Forest C) Harz National Park D) Black Forest
A) Surfing B) Hiking C) Skiing D) Rock climbing
A) Rapunzel B) Snow White C) Little Red Riding Hood D) Hansel and Gretel
A) Heinrich Heine B) Karl Marx C) Johann Wolfgang von Goethe D) Friedrich Nietzsche
A) Sandstone B) Limestone C) Basalt D) Granite
A) Rainbows B) Brocken spectre C) Double rainbows D) Northern Lights
A) Erfurt B) Quedlinburg C) Goslar D) Halberstadt
A) The Middle High German word Hardt or Hart (hill forest) B) A Latin word meaning 'highland' C) An Old English term for mountain D) A Celtic name
A) Saxony-Anhalt, with Brocken as the highest peak B) Lower Saxony, with Wurmberg as the highest peak at 971 metres C) Nordhausen, with Achtermannshöhe as the highest peak D) Thuringia, with Acker-Bruchberg ridge as the highest peak
A) 75 kilometres (47 mi) B) 50 kilometres (31 mi) C) 200 kilometres (124 mi) D) 110 kilometres (68 mi)
A) 20 kilometres (12 mi) B) 45 kilometres (28 mi) C) 35 kilometres (22 mi) D) 50 kilometres (31 mi)
A) It has deciduous forests interspersed with meadows B) It supports arable farming on its plateaus C) It gradually descends into the surrounding area D) It is higher and features fir forests
A) Approximately 600,000 people B) Approximately 300,000 people C) Less than 100,000 people D) Over 1 million people
A) Nordhausen B) Salzgitter C) Harz and Mansfeld-Südharz D) Goslar and Göttingen
A) Heinrichshöhe (1,044 m) B) Königsberg (1,023 m) C) Acker-Bruchberg ridge (927 m) D) Wurmberg (971 m)
A) Fir forests B) Deciduous forests interspersed with meadows C) Coniferous forests D) Rainforests
A) 4,500 square kilometres (1,740 sq mi) B) 1,500 square kilometres (580 sq mi) C) 3,000 square kilometres (1,160 sq mi) D) 2,226 square kilometres (859 sq mi)
A) Eight rivers B) Twelve rivers C) Ten rivers D) Fifteen rivers
A) As tourist attractions B) For recreational fishing C) To create artificial lakes D) To form mountain ponds like the Oderteich
A) The Innerste B) The Oker C) The Wipper D) The Bode
A) The Bode B) The Wipper C) The Oker D) The Leine
A) The Wipper B) The Innerste C) The Bode D) The Oker
A) The Wipper B) The Leine C) The Oder D) The Bode
A) The windward side B) The leeward side C) The southern side D) The eastern side
A) Hot and humid B) Dry and arid C) Regular precipitation D) Cold with heavy snowfall
A) Mesozoic era B) Cenozoic era C) Precambrian era D) Palaeozoic era
A) Sandstone B) Base-poor rocks C) Limestone D) Marble
A) Oker Valley B) Selke Valley C) Weser Valley D) Bode Gorge
A) Quaternary period B) Jurassic period C) Tertiary period D) Cretaceous period
A) Limestone B) Marble C) Argillaceous shales D) Granite
A) The most important uplift movements during the sub-Hercynian phase B) The formation of the first mountain range C) The extinction of marine life D) The appearance of the first dinosaurs
A) Sandstone deposits B) Marble deposits C) Granite deposits D) Limestone deposits
A) Baltic Shield B) Gießen-Harz surface layer of the Rhenohercynian zone C) Alpine Fault Zone D) Scandinavian Plateau
A) Long, narrow V-shaped valleys B) Circular basins C) Flat-bottomed valleys D) Wide U-shaped valleys
A) Common beech (Fagus sylvatica) B) Scots elm (Ulmus glabra) C) Sycamore trees (Acer pseudoplatanus) D) English oak (Quercus robur)
A) Wood-rush beech woods B) Mixed woods C) Spruce woods D) Melic grass beech woods
A) Oak woods B) Beech woods C) Spruce woods D) Mixed woods
A) Carpathian birch (Betula pubescens subsp. carpatica) B) Ash (Fraxinus excelsior) C) English oak (Quercus robur) D) Scots elm (Ulmus glabra)
A) Purple B) Bright yellow C) Green D) Rust-red
A) The ring ouzel (Turdus torquatus) B) The dipper (Cinclus cinclus) C) The peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) D) The grey wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
A) Swimming B) Cycling C) Walking D) Skiing
A) The red deer B) The mouflon C) The European wildcat (Felis silvestris) D) The roe deer
A) Phellinus viticola B) Sphagnum spec. C) Tricholomopsis decora D) Melic grass
A) Homo erectus B) Homo sapiens C) Neanderthals D) Celts
A) The Saxon Mirror (Sachsenspiegel) B) The Roman Twelve Tables C) The Magna Carta D) The Code of Hammurabi
A) Common heather B) Cowberry C) Blueberry D) Bog-rosemary (Andromeda polifolia)
A) Cowberry B) Round-leaved sundew (Drosera rotundifolia) C) Blueberry D) Cross-leaved heath
A) Cycling B) Hiking C) Skiing D) Nordic walking
A) Nordic skiing B) Freestyle skiing C) Cross-country skiing D) Alpine skiing
A) The Alpine emerald dragonfly (Somatochlora alpestris) B) The golden-ringed dragonfly (Cordulegaster boltoni) C) The Subarctic darner (Aeshna subarctica) D) The beautiful demoiselle (Calopteryx virgo)
A) Copper schist B) Silver C) Barite D) Lead
A) Samson Pit B) Rammelsberg Mine C) Lange Wand Mine D) Büchenberg Mine
A) Torfhaus B) Hahnenklee C) Wernigerode D) Goslar
A) Spruce B) Common beech C) Sycamore D) Scots elm
A) Mittelbau-Dora near Blankenburg. B) KZ Dora near Nordhausen. C) Buchenwald near Ilfeld. D) Ellrich concentration camp.
A) 1705 B) 1588 C) 1668 D) 1718
A) The capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) B) The European wildcat (Felis silvestris) C) The peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) D) The black stork (Ciconia nigra)
A) Rudolph Augustus, Brocken's Flora B) Hermann Löns, Harz Nature C) Johannes Thal, Silva hercynia D) Albert Peter, Alpine Flowers
A) Goslar B) Bad Grund C) Elbingerode D) Mansfeld
A) Calopteryx virgo B) Enthephria caesiata C) Gnophos sordarius D) Cordulegaster boltoni
A) 8 May 1945. B) 15 June 1945. C) 1 April 1945. D) 7 May 1945.
A) In 1798 B) Around 1920 C) In 1668 D) In 1852
A) Rudolph Augustus B) Count Christian Ernest C) Albert Peter D) A resident mine worker
A) The capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) B) The black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius) C) The ring ouzel (Turdus torquatus) D) The dipper (Cinclus cinclus)
A) Rock climbing contests B) Mountain biking races C) National hiking events D) International winter sport competitions
A) The peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) B) The Tengmalm's owl (Aegolius funereus) C) The black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius) D) The capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus)
A) 2010 B) 2007 C) 1992 D) 1988
A) The European wildcat (Felis silvestris) B) The capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) C) The black stork (Ciconia nigra) D) The Tengmalm's owl (Aegolius funereus)
A) The golden-ringed dragonfly (Cordulegaster boltoni) B) The ring ouzel (Turdus torquatus) C) The pygmy owl (Glaucidium passerinum) D) The grey wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
A) The red deer B) The grey wagtail (Motacilla cinerea) C) The peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) D) The European wildcat (Felis silvestris)
A) Rock climbing B) Winter sports C) Mountain biking D) Water sports
A) Roßtrappe B) Wurmberg C) Brocken D) Hexentanzplatz
A) Sphagnum cuspidatum B) Sphagnum magellanicum C) Sphagnum fallax D) Sphagnum papillosum
A) 75 B) 50 C) 62 D) 40
A) Spruce woods with dense cover B) Bog spruce forests C) Open moorland D) Black woodpecker holes in old beeches
A) The peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) B) The black stork (Ciconia nigra) C) The capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) D) The ring ouzel (Turdus torquatus)
A) Eike von Repkow B) Charlemagne C) Frederick Barbarossa D) Louis the Pious
A) 750 B) 200 C) 421 D) 1000
A) The black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius) B) The peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) C) The capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) D) The European wildcat (Felis silvestris)
A) Stone coal. B) Argentiferous lead ore. C) Copper schist. D) Potash.
A) Cattle driving. B) Woodland clearances. C) Silver mining industry. D) Tourism.
A) Beech woods B) Spruce woods C) Colin zone D) Mixed woods
A) 1989 B) 2007 C) 1975 D) 1990
A) Wernigerode B) Thale C) Altenau D) Nordhausen
A) Bad Lauterberg B) Elbingerode C) Mansfeld D) Goslar
A) Colin zone woods B) Bog-spruce woods C) Riparian woods D) River source woods
A) Goslar B) Thale C) Braunlage D) Wernigerode
A) 23 March 1798 B) 1818 C) 1920 D) 1705
A) Bergwacht Harz B) National Park Service C) Harzer Verkehrsverband (HVV) D) Förderverein Loipenverbund Harz
A) Peat mosses (Sphagnum spec.) B) Deciduous trees C) Tall grasses D) Coniferous shrubs
A) On the bog margins B) On the drier hummocks C) In the flarks D) In the waterlogged areas
A) St. Andreasberg Cave B) Baumann's Cave C) Netzkater Dripstone Cave D) Clausthal-Zellerfeld Cave
A) The roe deer B) The red deer C) The lynx D) The European wildcat (Felis silvestris)
A) Cranberries (Vaccinium oxicoccus) B) Cross-leaved heath C) Black crowberry D) Cowberry
A) Sphagnum magellanicum B) Sphagnum papillosum C) Sphagnum cuspidatum D) Sphagnum fallax
A) A tall tree B) A flowering herb C) An ice age plant D) A common shrub
A) 968 B) 1224 C) 814 D) 852
A) Mining operations were resumed. B) Demonstrating walkers first entered a large military out-of-bounds area. C) A new hiking trail was inaugurated. D) The border was officially opened for tourism. |