German Legends quiz

More questions about German Legends

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1. 1 Easy

   Which part did Schilda's citizens leave out of their town hall?

   Answer: Windows

   Why: To light the dark hall, the Schildbürger then tried to carry sunlight inside in buckets and sacks.

2. 2 Medium

   What is the Brocken spectre?

   Answer: The viewer's shadow

   Why: The shadow's head is often ringed by a glory, colored rings of light made as water droplets scatter sunlight back.

3. 3 Hard

   Which pope refused to forgive Tannhäuser?

   Answer: Urban IV

   Why: Three days after Tannhäuser leaves Rome, the pope's staff bursts into flower, the very miracle Urban had called impossible.

4. 4 Easy

   What bird pulls Lohengrin's boat?

   Answer: A swan

   Why: Lohengrin first appears in Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival, as Loherangrin, the son of Parzival himself.

5. 5 Medium

   Where does Faust ride a wine barrel out the door?

   Answer: Auerbachs Keller

   Why: Two painted panels from 1625 in the cellar, which Goethe saw as a student, show Faust's barrel ride out of the door.

6. 6 Hard

   In which land do the Grimms say Hamelin's children reappeared?

   Answer: Transylvania

   Why: German settlers really did move there: the Transylvanian Saxons began arriving in the mid-12th century.