Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quiz
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Who gave Goethe the Legion of Honour in 1808?
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Where did Goethe flee under a false name in 1786?
Answer: Italy
Why: He travelled as Philipp Möller and did not return to Weimar until 1788.
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Which country printed Goethe on a banknote?
Answer: East Germany
Why: East German 20-mark notes carried Goethe's portrait from 1964 until the Deutsche Mark replaced them in July 1990.
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What science term did Goethe coin?
Answer: morphology
Why: Karl Friedrich Burdach printed the word first, in 1800, but Goethe had used it in his diary in 1796.
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What did Goethe cure by climbing Strasbourg Cathedral?
Answer: His vertigo
Why: Near the top he stepped onto a platform barely half a metre wide, repeating it until the fear was gone.
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What did Goethe earn his university degree in?
Answer: Law
Why: His small law practice in Frankfurt faltered after he was reprimanded for arguing his first cases too vigorously.
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Which subject did Goethe plan as an epic before Schiller took it up?
Answer: William Tell
Why: Schiller's Wilhelm Tell premiered in Weimar in March 1804, staged under Goethe's direction.
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