How it works
These trivia questions about Germany come in four rounds: borders, peaks, forests and states, tribes, Romans and the old Empire, confederation, empire and republics, and painters, builders, thinkers and bakers.
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German geography trivia questions in the first round
Borders, peaks, forests and states asks for the nine neighbors, the Zugspitze, the sea Germans call the Ostsee and the exclave of Bremen. Tribes, Romans and the old Empire runs from the Neander Valley to the Golden Bull of 1356.
German trivia quiz questions for a class or a quiz night
Tapping a choice reveals which one is right, with a brief reason and the source below it. There are ten questions to a set, and Scored round has 20, all marked in one go at the close.
Questions and answers
What are some easy German trivia questions?
Which country lies to the north? Whom did William I appoint in 1862? What are Brötchen? The answers are Denmark, Otto von Bismarck and bread rolls.
Are the answers checked?
Yes. Each was read on October 3, 2026 in the Wikipedia article Germany, linked under the question. The years 1933 to 1945 are not turned into quiz questions, and the Berlin Wall is left to the decade packs.
How many countries border Germany?
Nine: Denmark, Poland, the Czech Republic, Austria, Switzerland, France, Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands.
What was the Zollverein?
A tariff union of the German states. It furthered economic unity in the decades before the German Empire was founded in 1871.