Q 01/05

Lights on the shaft of Düsseldorf's Rheinturm tower form the world's largest what?

A) Thermometer

B) Digital clock

C) Speedometer

D) Pocket calculator

Answer · why

B) Digital clock

The digital clock on the Rheinturm is a light sculpture read from top to bottom, with separate rows of lamps for the hours, minutes and seconds.

Q 02/05

Düsseldorf's Old Town, packed with hundreds of pubs, is nicknamed the longest what in the world?

A) Buffet

B) Party

C) Bar

D) Queue

Answer · why

C) Bar

The longest bar in the world is the Altstadt's boast because its pubs stand so close together that each counter is said to join the one next door.

Q 03/05

Which extinct human species is named after a valley just east of Düsseldorf, where bones emerged in 1856?

A) Denisovan

B) Cro-Magnon

C) Heidelberg Man

D) Neanderthal

Answer · why

D) Neanderthal

Neanderthal comes from the Neander Valley, where quarry workers dug bones out of a cave and a local teacher reportedly saw at once that they were not ...

Q 04/05

Düsseldorf has more than 600,000 residents, but what does the German suffix '-dorf' in its name mean?

A) Village

B) Bridge

C) Castle

D) Harbour

Answer · why

A) Village

Village is the literal meaning: the city began as a fishing and farming settlement on the riverbank and never dropped the humble ending as it grew.

Q 05/05

Which electronic music pioneers, known for the 1974 album Autobahn, formed in Düsseldorf in 1970?

A) Tangerine Dream

B) Alphaville

C) Kraftwerk

D) Modern Talking

Answer · why

C) Kraftwerk

Kraftwerk were founded by Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider, who met as music students in the city in the late 1960s.