Q 01/05

As of 2024, where does Hamburg rank among German cities by population?

A) First

B) Second

C) Third

D) Fourth

Answer · why

B) Second

Second, behind only Berlin: a 1937 law merged the neighbouring cities of Altona, Wandsbek and Harburg-Wilhelmsburg into Hamburg, adding half a million...

Q 02/05

Which luxury pen maker has had its home in Hamburg for more than a century?

A) Pelikan

B) Montblanc

C) Lamy

D) Faber-Castell

Answer · why

B) Montblanc

Montblanc is named after the highest peak in the Alps, whose height in metres, 4810, is engraved on its nibs, yet it has been based since its first ye...

Q 03/05

Which two other German cities share Hamburg's status as a city-state?

A) Berlin and Bremen

B) Lübeck and Kiel

C) Frankfurt and Stuttgart

D) Munich and Cologne

Answer · why

A) Berlin and Bremen

Berlin and Bremen: like them, Hamburg is a city and a federal state at once, so its mayor ranks as a state premier and the city casts its own three vo...

Q 04/05

In 2024, only Rotterdam and which other European port handled more containers than Hamburg?

A) Bremerhaven

B) Antwerp

C) Valencia

D) Piraeus

Answer · why

B) Antwerp

Antwerp, now run jointly with Zeebrugge as Antwerp-Bruges, has pulled far ahead: Hamburg handled 7.8 million containers in 2024, well short of the 9.7...

Q 05/05

By long tradition, which emperor is credited with founding the castle that gave Hamburg its name?

A) Charlemagne

B) Henry the Fowler

C) Conrad II

D) Otto the Great

Answer · why

A) Charlemagne

Charlemagne is the founder of tradition, but digs on the cathedral square showed that the first Hammaburg was a Saxon stronghold of the 700s, levelled...