Q 01/05

In which German city was Kraftwerk formed in 1970?

A) Berlin

B) Düsseldorf

C) Hamburg

D) Munich

Answer · why

B) Düsseldorf

Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider met as students at the city's Robert Schumann Hochschule, and their secretive Kling Klang Studio was there too.

Q 02/05

What does the German word "Kraftwerk" literally mean?

A) Power plant

B) Machine works

C) Steel mill

D) Motorway

Answer · why

A) Power plant

The name fits a band that treated its studio as an instrument and sang about energy, radioactivity and machines.

Q 03/05

Which two musicians founded Kraftwerk?

A) Wolfgang Flür and Karl Bartos

B) Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider

C) Michael Rother and Klaus Dinger

D) Conny Plank and Emil Schult

Answer · why

B) Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider

Flür and Bartos joined later to form the classic quartet, while Rother and Dinger left early on to found Neu!.

Q 04/05

Kraftwerk's 1974 breakthrough album shares its name with what?

A) Germany's motorway network

B) A high-speed train

C) A radio station

D) A brand of synthesizer

Answer · why

A) Germany's motorway network

The 22-minute title track was inspired by the group's joy of driving and imitates the sounds of a car journey.

Q 05/05

How long is the album version of the song "Autobahn"?

A) About 9 minutes

B) About 14 minutes

C) About 31 minutes

D) About 22 minutes

Answer · why

D) About 22 minutes

The single edit was cut to three and a half minutes, and only a small portion of it was played on top-40 radio.