Q 01/05

Munich's name comes from a monastic settlement called what?

A) Monachium, 'the monastery'

B) Muniche, 'the wall'

C) Munchen, 'the marsh'

D) Zu den Munchen, 'to the monks'

Answer · why

D) Zu den Munchen, 'to the monks'

A monk still appears on the city's coat of arms as the Munchner Kindl.

Q 02/05

Munich sits on which river?

A) The Danube

B) The Rhine

C) The Main

D) The Isar

Answer · why

D) The Isar

The Isar was a prehistoric trade route and in the Bronze Age Munich was one of Europe's largest raft ports.

Q 03/05

Which duke founded Munich around 1158 to control the salt trade, after burning a rival's bridge?

A) Henry the Lion

B) Otto of Wittelsbach

C) Frederick Barbarossa

D) Ludwig the Bavarian

Answer · why

A) Henry the Lion

He was Duke of Saxony and Bavaria; the settlement with the Bishop of Freising on 14 June 1158 is the official founding date.

Q 04/05

Which dynasty ruled Bavaria from Munich until the revolution of 1918?

A) The Habsburgs

B) The Wittelsbachs

C) The Hohenzollerns

D) The Welfs

Answer · why

B) The Wittelsbachs

Otto I Wittelsbach became duke in 1180; the last king fled in November 1918 and a short-lived Bavarian Soviet Republic followed.

Q 05/05

Munich became capital of the Kingdom of Bavaria in which year?

A) 1506

B) 1158

C) 1700

D) 1806

Answer · why

D) 1806

Elector Maximilian IV Joseph became the first king after allying with Napoleon; the city had been capital of reunited Bavaria since 1506.