Q 01/05

Which Düsseldorf group, makers of Trans-Europe Express, is hailed as the origin of Detroit techno's sound?

A) Tangerine Dream

B) Popol Vuh

C) Kraftwerk

D) Harmonia

Answer · why

C) Kraftwerk

Kraftwerk play the part in techno that Muddy Waters plays for the Rolling Stones, critic Kodwo Eshun argued: the authentic original. Their name is Ger...

Q 02/05

Which Berlin techno club, notorious for its strict door policy, opened in 2004 in a former power plant?

A) Berghain

B) Watergate

C) Sisyphos

D) KitKatClub

Answer · why

A) Berghain

Berghain opened in 2004 inside a former heat and power plant, and its name splices together the ends of Kreuzberg and Friedrichshain, the two quarters...

Q 03/05

Which Berlin street festival grew from about 150 dancers in 1989 to techno crowds of over a million?

A) Street Parade

B) Nature One

C) Time Warp

D) Love Parade

Answer · why

D) Love Parade

Love Parade began as a small march down the Kurfürstendamm in July 1989, a few months before the Berlin Wall fell, and was drawing more than a million...

Q 04/05

In 2024, Germany placed Berlin's techno culture on a national register for which UNESCO-backed category?

A) Memory of the World Programme

B) Intangible cultural heritage

C) Creative City of Music

D) World Heritage Site

Answer · why

B) Intangible cultural heritage

Intangible cultural heritage is the status Berlin's club scene won in 2024, recognised as a subculture that has shaped large parts of the city since t...

Q 05/05

Which British group scored a number two hit with Born Slippy .NUXX after the 1996 film Trainspotting used it?

A) Leftfield

B) Underworld

C) The Prodigy

D) Faithless

Answer · why

B) Underworld

Underworld at first refused to let Trainspotting use the track, wary of films that painted clubbing in a bad light, until director Danny Boyle showed ...