How much do I know about Germany? 

Triggered by Ryan not reading the information given after the question is answered ;).

"There's plenty more for me to learn" Well, you can start with that by reading the explanations given after you answered a question 🙃

We have 92 Islands! The three biggest Islands are Rügen, Usedom and Fehmann and are located in the Baltic Sea. Followed by Sylt, Föhr and Pellworm, the three biggest german islands in the North Sea. And they are really beautiful by the way :)

I appreciate how you kept it real by posting this without learning the answers in advance 😂

Just a little hint for the pronounciation of "i" & "e" combinations in German. As an English speaker, just look to the second letter of the combination: If it is spelled "ie", you pronounce it like the english "e". If it's spelled "ei", pronounce it like the english "i". It's that simple ;)

Bonn was the official capital of Germany until 1990, since then Berlin has been the capital of Germany. The seat of government also moved from Bonn to Berlin. However, some ministries are still located in Bonn. That is why Bonn is also called the federal city and Berlin the federal capital. The Museum Island is an island in the river Spree, which houses several museums. By the way, Germany has a lot of islands. Most in the North Sea, some also in the Baltic Sea.

There are so many islands in germany you'd be surprised. Watch a Video about Rügen, Sylt, Usedom or in general the "Ostfriesische Inseln". Would love to see your reaction 💪🏻

In Berlin we have a place called Museumsinsel (museum island) its named that way because its sorrounded by the river Spree. Its Europes most famous museum complex and is titled a "World Heritage Site" by UNESCO. There is plenty going on there beyond museums. Also Bonn used to be the capital city of Germany before Berlin got selected

Woche means week, not work. Example for Brückentag: Thursday is a holiday. Many will then also take Friday off so that they can have, what amounts to, an extended weekend. The Brückentag (Bridgeday) bridges the public holiday with the workfree weekend by taking that one day between the two off as well.

10:30 for the "Brückentag", it's basically our word for "we are bridging the gap between X and Y" we have quite a few public holiday's on Thursdays. And then the Friday is a normal work day, so we "bridge" it with taking a day off (paid leave etc). This means that we get a consecutive 4 days off, with just 1 day of paid leave being used up.

The government coalition names (mostly) come from the colours of the different parties for example "Ampel" means traffic light in German and the coalition's colours are red yellow and green. The country name ones just are the same colours like in the flag of that country

As far as I know Stuttgart only applied to be the new German capital after WWII, but never actually was the capital. What am I missing?

i admit these are absolutely no easy questions for foreigners

Don't worry too much Ryan, a lot of this wasn't really possible without proper knowledge of language, history or geography. So it's fine. You made the best out of the knowledge you had and your answers weren't a bad choice at all 😉

i am not unsubscribing. For me it is super entertaining to see you learn about my country and for a couple of minutes to see it through a foreigners eyes. It gives me perspective (and tbh i didn't know all of the answers either :D so no shame in that)

Why on Earth didn't you read the answers printed after every question? Btw, in German words (eg biedermeier) the letters ie are pronounced differently to ei.

Some of these were really hard, i am impressed, that you tried to derive the meanings of some words. But next time, you should probably read the description at the end like you did for the last question... there were a few things in there that answered your immediate questions when you got a question wrong ;)

10:28 of course one needs a word for that :) In sweden we call it “klämdag” literally translates to “squeeze day” because it’s squeezed in between two holidays

Oooooh, pour boy! 😘🤗But I think, this quiz was a bit difficult, maybe. Even germans don`t know every answer! 😂Don`t give up! 👍🍀Greetings from Germany, nearby Cologne. (♀)

The Museums island in berlin is a river Island in the river Spree that runs through berlin. (just because it's not super big, doesn't mean it isn't an island ;) It has most of Berlins museums on it

I feel that Ryan's videos would be more entertaining if he actually learned something from the things he reacts to. Otherwise it's just kind of pointless.

It would have been cool to see you read the answers and explanations :)

No sweat.... as germans would say, " kein Meister ist vom Himmel gefallen " . Enjoyed watching your reactions. Also,could please react to " The untold history of german americans"? Thank you.

Don't be sad. We're here with you to learn more about Germany. We will support u with likes 👍👍👍👍to motivate you more to continue such German tests.

wait. you had "Leider geil" correct. "Geil" means something like awesome. Leider means unfortunally. It's a youth slang from a few years ago and means pretty much that something is really cool.

Ryan: There is no Island in Germany Germans crying on Sylt and Rügen (and the over 100 others)

1:20 You do realize Berlin was literally inside Eastern Bloc Soviet ally territory during the Cold War for like 30 years, right? :D That was not only when Berlin was logically NOT the capital of West Germany but also when Bonn, in fact, was. 2:45 Don't be hard on yourself. Most Germans don't even know what or where Meck-Pomm is and those who do are the 12 people that live there. Meck-Pomm is our Wyoming. 3:45 You were literally looking at it. The Museum is on an island in the river. Why do you think there are bridges in the picture? :D 5:20 Ryan doesn't read comments confirmed :D I've personally explained Ampel before and I've seen plenty of comments explaining it. 10:45 It truly makes me sad for Americans when the concept of taking a day off work is so alien that they struggle to comprehend. Conclusion: some of these questions are a little hard but the easy ones you could have gotten cause we've literally watched videos on their subject together AND people explained them in the comments before.

I think this quiz is quite hard, as a german I could'nt answer all questions right.

Looking forward to your reaction on Werner - Fussballspiel 😉

Fun-Fact: Franconia is a part of northern Bavaria, which want to be a state of their own (mostly because they have their own dialect, food, and traditions AND before Napoleon rushed over Europe, it was a state (actually they were several states, like Ansbach, Würzburg, Bamberg, Nuremberg, and Bayreuth)

As a German: I would have failed horribly too!

You did ok. However you should consider to read the explanation, that is listed right under each question when answer is given. That way, you will probably remember as you can put it in context :)

"kehrwoche" translates to sweeping week and is pretty common in apartment buildings. if they don't have a cleaning service that keeps the hallways and stairs clean (and wich costs are proportionally added to the rent), then the tenants have to do the work and it's split up for one party of each floor for 1 week each. they then just have to clean the hallway on their floor plus the stairs down to the next floor. and they only have to do it once (or maybe twice in winter) when it's their turn (except you have shitty neighbors that complain about every crumb...). when it's my turn i always would do it towards the end of the week so the next in turn wouldn't have to clean to much.

"Versuch macht klug" - German proverb - (literal) translation: "trying makes you smarter"

Do this again. Do it with other quizzes about Germany. Was great to watch. Don't be too mad with yourself. The questions were not too easy and even I, as a german, had to think at one or two of these...

The Nickname Thing of the coalition depents on the Party Colors so SPD is red, CDU is black, FDP is yellow, and Die Grüne are green. Son depending on the Koalition ther are Colrs like Flags. So for Jamaica for Example it is Black (CDU) Yellow (FDP) Green (Die Grüne). At the Moment it is Ampel (Trafficlight) so Red (SPD) Yellow (FDP) Green (Die Grüne). There are 2 more Partys Linke (red) and AFD (blue). The Partys are: CDU / CSU - Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands - Christian Democratic Union of Germany (BLACK) The Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) was founded in 1945 as an interdenominational successor party to bourgeois, Christian-based and national liberal parties (Zentrumspartei, DDP, DVP and others). In terms of content, it is inclined toward Christian social doctrine as well as conservatism and liberalism, and thus covers a Christian-social and especially a liberal-conservative spectrum. In the course of reunification, the CDU (East) merged with the CDU on October 1, 1990. The CDU (East) was still compulsorily a GDR bloc party until 1989 and saw itself as a "party of socialism." The GDR bloc party DBD (Democratic Peasants' Party of Germany) also represented the SED line in essential points until 1989 and joined the CDU after reunification. With the exception of Bavaria, the CDU is represented throughout Germany. In its history, the CDU has provided five of the nine chancellors of the Federal Republic of Germany to date. The Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU) has a more conservative orientation than the CDU, but in economic and social policy it is considered to be more socially oriented. The party only runs for election in Bavaria. In return, the CDU does not have its own state association there. It forms a parliamentary group with the CDU in the German Bundestag; together they are known as "the Union" or "Union parties. Currently, the CDU/CSU is the largest opposition faction in the Bundestag. SPD - Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands - Social Democratic Party of Germany (RED) The Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), including its predecessor organizations, has existed since 1863 and is thus the oldest existing political party in Germany. It established the tradition of social democracy. After being banned during the National Socialist era, it was reestablished in 1945. Since its Godesberg Program of 1959, it no longer sees itself officially as a workers' party, but as a people's party that wants to be electable for broad sections of society. Its slogan is "Freedom, Justice and Solidarity. With Willy Brandt, Helmut Schmidt, Gerhard Schröder and Olaf Scholz, the SPD has so far provided four German chancellors. Together with Bündnis 90/Die Grünen and the Free Democratic Party (FDP), it forms the current coalition government of the Federal Republic of Germany, whose chancellor is Olaf Scholz. FDP - Freie Demokratische Partei - Free Democratic Party (YELLOW) The Free Democratic Party (FDP) was founded in 1948 and bases its self-image on the tradition of German liberalism, which had already organized itself in 1861 with the German Progress Party in Prussia as Germany's first political party in the sense understood today. The modern FDP stands for more freedom and responsibility for the individual and for greater restraint on the part of the state, especially in economic issues, but also in civil rights issues. Before the reunification of Germany, the FDP united in 1990 with the LDPD (Liberal Democratic Party of Germany) and the NDPD (National Democratic Party of Germany of the GDR), which still acted politically as bloc parties alongside the Socialist Unity Party of Germany until 1989. In the 2013 federal election, the FDP fell short of the five-percent hurdle in federal elections with 4.8 % and was thus no longer represented in the Bundestag for the first time in its history. However, the party has since been able to return to nine state parliaments and the European Parliament. In the 2017 federal election, it succeeded in re-entering the Bundestag. Together with the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and Alliance 90/The Greens, the FDP forms the current coalition government of the Federal Republic of Germany, whose chancellor is Olaf Scholz (SPD). Die Grünen - Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen - Alliance 90/The Greens (GREEN) The Greens emerged as a nationwide party in 1980 from parts of the New Social Movements, for example the women's movement of the time, the peace movement and the ecology movement of the 1970s. In 1983, they entered the Bundestag for the first time. In 1990 they merged with the East German Greens and in 1993 with Bündnis 90 to form Bündnis 90/Die Grünen. One of the party's main substantive focuses is environmental protection. The party is also considered left-liberal and is inclined toward multiculturalism. They are more strongly represented in the western states. In 1985 they were involved in a state government for the first time (in Hesse) in a coalition with the SPD, then in many more states and finally, from 1998 to 2005, in the federal government. In recent years, there have also been several coalitions with the CDU at the state level. Together with the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and the Free Democratic Party (FDP), the Greens form the current coalition government of the Federal Republic of Germany, whose chancellor is Olaf Scholz (SPD). Die Linken - Die Linke is a left-wing, democratic-socialist party in Germany (RED) The Left Party was formed on June 16, 2007, from the merger of the PDS (formerly the SED), which is more firmly rooted in East Germany, and the WASG, which has a West German orientation. The party aims to overcome capitalism and achieve democratic socialism. Some political scientists as well as representatives of other parties also classify the party as populist.In 2005, the WASG party was founded in protest against the policies of the Red-Green federal government, on the initiative of left-wing trade unionists and former SPD members critical of the government. For the 2005 federal election, the PDS opened its electoral lists to WASG candidates. For this reason, the PDS changed its name to Linkspartei.PDS. In terms of content, the Linkspartei.PDS invoked democratic-socialist ideals and claimed to cover the politically left democratic spectrum in Germany. The Left Party, members of the Left Party, and individual organizations within the party have been observed by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution (Verfassungsschutz) on several occasions in the past for left-wing extremist aspirations. In particular, the Communist Platform (KPF), a political association within the party, is considered by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution to be left-wing extremist. Furthermore, anti-Semitic and anti-Zionist tendencies within the party have been discussed in the media on several occasions in recent years. AFD - Alternative für Deutschland - Alternative for Germany (BLUE) The Alternative for Germany (AfD) was founded on February 6, 2013, and held its first public meeting in Oberursel on March 11, 2013. In the 2013 federal election, the party initially achieved only a second-vote result of 4.7%, failing to clear the 5-percent hurdle. It was initially critical of the euro in particular and was therefore often described in the media as an "anti-euro party". It also advocated the return of EU powers to the member states, more direct democracy, and tax reform along the lines of Paul Kirchhof. In its early days, the party was mostly classified as conservative and economically liberal. However, certain political demands, formulations and members have increasingly been categorized as right-wing populist by observers and the media. Some political scientists have also identified right-wing extremist tendencies in parts or certain leaders of the AfD. In particular, Thuringian AfD politician Björn Höcke, a figurehead of the far-right wing, is accused of racist and nationalist views. The ousting of the previous party chairman Bernd Lucke in July 2015 was seen as a further shift to the right. Since then, various experts have also seen völkisch-nationalist and anti-Semitic tendencies in parts of the party. In May 2014, the party succeeded in entering the European Parliament. From that point on, it was able to win seats in subsequent state elections and was represented in all state parliaments in the meantime. In the 2017 federal election, the AfD entered the federal parliament for the first time as the third-strongest force with 12.6%. The main reason for its success was the so-called refugee crisis. for more information you can show here Feli from Germany ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-e2l3H9DHNEw.html

Please read the longer answers after the questions, so you would learn more and understand, how that came to be, like the Brückentag.

Did you know that the explanation of each answer was UNDER the graphic !?

I feel like this was a very hard quiz, though. Especially for a non-german speaker. Even I was unsure about a question here and I have lived my whole life in Germany, so don't be too discouraged!

@Ryan Wass bellow the answer choices are explinations about the right answer.

Don't be sad - some of these questions were really difficult, even for Germans 💝

Great to listen to your thoughts. Don't worry there is always room to improve knowledge. About the Museum Island it's a region in Berlin where nearly all the Museum are gathered together (similar to Munich - German Museum is at an small island as well. Bonn has a Street where all Museum's are together.) About the capital of Germany, to be honest Stuttgart was new to me too. Bonn was the Capital of Western Germany from 1949 till 1990.

"if he's calling him a genius, it has to be something big" ...like the dollarstore item of a pour-over coffee maker :'D i really like your videos, your such a chill guy. would love to see a livestream of you

Maybe you would learn more if you would read the text after answering ?!

I like how he askes his viewers in his videos to get impressions and then never ever reads the comments :))

"There is no Island in Germany" Rügen?? 😂😂

In the heart of Berlin, nestled between the Spree and the Spree Canal, is the world-famous Museum Island. Every year millions of visitors come to visit the five museums on the Spreeinsel. The spectrum of the collections ranges from prehistory to art of the 19th century. Not only the collections themselves are worth seeing - the ensemble of historical buildings on the Museum Island is one of the most beautiful things Berlin has to offer. So you can see. It's really an Island.

I wish you would have read all the descriptions and actually learned why an answer was correct or not.

I live in Germany for 45 years and even I didn't know every answer.

"there is no island in germany" *me, living on an island in germany*

Would be a nice feature if you do and post a video chat with either one of us to discuss/review things like these. We could then explain and clarify a few details. On the other hand it seems most of us are German anyway... at least in the comment section.

If all Americans would be as nice as you, I would really not worry about the next elections...love your Videos!

It was so funny watching you making the quizz. I‘m German and I have never heard about „leider geil“ 🤔and I would say 90% of the German people couldn‘t answer the question about „Biedermeier“. 😉 Don‘t worry about your result.😀

Don't worry..Es ist noch kein Meister vom Himmel gefallen.

Don't feel too bad. I'm German and even I didn't know the correct answer to some of these questions. Never heard of Biedermeier for example. ^^ But I feel bad for the Mecklenburger among us XD

This coffee filter system was invented by the German Melitta family by the way. Originally it was ceramic, not plastic :) It has an interesting history :)

Actually, Germany has 20 islands in the northern and in the eastern sea. The largest consists of 926 km( Rügen, popular for spending your holidays) and the smallest is just 5,9 km ( Hooge, which even I, as a German, had to look up 😁)

As bonn was the capital from 1949-1990 and still the place of the government until 1999 most people know that xD

Sorry Ryan, you did so poorly on the test that I have to cancel my channel subscription. 😂 Seriously, as a German I knew most of it, but there were also questions where I stood like a cow in front of the station, so I had no idea either. (Museumsinsel? Never heard, must be far far away) In the question of what Karl, Freiherr von Drais invented, I came only by association with his name Drais with the trolley (Draisine) and then on the bicycle. Some questions could have been known with interest in Germany. The capitals Bonn (earlier) and Berlin (again) and the current ruling parties, and ther nick names, could have been known. All new in TV use their nick names all the time. That you know all our 16 federal states, cannot be expect, I either canot tell all your 50 states and their location on the map correctly, but some. 😛

hey ryan do you want to do a reaction to a video about german carnival? Since this event happens in some days, it might quiet interresting to know whats happening over here :)

I live in Bonn. You’re welcome to visit this beautiful city :)

Capital: Bonn is unknown, but as long as Berlin was surrounded by GDR, it was not possible to go there. Imagine Russia (their soldiers being throughout GDR) kidnapping a whole government within a few hours... So they went to Bonn. But me, as a German, still don't know when Stuttgart might have been our capital.

between 1948 and 2000 Bonn was the capital of West Germany. Bonn is a little south of Cologne. West Berlin was not chosen because this city was an island in the GDR. However, East Berlin was the capital of the GDR (East Germany). After unification, all of Berlin once again became the capital of all of Germany. Weimar was temporarily the capital before 1933 because the government did not feel safe in Berlin.

For more information you could have read the subtext under every question. ;-)

German here and did not know question 1, either. The Biedermeier-Question - well, if you knew anything about the way how they dressed at the beginning of the 19th century - or had seen this painting from Spitzweg before and new that he was a Biedermeier-painter - maybe you could have guessed the correct answer. And on the photo about the Museums in Berlin - there is a bridge visible ... was a hint. That you did not know about the person who invented the Draisine (there are two meanings - one is a walking bike) isn't too shameful, but that you did not know who invented the Coffee filter - that is. Melitta Bentz, a woman from Dresden, experimented and finally found an easy solution to keep the coffee grounds out of her coffee. She got a patent for it 1908.

Ärger dich nicht!😅 Auch viele Deutsche hätten nicht alle Fragen beantworten können. Aber ich freue mich immer wenn, du dich wunderst wie es in Deutschland zugeht. 🥴Warst du schon mal in Deutschland?🇩🇪 Viele Grüße ein dich kürzlich auf RU-vid entdeckter neuer Fan 🥳

,, Woche'' actually means week, but you weren't wrong about that ,,Kehrwoche'' has to do with work ; work means ,,Arbeit''

Honestly, I would not have had many of them correct either. Some of those questions are completely random and others I would’ve only known if I had specifically read about them. You didn’t let anyone down here, Ryan! It’s completely fine

I did not know omly one question, number one (Stuttgart was capital only 1 week in 1919). This quiz is really fun. 👏🏻

to be fair, some of these are oddly specific, for example i have never heard anyone actually use the word biedermeier

when the hallf of Berlin was occupied (you know 2 Germanies, Cold war and stuff) Bonn in the West was used as the cspital, because if was one of the mayor Cites in the west that wasnt completely destroyed by the Allies. Bonn was the capital of Germany until recently, after reunification in 1990

I'm german an even i didn't knew some things, try another test

In your defense: I'd say, some of these questions are even for a German quite difficult. Would not have known at which point in time Stuttgart had been capital of a German nation. Also, I think, lots of other questions need a very solid level of German language skill to be able to deduce.

There is no island in Germany?! What? WHAT?!? We have several island in the nothern and baltic see. In addition every piece of land within a waterbody not connected or only connected by bridges to the land around is by definition an island??? In Berlin a couple of museums are closely located on one within the city. Populare with tourists as one of the main city attractions. That statement indead oozed ignorance or a total misconcept of the term 'island'.

Be comforted: Those questions were really random. However, had you read the information included with the answers, you could have learned some new things - like you did with the tenth question.

Im German myself and could only do the half of the Answers correctly, this test had such random questions that arnt really germany related..... Maybe you could do another test that is more about germany and not these random questions maybe try the one from the websiite geolino (But its a bit much history related)

"there are no islands in Germany" 😆 Well, it's only 92 of them, guess they don't really count... 😂

Stuttgart was also never the capital of Germany!? What's wrong with this quiz?

Germany has nearly 100 islands lmao. The museum island is a river-island tho, which technically doesn't really count

Germany has 100 real islands bit ofc a museum island is not a real island

I like that you want to learn. But why don't you read the explanations between the questions? This is how you know why what you ticked was wrong.

The bicycle was originally called after the inventor’s name: “Draisine”

The Quiz was absolutly horrible and with Not important questions

Ryan: There's no island in Germany. Me, watching this at home on an island: Where am I then? 😳

Funny to see your brain freeze when it comes to days off. A concept so foreign to US workers...

Don't be sad. Some questions are not easy , even for Germans. For example the question with Bonn. Young people can struggle with the answer, too.

Just in case you need to know, Germany has a fuckload of islands. they are also well worth a visit.

I am German and I didn’t know that Stuttgart was the Capital of Germany 😂😂

Sylt and Helgoland - 2 of the German islands lol, Kehrwoche = sweeping week = it's your turn to clean the stairs.

Ryan, to my oppinion you are really brave to do this quiz. I guess, not even 75% of german people could have answered correctly. 👍🏻🤗

"Leider geil" is directly translated "Sadly awsome" meaning something really shouldn't be this good, but it is. Guilty pleasure is a goof synonym but it feels like the connotation is slightly different. When people tell you something is a guilty pleasure it feels like an almost admission of guilt like, Yeah, i know I shouldn't enjoy it, but it is so good!! While "Leider geil" is more a "Welp, that's it, i have no choice but to like this now. I did not excpect it to be awsome, it is, now I have to eat my words and love it."

2/10 20% is worse than just guessing randomly lmao

No one need to explain it the results as they are printed after u guessed ... Sadly you never read it xD

1000€ for this iPhone? Thats biedermeier!! :D

The questions were rather difficult for an American.

The "Draisine" was the first "kind of" a bicycle!

Dude!! You should have read the explanations after giving your answer! Leider geil translates to unfortunately awesome. So that kinda gives it away as being a guilty pleasure. It's also a title of a well known song that lists guily pleasures ... quite funny one.

Brückentag =bridge day. A weekend, monday is a workday and tuedsday is free you will try and take monday off to have 4 consecutive days off. If you have 2 free days it means you can get 9 days off with just using 3 days of your holiday budget. In 2023 you can get 61 days off with just using 25 days of paid vacation

as a german this was like watching a game show on tv when you want to tell the person what the right answer is lol

For your comment about "Brückentag" - I have something more for you! We have 25 days off work paid, every year. So we take a "Brückentag" between a national holiday and the weekend to save these days and get a extra long weekend. (just for information, I'm from Austria, we have more national holiday days than Germany has and we use them wisely). 😀