German Trivia Evening

On Wednesday 20 May the Auckland Goethe Society’s inaugural German Trivia Evening took place at the University of Auckland. With an outstanding attendance of 70 people, the venue was filled to capacity. School teams, university teams, native speakers and teachers of German all competed in their own categories for a range of attractive prizes.

© Stephan Resch

Participants first had to show their general knowledge of things German, Swiss and Austrian. Then they had to show their linguistic inventiveness with a number of intriguing word puzzles. In the picture round, participants had to identify 15 German speaking personalities from the fields of culture, politics, sports and entertainment. The music round encouraged much discussion among the groups as music from a large variety of genres had to be identified. Finally participants had to show how good they are at guessing the answers to some uniquely German questions. Care for an example? “Wie viele Zacken hat ein Kronkorken?” What would you have guessed?
 
Ten schools from all over Auckland participated. Green Bay High School won the top school prize and was first at the prize table.
 
The evening was hosted by our Vice-president Dr Stephan Resch from the German Department at the University of Auckland with the help of German tutors and members of your Auckland Goethe Society committee. We look forward to seeing you at the next German Trivia Evening!

Wendy Thomson

© Stephan Resch