Swiss Flag Throwing
The art of flag throwing dates to medieval guilds (principally in Italy, Germany and Flanders): a guild's banner or flag was considered a symbol of purity, and as such not allowed to touch the ground; two major categories of flag throwing are classical and acrobatic
Ruth's Quiz 3, Question 6 of 6 – What do Munich people call their state in their language?
a. Bavaria
b. Bayern
c. Black Forest
Das Fahnenschwingen (auch Fahnenschwenken oder Fahnenspiel, nicht aber Fahnenschlag) ist ein alter Volkssport, bei dem Personen kurze und mit einem schweren Handgriff versehene Fahnen in verschiedene kunstvolle Schwingungen versetzen, die Fahnen hochwerfen und wieder auffangen; in der Schweiz ist das Fahnenschwingen ein Teil der klassischen Volksfeste
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Octoberfest – 2019SEP22 – Ruth's Quiz 3 Introduction:
I put 1.7% of my 1388 captures into 4 mini-theme quiz albums. I hope you respond to them and to my Octoberfest Quizzes!
Award to each Quiz Question first right answer!
Eating
The Octoberfest – and what a fare! – has plenty of sausages, roast chicken, and pork. Sink your teeth into a hefty rye bread slice or a light and crispy roll. Germany can offer you 600 main types of bread (Brot) and 1500 varieties of sausage (Wurst). Savor potato salad (Kartoffelsalat), red cabbage (Kohl), and Sauerkraut, and really big pretzels (Brezel). Brightly decorated gingerbread hearts (Lebkuchenherzen) add fond memories.
Drinking
Some “beer” and “ale” soft drink “substitutes” for Augustiner, Hacker-Pschorr, Hofbräuhaus, Paulaner-Salvator-Thomas, Löwenbräu, & Spaten, the 6 Octoberfest Munich brews served overflowing in a Maß (a liter-sized Bier Stein [1.0567 quarts]) are root beer, Blenheim ginger beer; and ginger ale. ...“Prost!”
Short version of a mealtime prayer I learned in Bavaria:
Komm, Herr Jesu, sei Du unser Gast
und segne was Du uns bescheret hast.
Du speisest uns, weil Du uns liebst.
O segne auch, was Du uns gibst. Amen.
Come, Lord Jesus, be our guest,
and let this food to us be blessed.
You feed us, for You love us.
Bless, also, what You give us. Amen.
The Wiesn church service is held on the first Thursday of the festival, a longstanding tradition celebrated for the first time in 1956 at the Munich Octoberfest. At 10 a.m. Catholic and Protestant ministers conduct the ecumenical service in the Marstall festival tent, its magnificent quadriga mounted on the gable, making it a fitting place also to hear about Oktoberfest history, in which horses to this day play an important role at the world’s largest folk festival.
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Munich, Germany – 2019SEP22 Octoberfest Costume Parade:
A million people and I went to the Munich Octoberfest today! If that number isn't exact, it's close! My friends Andrea & Paul with their dog Paulo, and I, all decked out in traditional attire, parked ourselves amongst the crowd enthusiastically waving at 9,000 participants of the world's largest costume parade, arriving well before it started (instead of taking an arrival nap, instead I went straight out). Indeed, most of the crew went to the Octoberfest – world's most crowded piece of real estate – and all had a good time. Yes, this surely was a marvelous trip! Hope you enjoy my quizzes! I invite you to check out what you know about the Oktoberfest, Munich, Bavaria, and Germany!
Swiss Flag Throwing
The art of flag throwing dates to medieval guilds (principally in Italy, Germany and Flanders): a guild's banner or flag was considered a symbol of purity, and as such not allowed to touch the ground; two major categories of flag throwing are classical and acrobatic
Ruth's Quiz 3, Question 6 of 6 – What do Munich people call their state in their language?
a. Bavaria
b. Bayern
c. Black Forest
Das Fahnenschwingen (auch Fahnenschwenken oder Fahnenspiel, nicht aber Fahnenschlag) ist ein alter Volkssport, bei dem Personen kurze und mit einem schweren Handgriff versehene Fahnen in verschiedene kunstvolle Schwingungen versetzen, die Fahnen hochwerfen und wieder auffangen; in der Schweiz ist das Fahnenschwingen ein Teil der klassischen Volksfeste
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Octoberfest – 2019SEP22 – Ruth's Quiz 3 Introduction:
I put 1.7% of my 1388 captures into 4 mini-theme quiz albums. I hope you respond to them and to my Octoberfest Quizzes!
Award to each Quiz Question first right answer!
Eating
The Octoberfest – and what a fare! – has plenty of sausages, roast chicken, and pork. Sink your teeth into a hefty rye bread slice or a light and crispy roll. Germany can offer you 600 main types of bread (Brot) and 1500 varieties of sausage (Wurst). Savor potato salad (Kartoffelsalat), red cabbage (Kohl), and Sauerkraut, and really big pretzels (Brezel). Brightly decorated gingerbread hearts (Lebkuchenherzen) add fond memories.
Drinking
Some “beer” and “ale” soft drink “substitutes” for Augustiner, Hacker-Pschorr, Hofbräuhaus, Paulaner-Salvator-Thomas, Löwenbräu, & Spaten, the 6 Octoberfest Munich brews served overflowing in a Maß (a liter-sized Bier Stein [1.0567 quarts]) are root beer, Blenheim ginger beer; and ginger ale. ...“Prost!”
Short version of a mealtime prayer I learned in Bavaria:
Komm, Herr Jesu, sei Du unser Gast
und segne was Du uns bescheret hast.
Du speisest uns, weil Du uns liebst.
O segne auch, was Du uns gibst. Amen.
Come, Lord Jesus, be our guest,
and let this food to us be blessed.
You feed us, for You love us.
Bless, also, what You give us. Amen.
The Wiesn church service is held on the first Thursday of the festival, a longstanding tradition celebrated for the first time in 1956 at the Munich Octoberfest. At 10 a.m. Catholic and Protestant ministers conduct the ecumenical service in the Marstall festival tent, its magnificent quadriga mounted on the gable, making it a fitting place also to hear about Oktoberfest history, in which horses to this day play an important role at the world’s largest folk festival.
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Munich, Germany – 2019SEP22 Octoberfest Costume Parade:
A million people and I went to the Munich Octoberfest today! If that number isn't exact, it's close! My friends Andrea & Paul with their dog Paulo, and I, all decked out in traditional attire, parked ourselves amongst the crowd enthusiastically waving at 9,000 participants of the world's largest costume parade, arriving well before it started (instead of taking an arrival nap, instead I went straight out). Indeed, most of the crew went to the Octoberfest – world's most crowded piece of real estate – and all had a good time. Yes, this surely was a marvelous trip! Hope you enjoy my quizzes! I invite you to check out what you know about the Oktoberfest, Munich, Bavaria, and Germany!