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Enjoy these German Big Brain quizzes we've created for you, helping to test the German knowledge you have.
Question 1
What is the name of Wagner´s son?
| Wotan | |
| Siegfried | |
| Gunter | |
| Nibelung | |
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Question 2
Where does the name come from?
| A fairytale | |
| An epos | |
| An opera | |
| A musical | |
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The name comes from an old German epos, which Wagner adapted for one of his operas.
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Question 3
Wagner´s son is famous for what?
| Taking over the Festspiele after his father´s death. | |
| Taking over the Festspiele after his sister´s death. | |
| Taking over the Festspiele after his mother´s death. | |
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Cosima Wagner did the Festspiele from wagner´s death up to her own. Then her son took over.
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Question 4
The family spent most of their time together in which German state?
| Prussia | |
| Hannover | |
| Bavaria | |
| Hamburg | |
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They had a family home in Bavaria, as they were close to King Ludwig II.
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Question 5
Was the family anti-semitic?
| Yes | |
| Maybe | |
| No | |
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Cosima Wagner´s journals have some nasty references to Jews in them, and Wagner published some ´strange´ articles. It is safe to say that there was an anti-semitic tendency.
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Question 6
How many sisters did Wagner´s son have?
| one | |
| two | |
| three | |
| none | |
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He had one ´real´ sister and two half-sisters.
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