DW English: Quiz Februari 2010

1.  Sport Quiz

Your chance to win great prizes!

February sees the re-start of the UEFA Champions League.

16 clubs remain in the competition, including the Bundesliga’s Bayern Munich and VfB Stuttgart.

Bayern face Italian side ACF Fiorentina, while Stuttgart have been handed a challenging tie against defending Champions League titleists FC Barcelona.

In our February sports quiz we ask:

How many times has Barcelona won the European Cup?

a) three times

b) five times     or

c) once?

If you know the answer, send an e-mail to sport.english@dw-world.de or a postcard to  DW-RADIO/DW-WORLD.DE/English, Sports Report, 53110 Bonn, Germany

The winner will receive a shortwave radio, and the four runners-up will each get a Deutsche Welle football.

Good luck!

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2.  Newslink

Your chance to win an MP-3-Player!

The famous Filmfestival in Berlin – the “Berlinale” takes place every year in February: But this time it marks a special birthday …

Is it turning

a) 20

b) 40    or

c) 60

If you know the answer, send an e-mail to newslink@dw-world.de

or a postcard  to  DW-RADIO/DW-WORLD.DE/English, 53110 Bonn, Germany

The winner will receive a shortwave radio or an MP 3-Player.

Good luck!

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3. Current Pulse Quiz

What you know could help you win a DW bag of goodies!

Three cities share the title of European Capital of Culture in 2010. One of them is the German city of Essen, which has been chosen to represent the industrial Ruhr region. One of them is the Turkish city of Istanbul. What is the name of the third city?

Is it

a)     Tallinn in Estonia

b)     Pecs in Hungary

c)      Plovdiv in Bulgaria    or

d)     Bucharest in Romania

10 lucky people will win a prize for getting the right answer.

Send your answers- including your mailing address - to:

E-mail:  features@dw-world.de

or

Snail Mail: Pulse, English Service, Deutsche Welle Radio, 53110 Bonn, Germany.

Get your ideas to us before the end of February 2010. Good luck!

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4. Euromaxx Quiz

Enter our euromaxx quiz and you could be the winner of a designer watch. All you have to do to enter the draw is answer the quiz question correctly. The winner will receive a ladies’ watch from Dolce & Gabbana of Italy.

Tanja Schulz-Hess from Hamburg draws a crowd wherever she goes with her carnival costumes. For over ten years, she’s been making her own outfits. She works at home and stores the costumes in her attic.

Every year, she presents her designs at a famous carnival where she’s now won the award for best costume three years in a row. This year she’s once again hoping for a prize.

Our question this week: Where does Tanja Schulz-Hess show her carnival costumes? Is it:

Bildunterschrift:

A)   Basel

B)   Cologne

C)   Venice     or

D) Tenerife ?

Our keyword this week is “Carnival.

If you know the answer, write to us at DW TV, euromaxx, Voltastrasse 6, 13355 Berlin, Germany. Our fax number: 49 for Germany, 30 for Berlin, 4646 6505. Or send us an email to: euromaxx.english@dw-world.de. You’ll also find the quiz on our website. All answers must be in by February 26th. As always, our decision is final – and please don’t forget the keyword!

Three weeks ago we asked you: In which country Westvletern 12 beer is brewed.

The correct answer was picture:

A – Belgium.

This week’s winner, Sergey Gorbanev from Dniproprtrovsk, Ukraine, gets a Tissot men’s watch from Switzerland.

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5.popXport Quiz

In every edition of popXport we always show a music video and ask you a question about a visual detail.

What is the skeleton doing?

a)  eating
b)  drinking
c)  dancing

The winner gets CDs by Timid Tiger, Sportfreunde Stiller, Luxuslärm and Nena.

The correct answer to the quiz from January 30 2010  is:  c) Photo

And the Winner is: Karen J. Snyderwine, from Sharon in Pennsylvania, USA
Congratulations!

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4. Euromaxx Quiz

One of Britain’s greatest jazz musicians, Sir John Dankworth, died aged 82 in a London hospital this February. Sir John was more than a saxophonist and clarinetist. He also composed some unique themes for television.

Sir John, who was in the biz for over 60 years, composed the original theme music for one of Britain’s most successful TV series of the 1960s.

And that is this month’s quiz question. What’s the name of this popular TV series?

Here’s a clue for you: The characters John Steed and Emma Peel were the most prominent crime-busting duo of this series.

You can email your answers to us at Europe@dw-world.de. Or write to us the old fashioned way at Inside Europe, European Desk, Deutsche Welle Radio, Bonn, Germany.

We’ve got great Deutsche Welle prizes to give away, so get those entries in.

Comments (11)

herminFebruary 16th, 2010 at 15:50

halo..bang jay..,bolehkah memanggil dg panggilan seperti itu..? supya kdgran akrab dan kekeluargaan.
Wah trimakasih, atas posting quiz yg bhadiah radio..! swear..aku suka bgt. dan sgt mengincar hadiahnya. tp semua kembali lg pd kehendak Tuhan, apakah aku beruntung ato enggak! aduh harus optimis nih.

JayadiFebruary 17th, 2010 at 08:04

Boleh, mau Jay…mau Yadi… ok…
Semoga kali ini Hermin pemenangnya sebagai pengganti radio yang rusak…. kuncinya sekali lagi, coba lagi….coba lagi……coba lagi…..

herminFebruary 18th, 2010 at 17:45

iyaa..semangat untuk coba dan coba terus selama msh ada kesempatan.
yuhuii..yuhuii..radio…aku akan mdptkan mu..hahaha..
trims, ya Bang jay..buat posting quiz2 nya. Saya lagi sibuk mencari jwbn yg bner2 tepat

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