What do you know about the world today?
Kiepenheuer & Witsch continues to publish the series of tests about general knowledge. Spring 2011 comes with volumes on history as well as on politics & society. The first test on general knowledge has been #1 of the bestseller lists for months and has sold over 400,000 copies.
How many foreign citizens live in Germany? When is the highest tax bracket of 42 percent applicable? In which country did the heiress to the throne marry in 2010? When did the Thirty Year War end? Which era is referred to today as the Gründerzeit? When was the GDR founded?
Spiegel ONLINE tested German citizens to find out how much they really know about the world today. The big “Spiegel Test Politics/Society” asks 150 questions. This book contains the full test, analyses explaining what we know and why, and interviews with Mathias Richling and Frank Plasberg.
