Can You Guess What "Sound Of Music" Number Angela Merkel Is Singing In These Pictures?

Like the G-7 really didn't break out into song the entire time they were at the German resort hosting them this weekend.

By
Hayes Brown
by Hayes Brown

BuzzFeed World News Editor

German Chancellor Angela Merkel played host to the leaders of the Group of 7 (G-7), the world's seven largest economies, at the idyllic Schloss Elmau hotel near Garmisch-Partenkirchen in southern Germany.

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While important matters like continuing sanctions on Russia and reducing carbon output were discussed, the setting was so beautiful that it reminded many observers of a certain musical set in the mountains of nearby Austria.

Markus Schreiber / AP

So can you guess the "Sound of Music" number that Chancellor Merkel is most likely singing* in these photos?

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*Based on our arbitrary whims

  1. What song is Merkel crooning to Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and Tunisia's President Beji Caid Essebsi?

    John MacDougall/Pool Photo via AP
    Correct! 
    Wrong! 

    "Edelweiss, Edelweiss/ Every morning you greet me"

    Just look at the passion on her face! She can only be singing the Captain's well-known number here.

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  1. How about in this group shot?

    Via AP Photo/Markus Schreiber
    Correct! 
    Wrong! 

    "If you know the notes to sing, you can sing most anything!"

    President Obama seems annoyed at being songsplained given his musical talents, but President Francois Hollande of France is clearly digging the lesson.

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  1. What song is the German chancellor performing for President Obama here?

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    Correct! 
    Wrong! 

    "The hilllllllls are alive with the sound of muuuuuuusic!"

    Look at those rolling hills. If you didn't immediately think of this song, why are you taking this quiz?

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  1. What song is Merkel delighting her compatriots with here?

    AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster
    Correct! 
    Wrong! 

    "So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, adieu!"

    "Adieu, adieu, to yieu and yieu and yieu!" she seems to sing, as the world leaders walk towards their group photo.

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  1. What number is Merkel singing in this field?

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    Correct! 
    Wrong! 

    "High on a hill* lived a lonely goatherd..."

    *Actual hill not pictured

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  1. Do you know what song Merkel is performing in front of this beautiful backdrop?

    AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster
    Correct! 
    Wrong! 

    "CLIIIIIIMB EV'RY MOUNTAIIIIIIIIIIN"

    There is a mountain in this picture. That is the joke.

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  1. What duet is Ban Ki-Moon singing alongside Angela Merkel?

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    Correct! 
    Wrong! 

    "You need someone older and wiser telling you what to do"

    In a twist, though, Merkel is singing Rofle's part, because Germany pays the third highest percentage of the United Nations' budget.

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  1. And, finally, what song is she singing to Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper?

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    Correct! 
    Wrong! 

    "Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens..."

    Her delight is just so evident in her face, you guys.

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