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PUB QUIZ #037
Season: Wintersemester 2024/25
PUB QUIZ #037
Season: Wintersemester 2024/25
Section 1: Do you know Tübingen?
1. The buildings left and right of the Neue Aula have large (5 m) inscriptions on their facades indicating their (original) function. What are they?
□xAntike Sammlung & Botanisches Institut
□Audimax & Dekanat
□Augen-Klinik & HNO-Klinik
□Geologisches Institut & Philosophisches Seminar
2. Where in Tübingen can you find the sculpture 'Radfahrerkönig' mounted on a 2 meters high socket?
At Nonnenhaus, next to the tunnel to Bota
3. After whom or what is the Epplehaus, Tübingen’s youth and culture center, named?
□Alfons Epple, an entrepreneur who donated the building to the city council
□Epple is an old German word for 'apple', and the house once served as a trading hub for fruits
□Fritz Epple, a social science professor who initiated the project
□xRichard Epple, a 17-year-old who was fatally shot by the police in Tübingen
Section 2: Popcorn Science
1. Who released the 2024 the album 'Short n' Sweet'?
□Ariana Grande
□Billie Eilish
□xSabrina Carpenter
□Taylor Swift
2. Yesterday was Grammy night, who won the Grammy for Best Album in 2025?
□Taylor Swift
□Kendrick Lamar
□xBeyoncé
□Billie Eilish
3. What is the name of the sister festival to Southside, held in northern Germany?
□xHurricane
□Summer Breeze
□Splash!
□Wacken
4. Which tarot card is associated with transformation?
□xThe Death
□The Fool
□The Lovers
□The Magician
5. Which musician was awarded a Nobel Prize for his songs?
□xBob Dylan
□Bruce Springsteen
□Leonard Cohen
□Bullshit!
6. Do people who use sign language 'talk in their sleep' using their hands?
□xTrue
□False
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Section 3: The world is a tough place!
1. This week, on the February 28, 2025, a rare planetary alignment that happens approximately once every 100 years took place. How many planets aligned?
□4
□5
□6
□x7
2. China is huge, with 5224 km it is the 4th widest country in the world, how many time zones does it have?
□x1
□3
□5
□7
3. The famous Mount Fuji next to Tokyo, Japan is a...
□Hill
□Mountain
□Plateau
□xVolcano
4. Which country is not part of the Yucatán Peninsula?
□Belize
□Guatemala
□xHonduras
□Mexico
5. In 2024, which European country had the lowest birth rate, with approximately 4.6 births per 1000 people? At the same time Germany's rate was also at an ten years low of 9.0.
Vatican
6. There are 12 countries that span more than one continent. Give me six!
Denmark, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Kazakhstan, Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom
Section 5: Are You Smarter Than A 6th Grader?
1. Chemically speaking, what is distilled water?
□H2CO3
□xH2O
□H2O2
□H3O
2. Which strip is longer?
C
3. What does a black ball weight?
3.5
4. I've heard you are practically experts in equations with 9 variables. Use all the numbers from 1 to 9 without repeating them.
_ _ × _ = _ _ + _ _ = _ _
17 x 4 = 68 + 25 = 93
5. What is the area of the greyed out space?
Gray Area: 6*(4-π) = 5.15
Bonus Challenge
We are looking for a 9-digit passcode where each digit from 1 to 9 appears exactly once. The full number is divisible by 9, and if you remove the last digit, the remaining 8-digit number is divisible by 8. This pattern continues, with each truncated number being divisible by its corresponding number down to 1. What is the passcode?
381654729