KUCKUCK
PUB QUIZ #039
Season: Wintersemester 2024/25
PUB QUIZ #039
Season: Wintersemester 2024/25
Section 1: Do you know Tübingen?
1. What is in Tübingen known as the 'Hintere Augenklinik' ?
□A legendary nightclub
□A local fortune teller offering his services
□Catholic Student Dormitory
□xPsychiatric hospital
2. German Carnaval (Fasnetsumzug) was forbidden in Tübingen due to murderous screaming, raging, and rioting 'Mordsgeschrei und Toben und Wüten' from 1565 till what year?
□1696
□1796
□1896
□x1996
3. The first ATM (cash machine) in Germany was installed by the Kreissparkasse Tübingen. When?
□1928
□1948
□x1968
□1988
Section 2: Popcorn Science
1. Internet slang - aka. - If you could only figure the 6th grader questions as fast as this one!
POV - TBH -
FYI - JK -
AFAIK - TTYS -
ILY - XOXO -
BTW - B4N -
GTG - YOLO -
IRL - BRB -
POV - Point of View, TBH - To Be Honest, FYI - For Your Information, JK - Just Kidding, AFAIK - As Far As I Know, TTYS - Talk To You Soon, ILY - I Love You, XOXO - Hugs and Kisses, BTW - By The Way, B4N - Bye For Now, GTG - Got To Go, YOLO - You Only Live Once, IRL - In Real Life, BRB - Be Right Back
2. With 8 books translated into 43 languages, 20 million copies sold, 2 TV shows, and 2 movies, J.K. Rowling, the author of Harry Potter, is also a best-selling author under which pseudonym?
□Joanne Murray
□Newt Scamander
□Nicholas Flamel
□xRobert Galbraith
3. A single 2x2 LEGO brick can withstand how much weight?
□130 kg
□230 kg
□330 kg
□x430 kg
4. What is Cristiano Ronaldo’s middle name?
□André
□José
□xdos Santos
□Miguel
Section 3: Stolen from a Pub!
1. Quick one: Does the Earth rotate clockwise or counterclockwise when viewed from the North Pole?
□Clockwise
□xCounterclockwise
2. True story - The Bell Inn, Aldworth, England is famous for its weekly brain teaser at the entrance. Most of the riddles are solved fairly quickly, They even have a leaderboard. This one however, nobody was able to solve.
Just ignore the spaces and punctuation:
'Here, stop and spend a social hour in harmless mirth and fun. Let friendship reign. Be just and kind and evil speak of none'
'Here, stop and spend a social hour in harmless mirth and fun. Let friendship reign. Be just and kind and evil speak of none'
3. In which sport are the techniques rabona, trivela, and panenka used?
□Gymnastics
□Figure Skating
□Trampolining
□xSoccer
4. Not the code, but the idea, same pub 2 weeks later. Are you able to unravel the hidden code?
I LOVE KUCKUCK! - You need to look at the image in a VERY steep angle.
5. If 'Jeu de Paume' were an Olympic discipline, who would have the best chances?
□Cristiano Ronaldo
□Dirk Nowitzki
□xRoger Federer
□Tiger Woods
Section 3: Capitals Gone Wild
1. I've heard you capital-city-game is off the hook! This should be easy .. What southernmost capital of South America?
□Asunción
□Buenos Aires
□xMontevideo
□Santiago de Chile
2. Which European capital is the highest above sea level?
Andorra la Vella 1,023m
3. Which is the coldest capital city on Earth, with winter temperatures reaching −40°C?
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
4. I want to play the 'Capital Cities Alphabet Game' - name a capital city for each letter of the alphabet. But since we’ve already established that your capital city game was overrated, you can skip 4 letters of your choice. (Also, there is none with X.)
Ankara (Turkey), Berlin (Germany), Cairo (Egypt), Dublin (Ireland), Edinburgh (Scotland), Freetown (Sierra Leone), Georgetown (Guyana), Helsinki (Finland), Islamabad (Pakistan), Jakarta (Indonesia), Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), Lisbon (Portugal), Madrid (Spain), Nairobi (Kenya), Oslo (Norway), Paris (France), Doha (Qatar), Rome (Italy), Stockholm (Sweden), Tokyo (Japan), Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia), Vienna (Austria), Warsaw (Poland), Xi’an (historical, China), Yerevan (Armenia), Zagreb (Croatia)
Section 4: Are You Smarter Than A 6th Grader?
1. Something easy - to warm up! Draw three straight lines to ensure each heart is in a separate section!
2. 1% question — none of the 5 contestants solved it. Could you figure it out in under 30 seconds? How many squares do you see that include the knight piece?
10
3. A bunch of Kuckuck Barkeepers move in together in a 9-floor building (floors 1–9) in WHO. Two floors are vacant. Melina is on an odd floor above 5, with two floors between her and Liane. Alissa is on an odd floor, not directly above or below Liane. Liane has the same gap to Dani as to one vacant floor. Dani is below Liane. Helena is on the 1st floor. A vacant floor is between Lora and Melina. The floor above Dani is vacant but not the 5th. Andreea is on an even floor above the 2nd. QUESTION: Who is above the second vacant floor?
Melina, 9 - Alissa, 8 - Andreea, 7 - Melina, 6 - VACANT, 5 - Lora, 4 - Liane, 3 - VACANT, 2 - Dani, 1 - Helena
4. I swear to god, I should have paid more attention in my physics classes! This are 1.5 Volt, 2.5 Ah batteries.
Bonus Challenge
Which number can you fit into the box? Draw it for me please. Digits can't overlap each other oder edges of the box, but you can flip them every way you want.
