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PUB QUIZ #045
Season: Wintersemester 2024/25

Section 1: Do you know Tübingen?
1. Which of the following animals can be found in the Neckar River within the city limits of Tübingen?
□Alligators (Caimans)
□xLobsters (Crayfish)
□Piranhas (Serrasalminae)
□Scorpions (Nepa cinerea)
2. Roughly how many scientific publications are released each year by the University of Tübingen?
□Around 2500
□xAround 5500
□Around 7500
□Around 10500
3. Since we already established you know the University Campus like the back of your hand… tell me, what’s located at Wilhelmstraße 20?
Restaurant Wok-in / Cafe Bota
Section 2: Popcorn Science
1. Some celebrities are wierdly known by just one name… for example do you know Zendaya’s surname?
□xColeman
□Johnson
□Williams
□Brown
2. What would you normally expect to see during a pyrotechnic display?
□Drones flying
□Figure skating
□xFireworks
□Laser lights
3. Who is the captain of the Black Pearl?
□Captain Barbossa
□Captain Hook
□xCaptain Jack Sparrow
□Captain Morgan
4. Which song by the pop group ABBA has a palindromic title?
SOS
5. Angora wool is an especially soft and silky fiber produced from the hair of which animal?
□Alpaca
□xRabbit
□Sheep
□Yak
6. Which ball is the largest?
□xBaseball
□Golf ball
□Table tennis ball
□Tennis ball
Section 3: World travellers delight
1. What color are the famous river dolphins, living in the Amazon river?
□Blue
□Gray
□xPink
□White
2. The Great Barrier Reef is the longest coral reef system in the world. How long is it?
□2,3 km
□23 km
□230 km
□x2300 km
3. By how many degrees is the Earth tilted on its axis?
□2,35°
□3,25°
□x23,50°
□32,50°
4. By now you know i like South America.. How wide is Chile at its widest point?
□150 km
□x350 km
□550 km
□750 km
5. On which celestial bodies have spacecrafts successfully landed? (Multiple answers possible)
□xMars
□Mercury
□xMoon
□xVenus
6. In an hypothetical scenario, which of these places around the world can you reach entirely by foot from Tübingen? Bridges and tunnels are ok even if not pedestrian, ships or planes not. (Multiple answers possible)
□Colombo (Sri Lanka)
□xMarrakech (Morocco)
□New York (USA)
□Palermo (Italy)
7. Name 4 out of the 10 most visited countries in the world (2018).
France (89.4 million), Spain (82.8 million), United States (79.6 million), China (62.9 million), Italy (62.1 million), Turkey (45.8 million), Mexico (41.4 million), Germany (38.9 million), Thailand (38.3 million), United Kingdom (36.3 million)
8. Five Cities.. Can you name the city where this picture was taken?
San Francisco, Paris, Singapore, Tübingen, Tokyo
Section 4: Are You Smarter Than A 6th Grader?
1. A woman walks into a shoe shop and buys a pair of shoes for 30 €, paying with a 50 € note. The shopkeeper doesn’t have change, so he goes next door, exchanges the 50 €, and gives the woman 20 € in change. Later, the neighbor storms back—turns out the note was fake! Embarrassed, the shopkeeper gives the neighbor 50 € from his own till. The woman and the shoes are long gone. So, how much did the shopkeeper lose in total?
50 €
2. I've tried to solve this one for 20 minutes. Now is your turn!
5388 = 4   6409 = 3   7596 = 2
8655 = ?   9713 = ?
8655 = 3   9713 = 1
counting the circles in the numbers
3. All angles are right angles, and all faces are rectangles. What is the area marked with the questionmark?
25 qm
Bonus Challenge
Is this even possible? You need 4 liters in each of the first 3 glasses.
15 easy steps:
9 - 0 - 0 - 3
1 - 8 - 0 - 3
1 - 2 - 6 - 3
7 - 2 - 0 - 3
7 - 2 - 3 - 0
7 - 0 - 3 - 2
9 - 0 - 1 - 2
1 - 8 - 1 - 2
1 - 7 - 1 - 3
1 - 7 - 4 - 0
0 - 7 - 4 - 1
7 - 0 - 4 - 1
7 - 4 - 0 - 1
7 - 4 - 1 - 0
4 - 4 - 1 - 3
4 - 4 - 4 - 0