german open 2013 - Deutscher Quiz

GERMAN OPEN 2013
5th and 6th of October 2013
Authors:
Rules:
Manuel Hobiger
Sebastian Jacoby
Sebastian Klussmann
The quiz consists of 6 written rounds, each a different category
of 40 questions. Players aggregate their correct answers from
all categories to find their overall score. Players have 100
minutes to answer as many questions as possible. Where asked
for a person’s name, unless told otherwise, a surname will
suffice. A correct surname combined with a wrong forename is
an incorrect answer!
Player:
Category:
Contents:
Art & Culture
History, Philosophy, Mythology, Religion, Fine Art, etc.
Civilisation
Human Geography, Cultures, Technology, Current Affairs, etc.
Entertainment
Music, Literature, TV, Radio, Films, Stage, Dance, etc.
Lifestyle
Health & Fitness, Celebrities, Food & Drink, Fashion, etc.
Physical World
Physical Geography, Science, Nature, Flora & Fauna, etc.
Sport & Games
All Kinds of Sport, Hobbies & Pastimes
Total Score
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DQV German Open 2013 Art & Culture 1. What links Rome in 64 A.D., London in 1666 and Chicago in 1871? 2. What relation was Genghis Khan to Kublai Khan? 3. Which Spanish conquistador conquered the Aztec empire in 1521 and discovered the Californian peninsula in 1536? In Greek mythology, which singer was so skilled that he could even charm stones with his singing? 4. 5. In ancient Rome, what were the ‘Murmillo’, the ‘Retiarus’, the ‘Secutor’ and the ‘Thraex’? 6. The eight‐legged Sleipnir in Norse mythology and the seven‐headed Uchchaihshravas in Hindu mythology were what kind of animals? Which surname is shared by a 19th century French president who was assassinated by an anarchist and a scientist who gave his name to a theoretical thermodynamic process with optimal efficiency? Which word precedes “of Pure Reason”, “of Practical Reason” and “of Judgment” in major works of 18th‐century philosophy? What titular activity do five people practice in a famous painting by Henri Matisse from 1909 and two people “in the City” and “in the Country” in paintings by Pierre‐Auguste Renoir from 1883? The painter, El Greco, was born in Crete, but lived and worked for the largest part of his life in which Spanish city, which is depicted in one of his most famous paintings? Which letter do you need to put in front of the name of an arts movement pioneered by Victor Vasarely and Bridget Riley to get the name of an art movement whose protagonists included, among many others, Tom Wesselmann, Wayne Thiebaud and James Rosenquist? The first known peace treaty in history was concluded around 1259 BC. It was signed between two superpowers of the time. One was Ramses the Great’s Egypt. Which was the other ‘superpower’? Known for their landscape paintings, which school of painting was named after a German state‐
capital and included Albert Bierstadt, Anselm Feuerbach and Andreas Aschenbach? The Incas used a sophisticated “writing” system to encode statistical values and help administer their country. This system is usually known by the Quechua word “Quipu”, which literally stands for the “letters” of the system. How were these letters formed, i.e. what is the meaning of the word “quipu”? Christianity has long had a presence there; a church in Axum in which African country claims to possess the Ark of the Covenant? The Shogunate of the Edo era, the time between 1603 and 1867 in Japan, is also known under the name of its founder, who established his dynasty after the victory in the battle of Sekigahara. What was his name? 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, which country was ruled by the "Khedives"? 18. The term “Mobile” was coined in 1931, when Marcel Duchamp used it to describe the kinetic sculptures of which US‐American artist? Which Hindu pilgrimage rotates between the four towns of Haridwar, Allahabad, Nashik and Ujjain, and is regarded as the largest peaceful gathering in the world? The catholic arch‐bishop, Óscar Romero y Galdámez, a fighter for social justice and a leading representative of Liberation Theology was assassinated during a sermon in 1980 in which country? Having patented one shade of it and having used it throughout his work, with which colour is the French artist Yves Klein mostly associated? 19. 20. 21. © Deutscher Quiz Verein e.V., 2013 Page 1/12
DQV German Open 2013 22. Amnon, Absalom and Adonijah were three of the numerous sons of which Biblical ruler? 23. True to the old proverb "The enemy of my enemy is my friend", with which nation did the Scots form the "Auld Alliance" in the year 1295 or even earlier? 24. In Norse mythology, the world tree is called "Yggdrasil". What type of tree is it? 25. 26. Gong‐bi and shui‐mo are the main techniques employed in the ‘Chinese’ expression of what art form? Which common first name in Russia can also stand for a rectangular hall or space, usually vaulted, walled on three sides, with one end entirely open that is mostly associated with Islamic and Persian architecture (albeit developed in Mesopotamia)? 27. Which two countries were involved in the so called "Winter War" of 1939/1940? 28. [Image] Which famous German is seen in this detail from a painting? 29. [Image] Between 1935 and 1938 in Târgu Jiu, Romania, an ensemble of sculptures was erected comprising ‘La Table du silence’, ‘La Colonne sans fin’ and ‘La Porte du baiser’. Buried in Montparnasse Cemetery, Paris, which sculptor created the ensemble? [Image] Which artist was ‘crucified’ on a VW Beetle (‘Trans‐fixed’), spent 22 days lying on a triangular platform in a gallery (‘White Light/White Heat’) and let himself be shot in the arm in 1971? 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. “The Girl Chewing Gum”, a video showing people and cars at a crossroads in London and a narrator obviously instructing the people, is the most notable work of which avant‐garde English filmmaker? Although a decree condemned him to Damnatio memoriae, the historian Theopompus of Chios wrote his history. Who set fire to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus in 356 BC, destroying one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, in a vainglorious attempt to gain immortality by his deed? He served a record 35 years as the U.S. Chief Justice of the USA and made the Supreme Court a co‐equal branch of government in the US. Who shaped American constitutional law significantly in cases like Marbury v. Madison, McCulloch v. Maryland, Cohens v. Virginia and Gibbons v. Ogden? Her most famous works depict mythological and biblical women, notably Judith. Orazio Gentileschi’s daughter, considered among the best Italian baroque painters, had what first name? She was the concubine of the emperor Xianfeng, mother of emperor Tongzhi and aunt of emperor Guangxu. Which Manchurian characterised the face of the Qing dynasty in the latter half of the 19th and the early 20th centuries, reigned herself for about 30 years in China, played a conflicting role in the “Boxer Rebellion” and was immortalised in the Pearl S. Buck novel “Imperial Woman”?
What do the sculptures “Berlin” by Eduard Chillida and “Two Large Forms” by Henry Moore have in common in terms of their location? Which Brazilian social documentary photographer and photojournalist has published the following books within the last decade: “Sahel: The End of the Road”, “Africa” and “Genesis”? Being of major importance in the myth of origin of the Turkic peoples, which legendary valley in the Altay Mountains gave its name to an alleged nationalist underground organisation in Turkey whose members were tried for reputedly conspiring against the government of Prime Minister Erdoğan? 39. What is the name of the worshipped spirits or phenomena in the religion of Shinto? 40. Coined by Puerto Rican artist Francisco Rivera Rose, Arfe is a term noting the use of what foodstuff in the creation of artworks? © Deutscher Quiz Verein e.V., 2013 Page 2/12
DQV German Open 2013 Civilisation 1. 2. 3. 4. Which four words precede these lines (and others) in a speech that celebrated its 50th
anniversary in 2013: “…that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin but by the content of their character.”? Which city was the capital of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1949 till 1990? The 4th century Roman historian Ammianus Marcellinus called its inhabitants ‘Serandives’; the old Arabic, Persian and Urdu name for which Asian country was Serendib? Which Dutch navigator was the first European to ‘discover’ New Zealand and gave his name to the sea between Australia and New Zealand and Australia’s largest island? 5. Which country calls for order and progress on its flag? 6. Martin Winterkorn, Daniel Akerson and Sergio Marchionne are CEOs of companies that primarily sell what product? 7. The headquarters of OPEC, IAEA und CTBTO are all located in which European city? 8. 9. Which country’s banks, Kaupthing, Glitnir and Landsbanki, got into trouble during the 2008 financial crisis? In the 1983 novel “The Discovery of Slowness”, German author, Sten Nadolny, describes the strengths and weaknesses of his hero due to his extreme slowness of movement and perception. Who was this hero, a real‐life person, who sailed from England in 1845 to chart the Northwest Passage? 10. Which Korean‐American physician is the current President of the World Bank? 11. The Mercury City Tower is the tallest building outside the US and Asia. In which city is it located? 12. In times of inflation, what is usually higher: the nominal interest rate or the real interest rate? 13. Besides "Dari", which is the second official language of Afghanistan? ("Afghani" is not accepted) 14. Which former Chinese Politburo member and governor of the province Liaoning has recently been sentenced to life imprisonment? "FRETILIN", the resistance movement and later political party, fought for decades for the independence of which country, the name of which literally translates to “The East of the East”? The only sovereign state with a non‐rectangular flag is Nepal. Which US state, nicknamed “Buckeye State”, also has a flag that is not rectangular? 15. 16. 17. In December 2011, Elio Di Rupo became the prime minister of which European country? 18. The largest urban agglomeration of Germany has over 5 million inhabitants and consists of a large number of cities, including Dortmund, Essen and Duisburg. After which river, that crosses the south of the area, is it named? Before the advent of Islam, which city was known as "Yathrib" but was later renamed by the Prophet Muhammad? In 1985, the flagship of the Greenpeace fleet, the Rainbow Warrior, was sunk in the port of Auckland, New Zealand, by members of the DGSE – an external intelligence agency of which country? The smallest republic in the world, formerly called “Pleasant Island” had the highest world‐wide per capita income during the late 1960s and early 1970s from phosphate mining and export. With the Australian Dollar as its currency, which state with a 5‐letter‐name is this? One of the wealthiest men on Earth, the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, is sometimes known as the “Oracle of Omaha“. What is his real name? 19. 20. 21. 22. © Deutscher Quiz Verein e.V., 2013 Page 3/12
DQV German Open 2013 23. Named for a river and traditionally very dependent on copper and cobalt mining, which African country contains the “Copperbelt Province”? 24. Which university is located in the city of Ann Arbor, and accommodates more than 40,000 students? It boasts amongst its alumni 19 Nobel Prize winners and Dr. Gregory House: Its football stadium is among the largest in the world and can hold more than the population of the city of Ann Arbor itself. Which Frenchman of Italian origin explored large parts of Gabon and the Congo basin, leading to French colonies in Central Africa? He also founded a city on the banks of the Congo River, which is named in his honour and is the capital of a modern African state. 25. 26. Today better known as the name of a rock band around lead vocalist, flautist and guitarist Ian Anderson, which English agricultural pioneer is most famous for inventing the seed drill in 1701? 27. Literally meaning „Province“, which word is part of the name of five of India's 28 provinces and follows Andhra, Arunachl, Himachal, Madhya and Uttar? 28. [Image] Very important during the Russian conquest of Siberia, they became the nucleus of cities such as Krasnoyarsk, Tomsk, and Yakutsk; equipped with stockades up to 6m, what name was given to these wooden fortresses, serving as defence against the indigenous population? 29. [Image] Which architect between 1935 and 1937 designed and had constructed ‘Fallingwater’ (also called ‘Kaufmann Residence’) which is considered to be one of the most important works of modern residential architecture? 30. [Image] Which Mesoamerican ceremony is depicted here? 31. What is the name of the glyphs or proto‐writing system of Easter Island that appear unrelated to any other writing system and which have yet to be properly deciphered? Probably first used in the 4th century BC, which military tactic, in which an army commander intentionally weakens one wing in order to strengthen the other, thus achieving a local superiority in numbers, was successfully used by military leaders such as Alexander the Great and Frederick II of Prussia, most famously at the Battle of Leuthen in 1757? 32. 33. Who succeeded Hugo Chávez as president of Venezuela? 34. What name is commonly given by legal practitioners to the following example of a clause in a contract: “If any term or other provision of this agreement is determined to be invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any rule or law, or public policy, all other conditions and provisions of this agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect."? 35. By what name was Indonesia's capital city of Jakarta known from 1619 until 1942? 36. Seeking its independence, which province of the African state of Angola is separated from the rest of the country by a narrow strip of territory belonging to the Democratic Republic of the Congo? What name is given to the 47 administrative zones that make up Japan? Reigning from 1954 to 1989, which First Secretary of the Bulgarian Communist Party was the longest‐serving head of state of an Eastern block nation? Between 1965 and 1993, Teddy Kollek was the mayor of which city? Stalingrad = Volgograd; Stalin = Varna; Stalinabad = Dushanbe; Stalinstadt = Eisenhüttenstadt; Stalino = what? 37. 38. 39. 40. © Deutscher Quiz Verein e.V., 2013 Page 4/12
DQV German Open 2013 Entertainment 1. The TV series “New Girl“ and “Bones“ each star one sibling of which pair of sisters? 2. Scrooge McDuck got his name from a miserly character created by which writer? 3. Which word does the "X" replace ‐ "Norfolk X No. 1", "Welsh X", "X in Blue", "Bohemian X"? 4. Which title character of a US TV series detested firearms and relied on his Swiss army knife, adhesive tape and a lot of creativity to escape even the most dangerous situations? 5. “Rock Me Amadeus” was the only German language song that ever reached number one in the Billboard charts. Which Austrian singer, who died in a car accident in the 90s, sang this song? Writers Mikhaíl Bulgakov, Joseph Conrad, Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol and Vasily Semyonovich Grossman were all born in which modern‐day country? 6. 7. Franz Schubert and Carl Czerny were in 1827 the pallbearers of which other eminent composer? 8. “Take the ‘A’ Train” is a jazz standard composed by Billy Strayhorn in 1939 that later became the signature tune for which famous jazz musician and his band? 9. In which country was the TV series "The Flying Doctors" set? 10. Charlie Hunnam, already known for his roles as “Nicholas Nickleby”, Pete Dunham in “Green Street” and Jax Teller in the TV series “Sons of Anarchy”, was announced in September 2013 as which lead character in the upcoming film adaption of a world‐wide bestseller? 11. Which two singers from New York reunited in 1981 to give “The Concert in Central Park”? 12. His 16 nominations for the César Award, the French national film award, are a record. He won it twice ‐ for “The Last Metro”, and for his role as Cyrano de Bergerac, which brought him an Oscar nomination. Who? Which band, whose song “If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next” is noted in the Guinness World Records as the longest title of a number one single (without brackets), is a trio since their guitarist Richey Edwards disappeared in 1995? Which director (real name John Martin Feeney), was awarded one of his Oscars for the documentary film “The Battle of Midway” and was, incidentally, also wounded by enemy fire while filming the battle? 13. 14. 15. The musicians Boubacar Traoré and Rokia Traoré hail from which country? 16. Which classic French poet of the 17th century is especially famous for his Fables? 17. Mocked for singing his own name at the beginning of most of his songs, which artist's hits include “Whatcha Say”, “In My Head” and “Ridin' Solo”? 18. The film “The Rose” starring Bette Midler is based on the life of which famous singer? 19. Which girl’s name is missing from the opening paragraph of this popular book by an author who is known for his synaesthesia: “.., light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. …..: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. ….”"? Celebrated on 16 June every year, Bloomsday sees people gather and retrace the route of the fictional character Leopold Bloom around Dublin. He is the protagonist of which novel? Her acting in Lars von Trier’s ‘Antichrist’ gained her the prize for Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival in 2009. She also starred in ‘Melancholia’, another one of von Trier’s films. She is also famous as a singer whose parents created a scandal when they sang a song together two years before her birth. Who? 20. 21. © Deutscher Quiz Verein e.V., 2013 Page 5/12
DQV German Open 2013 22. 23. 24. Which American musician is married to Bridget Fonda, fronted the band Oingo Boingo and wrote The Simpsons main‐title theme as well as the scores for multiple movies directed by Tim Burton? Which American television writer, director and producer has created many popular and successful sitcoms including ‘Two and a Half Men’, ‘The Big Bang Theory’ and ‘Dharma & Greg’? Which surname is shared by a singer‐songwriter and two‐time Academy Award winner for “Best Original Song”, and the composer known for the title theme of “Six Feet Under” and the film “American Beauty”? 25. What is the most important educational institution of Terry Pratchett's "Discworld"? 26. The official soundtrack for the recently published fifth instalment of the popular GTA video game series saw the rappers The Alchemist and Oh No collaborate with which influential German electronic music group founded in 1967 by Edgar Froese? He won a record four Pulitzer‐Prizes for Poetry and was the first poet invited to present his work at the inauguration of a US President. Who published the popular poem “The Road not taken” in 1916? 27. 28. [Image] Known for his hits “Splish Splash”, “Dream Lover”, “Mack the Knife” and “Beyond the Sea” and his marriage to Sandra Dee, which singer has been portrayed by Kevin Spacey in a biopic and was born Walden Robert Cassotto? 29. [Image] Which recently deceased film critic was the first and only writer to win a Pulitzer‐Prize for his commentaries on movies? 30. [Image] Which legendary Japanese actor is best known for his collaboration with director Akira Kurosawa in works such as Rashomon, Seven Samurai, Throne of Blood and Yojimbo? 31. In which key are Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and Johann Sebastian Bach's The Art of Fugue as well as many major compositions by film musician Hans Zimmer written? Helene Alving, George Tesman, Nora Helmer and Doctor Thomas Stockmann are major characters in the works of which author? The band’s lead singer Les Claypool describes their music style as “psychedelic polka”. However, because the style is difficult to define, they are the first band to have their own ID3 tag in winamp. What is the name of this Californian band founded in 1984? A long‐running German TV series produced between 1974 and 1998 showing a Detective Chief Inspector solving crimes in Munich is no longer being shown in some countries after the revelation that the main actor was a member of the Waffen‐SS during the Second World War. Which TV series? The director Emir Kusturica is currently having a planned city built which is devoted to this author. The author was born in 1892 in Bosnia and became famous for his novel “The Bridge on the Drina”. Who is this 1961 Nobel Prize winner? Their most famous album is called Mëkanïk Dëstruktïẁ Kömmandöh. Which French progressive rock band invented its own language, Kobaïan, in which most of their songs are sung? For his cinematic adaption of the Goethe's Faust he won the Golden Lion in 2011. That film is part of a tetralogy which includes three movies about prominent 20th‐century rulers “Moloch” (Hitler), “Taurus” (Lenin) and “The Sun” (Hirohito). Which Russian filmmaker's dramas include ‘Russian Ark’, a 96‐minute Steadicam sequence shot entirely in the Winter Palace of the Russian State Hermitage Museum? 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. Which French actor depicted the character Antoine Doinel in four movies by Francois Truffaut? 39. The stars of this entertainment include El Santo, Cien Caras, El Hijo der Santo and Perro Aguayo. What name is given to professional wrestling in Mexico and other Latin American countries? 40. Successors to "The Coalbiters", what was the name of the informal literary discussion group formed in the 1930s at Oxford University by C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Williams and others, which included at its meetings as yet unpublished works in progress such as “The Lord of the Rings”?
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DQV German Open 2013 Lifestyle 1. The Black Forest mountain range in southwestern Germany is famous for clocks, where a bird appears in a door to announce the hours. After what species of birds are these clocks named? 2. With which internet site would you associate the name Jimmy Wales? 3. Which franchise from Milford, Connecticut, employs so‐called "Sandwich Artists"? 4. Which German model, who has a daughter with Flavio Briatore and three more children with her former husband Seal, served as a judge in this year’s season of America’s Got Talent? Which word follows the Indonesian words „Nasi“ and „Bami“ in two popular South East Asian dishes, indicating that the meal is fried? Leading web usability expert, Jakob Nielsen, wrote scathing reviews of the most recent Windows operating system for personal computers and laptops. Which operating system? 5. 6. 7. Clutch, Kiondo, Pouch and Tote are types of which fashion accessory? 8. American actress, Leah Remini, recently left which controversial organization that apparently prompted Kirstie Alley to Tweet: “When faced w malicious gossip I take a moment to experience the loss of the person I thought was my friend...Then I say fuck ‘em. #RISE”? The international trade of which fruit was once dominated by the variety “Gros Michel” and is today dominated by the “Cavendish” variety? 9. 10. If you order a Frankfurter, Nürnberger or Thüringer in Germany, what type of food will you get? 11. Prominent examples include “tromé”, “ouf” and “meuf”, what is the name of the argot in the French language which features inversion of syllables in a word and is common in slang and youth language? 12. Switzerland's biggest insurance company is named after which city? 13. Feijão is the Portuguese word for which foodstuff that is the main ingredient of Brazil's national dish feijoada? What is the name of the Chinese internet search engine which is one of the five most visited websites, but is also often accused of helping the Chinese government to censor the internet? In 1977, the Somali Ali Maow Maalin was the last person on earth to be infected by which disease? The first name of which influential 20th century fashion designer is only one letter different from his surname? 14. 15. 16. 17. Which Danish company is the largest container ship operator in the world? 18. Which form of alternative medicine is based on the principle "Similia similibus curentur", the so‐
called ‘law of the similar’? In 1860, “Professor” Jerry Thomas published one of the first manuals. Even to this day it is a standard text to learn what? The book being titled “How to XX, or the Bon Vivant’s Companion”? Bauhaus architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe designed the German Pavilion for the 1929 International Exposition. He also designed a special chair for the pavilion that became a design icon and is still in production. After which city, where the Exposition took place, is the chair named? What are "Tactical Nuclear Penguin", "Sink the Bismarck", and "The End of History", the last two of which have controversially been served inside stuffed grey squirrels? Art Spiegelman was the first to win a Pulitzer Prize for a graphic novel. He describes his father’s Holocaust experiences using animals to depict different nationalities ‐ the French as frogs and Poles as pigs. What is the title of the book – also the German word for the animal used to depict the Jews? 19. 20. 21. 22. © Deutscher Quiz Verein e.V., 2013 Page 7/12
DQV German Open 2013 23. Who is the heiress of the throne of the Kingdom of the Netherlands since the coronation of her father king Willem‐Alexander on 30 April 2013? 24. Which organisation with the initials "CCC" advocates global freedom of information? 25. There are two portal veins in the human body. One can be found in the brain. Which large organ is supplied by the second more widely known portal vein? Which traditional Japanese dish usually consists of thin slices of meat cooked together with vegetables in a hot pot? A Japanese song became famous under the dish’s name in Europe and the US because the original name of the song (“Ue o muite arukō”) seemed too complicated. Which company, founded in 1931, is one of the largest in its industry and was for some time the sole supplier in a certain sport? Its name is a translation of the surname of its founder, Mr. Ishibashi. The name of the challenger of Angela Merkel in the German federal election in 2013 could also be seen as a direct translation of the company’s name. 26. 27. 28. [Image] What is the name of this new device? 29. [Image] What is traditionally drunk from a calabash with a bombilla? 30. [Image] What is the name of this smartphone application? 31. With a floor area of 509,810 m² (5,487,500 sq ft), in which port city is the largest department store located, the Shinsegea Centum City? Henrietta Lacks died of cancer in 1951. Some of her cancer cells were the first human cells to be successfully grown in vitro. The total mass of her cells grown in this way until today weighs more than 100 times the mass of Henrietta Lacks. Some 60,000 scientific papers were published based on works with these cells. Under what name are these “immortal” cells commonly known? After the English version of Wikipedia, the German Wikipedia was the second largest by number of articles until it was surpassed in June 2013 by another Wikipedia, which also has the largest ratio of Wikipedia articles per native speaker of the ten largest Wikipedias in the world. Many of the new articles were generated by bots. What is the language of this Wikipedia? Created by Harry Levin and Jim Paratore and owned by Time Warner, which celebrity news website has been harshly criticized for its heavy use of paparazzi material and portrayal of celebrities? Its three letter name derives from a historic "studio zone" centered at the intersection of West Beverly Boulevard and North La Cienega Boulevard in Los Angeles. Which planet lies at the centre of the DC Comics universe, is inhabited by the Guardians of the Universe and houses the headquarters of the Green Lantern Corps? Founded in the Italian Aosta Valley, which clothing company took its name from the Finnish word for Arctic Circle and uses a small flag of Norway as a logo on its products? According to the most recent ranking of the world's top night clubs by the DJ Magazine, five of the ten best clubs, including the BCM, Fabrik and Amnesia, are located in which country? “View from the Window at Le Gras” is the oldest surviving photograph in the world. It was taken around 1826 in a small French town. Who was the photographer? When working in Vienna, which Hungarian doctor discovered that puerperal fever was retransmitted by doctors due to poor hygiene? After this discovery, the mortality rate fell, earning him the honorific title of “saviour of mothers”. As most of his colleagues did not accept his findings, his name is synonymous with the effect that new evidence is often rejected because it contradicts established paradigms. During the protests in Turkey in June 2013, prime minister Erdogan called the protestors ‘X’, a Turkish word that can be translated as “looters” or “vandals”. However, the protestors adopted the word and the slogan “Everyday I’m ‘X’ing” became the slogan of the protests. What is the word? 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. © Deutscher Quiz Verein e.V., 2013 Page 8/12
DQV German Open 2013 Physical World 1. Which plant, also known as Papaver somniferum, is cultivated to produce opium? 2. What technical term is used for sound that is lower in frequency than the limit of human hearing? 3. In which desert can you find the Aïr, Ahaggar and Tibesti Mountains? 4. Which major river runs through a record 10 different countries, including four capitals? 5. The African big five game animals include two big cat species. One of them is the lions, but what is the other one? In which constellation can you find Rigel and Betelgeuse as the brightest stars and a famous nebula structure which is a massive star formation region? Which type of creatures are the subject and title of a Pulitzer‐Prize winning non‐fiction book by the sociobiologist E.O. Wilson? Which chemical element is considered to be the least reactive substance and is the only element to remain in liquid stage down to absolute zero at normal pressures? 6. 7. 8. 9. In 1960, in which country did the largest ever recorded earthquake (magnitude 9.5) occur? 10. The European Union announced in January it is investing one billion euros to create the world's largest experimental facility to develop the most detailed model of which body part? The 27 known moons of which planet in our solar system are named after characters from works by William Shakespeare and Alexander Pope? Which German theoretical physicist proved that it is impossible to measure the position and momentum with any precision at the same time? 11. 12. 13. How many hydrogen atoms does an octane molecule include? 14. Named after a village in Southern France, which mineral mainly consists of gibbsite, boehmite and diaspore? The largest producer is Australia. Some other important producers include Guinea, Jamaica and Suriname. In February of the year 1958, about half a year after the Soviet Sputnik, the Americans launched their first satellite. What was it called? In which country is Yasuní National Park, one of the most bio‐diverse areas in the world? The Park is endangered because it is also home to large oil reserves and an initiative to leave the park undisturbed in exchange for compensation by the international community failed. Which fundamental particles have been observed experimentally in 1956, although they had already been predicted by Wolfgang Pauli in 1930? Which physical constant, usually denoted by k or kB, is approximately given by the value 1.3806 . 10‐23 J/K and relates energy and temperature? In ancient Rome, which animal was believed to be an unnatural hybrid of a camel and a leopard and thus called "Camelopardalis"? Sociologist Max Weber defined the term as: “the probability that one actor in a social relationship will be in a position to carry out his will despite resistance, regardless of the basis on which this probability rests”. Of which important term in sociology and political science did Joseph Nye recently introduce a “soft” form? There are two orders of Dinosaurs: Ornitischia and Saurischia. Which body part is the basis of differentiation? On its orbit around Sun, Jupiter is followed and preceded by two groups of asteroids. The asteroids of these two groups were named after the members of two opposing groups in Greek mythology. Similar asteroid groups can also be found for other planets. What is the general name for such groups of preceding or following asteroids? 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. © Deutscher Quiz Verein e.V., 2013 Page 9/12
DQV German Open 2013 23. 24. 25. In Germany by the year 1910, Paul Ehrlich and Sahachiro Hata had developed a drug (Compound 606) that was sold under the trade name of “Salvarsan”. The organic arsenical compound was considered so valuable that, in order to sell it in the USA at the beginning of World War I, the deployment of blockade runners was seen as a viable way to break through a naval blockade enforced by the Royal Navy. Which disease was “Salvarsan” primarily used to treat? General Sherman is the most voluminous living tree in the world. The Californian National Park where it stands was named after the species of this tree. What is the name of this tree species which was named for the only person of a non‐literate people in recorded history to independently create an effective writing system? A female English mathematician wrote an algorithm for the calculation of the Bernoulli numbers for Babbage’s projected Analytical Machine, making her the world’s first computer programmer. Her first name is also the name of a programming language principally used by the US Department of Defense. What was her family name? 26. What kind of numbers include the rational and the irrational numbers? 27. Which island volcano is the largest mountain in the world in terms of height from base to the top? 28. [Image] What type of disaster can be measured using the Torino scale, i.e. what is the term X in the figure? 29. [Image] The world can be separated into “water” & “land” hemispheres. The first one is the hemisphere with the largest water ratio and has its center south‐east of New Zealand. In which capital of a French region would you find the center of the land hemisphere? 30. [Image] What name is commonly used for the fruit of the blackthorn (Prunus spinosa)? 31. Which country is the only one in the world lying entirely above an altitude of 1,000 m? 32. Which 1813 born Prussian explorer is famous for his three expeditions in Australia? The first was from Queensland’s east coast to the northern end of the Northern Territory, the second was an attempt to cross Australia, and he disappeared on the third in the center of Australia. 33. Which organelle of cells of eukaryotic organisms is classified into a rough and a smooth type? 34. Also called New Economic History, which quantative approach to economic history was pioneered by Nobel‐Prize winning economist Robert Fogel and gets its name from the Greek muse of history? Chosen by the journal “Nature Methods” as the Method of the Year in 2010, which neuromodulation technique was developed among others by Gero Miesenböck and Karl Deisseroth and uses light to control the activity of cells? He is the only Fields Medalist who is not a mathematician. Which theoretical physicist suggested in 1995 that the different string theories were in fact not distinct theories, but different limits of one theory which he called M‐Theory? 35. 36. 37. Proposed by a Dutch physicist in 1948 and named after him, in 1956, it was experimentally confirmed by Soviet scientists. Probably induced by quantum fluctuations, which effect of quantum physics leads to a force of attraction between 2 parallel conductive plates that have been placed in a vacuum?
38. In 1986, Johannes Georg Bednorz and Karl Alexander Müller worked for the IBM research center in Zurich when they made a spectacular discovery on lanthanum barium copper oxide (La1,85Ba0,15CuO4), which earned them the Nobel Prize in Physics just a year later. What exactly did they discover? Which word of Javanese origin describes volcanic mud or debris flows that can reach velocities of up to 100 km/h? One of these caused 22000 deaths at the 1985 Nevado del Ruiz eruption in Colombia. From 1957 to 1965 the USA sought to develop a new propulsion system for spacecraft under the auspices of “Project Orion”. The propulsion unit provided high thrust and high specific impulse at the same time, unique in space travel. What precisely would drive the spacecraft? 39. 40. © Deutscher Quiz Verein e.V., 2013 Page 10/12
DQV German Open 2013 Sport & Leisure 1. 2. 3. His three gold medals at the World Championships in Athletics in Moscow this year made which sprinter the most successful participant at World Championships ever? Which major annual sports event sees the NFC and AFC Champions compete for a trophy which was named after the coach of the first winning team? Eventing ‐ also known as horse trials ‐ is an equestrian triathlon which customarily starts with which discipline? 4. Which Olympic winter sport emerged from a discipline called Military Patrol? 5. What technical term is used for the sash worn in judo or karate? 6. With which two letters do the abbreviated names of the international organizations and associations of the following sports all start: Wrestling, Volleyball, Basketball and Hockey? The tennis player Victoria Azarenka and the biathlete Darya Domracheva both represent which country? Founded by an expatriate group of Swiss and English plus local‐born footballers, all led by Hans‐
Max Gamper, which football club is nicknamed the "Blaugrana"? In which track and field event did the Chinese Liu Xiang win the gold medal at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens but was unable to repeat his success in 2008 and 2012 because of injury? 7. 8. 9. 10. Overseen by the international federation FINA, this sport was one of the first team sports introduced at the Olympic Games in the modern era. The Olympic men's tournaments are dominated by Hungary. An Olympic women's competition was first introduced in the year 2000. Which ball game?
11. What is the name of the international continental football (soccer) championship of North and Central America and the Caribbean, organised by CONCACAF, held every 2 years? 12. What is the last event of an Olympic decathlon? 13. According to FIFA's Transfer Matching System from 1 January to 2 September 10,451 international transfers were recorded. Which two nations exchanged the most players – perhaps largely due to their common language and historical connection? Often described by experts as the best video game of all time, the title of the fifth edition of the video game series „The Legend of Zelda“ refers to a musical instrument. Which one? "Calcio Storico" (Historic Football) allows head‐butting and elbowing. Each year, teams from different quarters of which Italian city meet on the Piazza Santa Croce to compete in the game. Since 1983, the World Athletics Championships has been held 14 times. In which classic throwing discipline did female athletes from Germany succeed 5 times and male German athletes 9 times? 14. 15. 16. 17. Ichiro Suzuki, Daisuke Matsuzaka and Hiroki Kuroda are all active in which sport? 18. Which German town is the only one to have hosted Olympic Winter Games so far, just before the 12‐year gap caused by the Second World War? (Two‐word answer) The "Elfstedentocht", which is held in very cold winters, is a competition in which particular sport? In tennis, the World Mixed Team Championships are usually played in early January in Perth, Australia. By what name are they better known? What is the general term for the six traditional Sumo tournaments held each year that determine the promotion and relegation of the sumotori? In which sport do teams like Stade Français Paris, Stade Toulousain, Aviron Bayonnais or Castres Olympique compete for the Brennus Shield in the highest French league? Which male tennis player and multiple Wimbledon winner also achieved the table tennis world champion title in 1929? 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. © Deutscher Quiz Verein e.V., 2013 Page 11/12
DQV German Open 2013 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. In which city do the football teams, the Kaizer Chiefs, the Orlando Pirates and the Moroka Swallows play their home games? Which word does the umpire shout in international tennis competitions when a service touches the net but nevertheless hits the service box correctly? Taking place annually since the year 1973, what is the "Iditarod" that is started in the town of Willow and ends in the city of Nome? For which sport did Edward S. Stimpson develop the so‐called "Stimpmeter" to measure the quality of the playing surface? [Image] For nearly a decade undefeated, he has been called the greatest mixed martial artist of all time. Which retired Russian heavyweight fighter fought mainly in Japan for now defunct PRIDE FC and had memorable wins over Mirko Filipovic, Antonio Nogueira and Mark Hunt? [Image] F1‐racer Fernando Alonso is a follower of road bicycle racing and intends to create a team for the 2015 season after he wasn't able to rescue the insolvent Euskaltel‐Euskadi team. Which Spanish professional cyclist and good friend of his, one of only five people to have won all three Grand Tours of road cycling, has he announced he is interested in recruiting? 30. [Image] Curling stones are made from which type of rock? 31. In which sport is a Champions Trophy held that Australia has won most often both in the men’s and the women’s tournament, the latter record shared with the Dutch women’s team? 32. The Panhellenic Games took place at Greek religious sites. Three of the four well‐known events were the Olympic Games, the Pythian Games and the Isthmian Games. The fourth event, where winners were awarded a crown of wild celery, took place every two years in honour of Zeus. The name of the event is connected with the first of Heracles’ 12 labours in which he was set the task of slaying an invulnerable monster on the Peloponnese. What are these games called?
33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. The Belarusian company Wargaming.net developed which multiplayer online game where participants control tanks and play as a team against another team of players. The game holds the record for “Most players online simultaneously on one multiplayer online game server”? Playing for the Vancouver Canucks in the NHL since the year 2000, what is the last name of the Swedish identical twin brothers who achieved major success in ice hockey, winning gold medals at the Olympic Games and at a world championship with their national team? The sport of „Headis“ is a hybrid of the header from football (soccer) and which other sport from which it borrows its playing surface? Dubbed the “Russian Lion”, he was one of the first global stars of the strongman and (professional) wrestling scene in the early 20th century. Who has a lift and a squat named after him? South America’s Copa Libertadores club football competition is dominated by teams of three nations that have already won the FIFA World Cup. However, it is which team from another country that has reached the finals at least once each decade since the beginning of the tournament in 1960? Which car manufacturer supplies the engines for four different teams in the current Formula 1 series? In the 1995‐96 NBA season, the Chicago Bulls dominated the league with a record of 72‐10. Which was the only team that beat the Bulls twice that season, led by their shooting guard Reggie Miller? Which now retired female US beachvolley‐duo is one of the most decorated pairs in history with three consecutive gold medals at the most recent Olympic Games? © Deutscher Quiz Verein e.V., 2013 Page 12/12
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