Nerd Quiz

Nerd Quiz @ Drupalcamp Ruhr 2018

I did two nerd quizzes at Barcamp Hamburg in 2016 & 2017. This is a special Drupalcamp Edition of that quiz. 50 questions about movies, tv, music, videogames, literature, just about anything in pop culture – with some extra questions for Drupal Developers sprinkled in. 50 questions divided into ten categories with 5 questions each.

The quiz is supposed to be hard. At Drupalcamp Ruhr 2018 there were 14 teams with 3 members each competing against each other. They could earn a maximum of 50 points. The average team got 29 points. The winner team somehow managed to get 42 out of 50 points.

You can find the right answers on the last slides.

Nicolai Schwarz

Nicolai Schwarz
Webworker, Warlock of the Wicked, Quizmaster
textformer.de, @textformer

Intros

Have a look at these intros from tv series. Write down the name of the series.

Example

1

2

3

4

5

Drupal Trivia

Answer some questions from the Drupal cosmos.

Example

What is the current version
of Drupal 8?
(x.x.x)

6

Dries is the founder and lead developer of the Drupal CMS.
What is his last name?
(only the correct spelling gives points)

7

In October of 2014 the release of Drupal 7.32 addressed a highly critical security risk. The event became quickly known under which name?

8

If you list all modules on drupal.org and sort by most installed, which module shows up at the first place?

9

Next to Dries there are currently three other product managers for Drupal 8, as listet in the MAINTAINERS.txt. Name one of them.
(Full name oder drupal-org username)

10

Drupal became an open source project in 2001. The name came from the now-defunct Website, whose code slowly evolved into Drupal. What was the name of that Website?

LIT140

The following slides contain the plots of famous books, summarized to 140 characters. Write down the name of the book.

Example

Orphan 11yo Harry = wizard! Off 2wizard skool. Temp defeats Lord Voldie (whohe?) + 3 headed dog 2 bag the stone

11

Katniss+Peeta r ’tributes’ in dystopian TVised fite2death. P ^3 K. K goes wiv it, as luv story= 4survival. They win 2getha

12

Shy meek Ana meets V rich control freak + BDSM dom: Christian Grey. Mild erotica + Xtreme wealth in feminism-free zone

13

Sweden: Man hired 2 find missing niece. Girl w/tattoo also investig8s. Find rape+murder conspiracy in clan@ exposed. Revenge=sweet

14

Corpse in Louvre=coded msg! Symbologist man + cryptologist wman (chased by killer Xtian sect). Solve it: rveals truth bout Jesus!

15

Amy&Nick r married. Amy fakes own murder 2 frame N. (who is rite?) A manipul8s every1, killz her ex. Evil A makes N stay w/ her 4 baby :(

Merciful Minerva!

These catchphrases belong to which superhero / comic character?

Example

»My Spidey-Sense is tingling.«

16

»Don’t make me angry. You wouldn’t like me when I’m angry.«

17

»I have the power!«

18

»Flame on!«

19

»Up, Up and Away!«

20

»By Crom!«

Aliens

Now you get the names of different alien races that belong to the same universe. Write down the name of that universe / movie series / tv series.

Example

Wookiees, Jawas, Hutt, Ewoks

21

Daleks, Cybermen, Weeping Angels, Sontarans, Ood, The Silence, Autons

22

Ancients, Asgard, Furlings, Nox

23

Minbari, Centauri, Narn, Drakh

24

Turians, Asari, Quarians, Salarians, Drell

25

Luxan, Delvians, Hynerians, Nebari, Leviathan

Icons

These icons belong to some web related tools and services. Which ones?

Example

Icon

26

Icon

27

Icon

28

Icon

29

Icon

30

Icon

Heroes

The following slides show a video game character. Write down the name of the video game series this character belongs to. (I am not looking for the name of that character.)

Example

Hero

31

Hero

32

Hero

33

Hero

34

Hero

35

Hero

Songs in Code

Which songs do the following code snippets represent? (Just the song names, not the artists.)

Example

if(justMetYou)
{
    crazy = true;
    printf("Here's my %s", number);
    int r = rand()100%;
    if(r>=50)
    {
        callMe();
    }
}

36

if (false) {
   giveUp(you);
   letDown(you);
   runAround(you);
   desert(you);
   makeCry(you);
   sayGoodbye(you);
   lieTo(you);
   hurt(you);
}

37

SELECT * FROM problems
  WHERE desc != 'BITCH';
//returned 99 rows

38

<input type="button"
  value="Touch This!" disabled />

39

if (radiostar = newthread()) {
    MPEG4 video =
      safeLoadMPEG4("C:\\non existent
      video name.mpeg4");
    if (not video) {
        radiostar.kill();
    }
}

40

switch(stayOrGo)
{
   case STAY:
      troubleLevel = 1;
      break;
   case GO:
      troubleLevel = 2;
      break;
}

Stills

These stills belong to whoch movies?

Example

movie still

41

movie still

42

movie still

43

movie still

44

movie still

45

movie still

NINE Bands

The next slide shows an image with nine bands from the nineties. You can see Radiohead & The Smashing Pumpkinks. Write down five of the other bands. (Even if you find all seven band names, you can’t get more than five points here.)

46-50

Mashup

Answers 1-15

Intros

  1. Example: Twin Peaks
  2. Firefly
  3. Mad Men
  4. Dexter
  5. My Name Is Earl
  6. Damages

Drupal Trivia

  1. Example: At the time (17.03.2018) this was Drupal 8.3.8.
  2. Buytaert
  3. Drupalgeddon
  4. Chaos tool suite (ctools)
  5. One of: Angela Byron (webchick) / Gábor Hojtsy (Gábor Hojtsy) / Roy Scholten (yoroy)
  6. drop.org

LIT140

  1. Example: Harry Potter (and the Philosopher’s Stone)
  2. The Hunger Games
  3. Fifty Shades Of Grey
  4. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
  5. The Da Vinci Code
  6. Gone Girl

Answers 16-30

Merciful Minerva!

  1. Example: Spider-Man
  2. The (Incredible) Hulk
  3. He-Man
  4. (The) Human Torch
  5. Superman
  6. Conan (the Barbarian)

Aliens

  1. Example: Star Wars
  2. Dr. Who
  3. Stargate
  4. Babylon 5
  5. Mass Effect
  6. Farscape

Icons

  1. Example: Symfony
  2. Joomla!
  3. Grunt
  4. Swift
  5. Sketch
  6. Vivaldi

Answers 31-46

Heroes

  1. Example: Legend of Zelda
  2. Tomb Raider
  3. Hitman
  4. Final Fantasy
  5. The Witcher
  6. Devil May Cry

Songs In Code

  1. Example: Call Me Maybe (Carly Rae Jepsen)
  2. Never Gonna Give You Up (Rick Astley)
  3. 99 Problems (Jay-Z)
  4. Can’t Touch This (MC Hammer)
  5. Video Killed The Radio Star (The Buggles)
  6. Should I Stay Or Should I Go (The Clash)

Stills

  1. Example: The Shining
  2. When Harry Met Sally (I didn’t count just »Harry & Sally«)
  3. The Breakfast Club
  4. Scarface
  5. Scream
  6. Breakfast At Tiffany’s

Answers 46-50

Nine Bands

I already mentioned Radiohead & The Smashing Pumpkinks.
The rest are: Alice In Chains, Pearl Jam, Matchbox 20, Nine Inch Nails, Soundgarden, Hole, Screaming Trees