So far, I did three nerd quizzes at Barcamp Hamburg in 2016, 2017 & 2018. And a special edition of that quiz for DrupalCamp Ruhr 2018.
This is the edition for DrupalCamp Ruhr 2023. 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 2023 there were 10 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 got 36 out of 50 points.
You can find the answers on the very last slide.
Nicolai Schwarz
Webworker, Warlock of the Wicked, Quizmaster
textformer.de, @textformer
The next slides will show the first sentence of a famous novel. Write down the name of that novel.
As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect.1915
In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.1937
He was an old man who fished alone in a skiff in the Gulf Stream and he had gone eighty-four days now without taking a fish. 1952
Once there were four children whose names were Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy.1950
The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.1982
In the corner of a first-class smoking carriage, Mr. Justice Wargrave, lately retired from the bench, puffed at a cigar and ran an interested eye through the political news in the Times.1939
Choose your path: Find the correct country corresponding to either the Flag or the Outline of that country.
The next slides show the names of some Drupal Modules. But the letters are arranged in alphabetical order. Find the name of the module.
EHLP
Core
AMNOOTXY
Core
ADEEIMTT
Core
_AACDEMNOORTTU
Core
_ACHLOOOSST
Contrib
_AEGIKTTWW
Contrib
Next up are current video games. Write down the name of the video game based on the wallpaper.
It's another opportunity to choose your path. Write down the name of either the philosopher or the artist based on a picture.
The following movies are described with emojis. Find the name of the movie.
👽 📞 🏠
🔕 🐑🐑🐑🐑
🤡 🎈
👂 👁️ 👃 👅 🤚 6️
🚆 👀
🔪 🏃♂️
This time around, some of the prizes are Funko Pop figures. So we will have a few multiple choice questions about those.
This is Funko Pops mascot.
His name is:
This is Hisoka. He is a character from which anime?
Funko has over ___ licenses with different companies.
How many?
This Marvel character is called:
This Pink Funko Batman is:
This is a Alex DeLarge Clockwork Orange Funko – with only 12 units worldwide. It was sold in November 2022 for:
One last time: Choose your path: Answer either easy or hard questions about the internet.
How many HTML Section Heading elements exist? <h1>, <h2>, …
What does HTTP stand for?
In HTML we do not only have ordered and unordered lists (<ul>, <ol>), there are also description lists. You need three HTML elements for a description list. Name all three of them!
When CSS Grid was introduced we also got a new unit: fr. What does fr stand for?
Web colors are often done with color names, hex values or rgb() notation. The CSS3 specification introduced the HSL color space. What does HSL stand for? (Get two letters right to get a point.)
In typography there exists a special character that is not used in standard texts. It consists of a question mark and an exclamation point. Overlayed. What's the name of that punctuation mark?
Modern webpages start with a certain declaration, usually on the first line of code, to tell browsers that this is a HTML 5 website. What’s that line?
PHP was originally an abbreviation of Personal Home Page. What does PHP stand for now?
There a a lot of HTML elements that are not used very often – like <s>. What does <s> stand for – or what does it do?
In CSS some color keywords are aliases for each other: gray / grey – dimgray / dimgrey – aqua / cyan.
What color name is an alias for fuchsia?
Modern browsers do not only support jpg, gif & png. Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Opera already support two newer pixel image formats, that are meant to supersede the older three. Name one of them!
There exists an obscure HTTP error that was defined as a April Fools’ joke in 1998, it reads:
418 I’m a ______
I asked Chat GPT to summarize some tv shows in the form of a limmerick. Which tv shows are those?
In a ship that travels the night,
At warp speed, they take flight.
With alien meetings,
And time-space beatings,
Their journey’s a cosmic delight.1966-1969
In a clan where the laughs never cease,
Diverse love finds its own unique peace.
With humor and charm,
No cause for alarm,
Their bond is a sweet masterpiece.2009-2020
In a world where the truth’s often blurred,
A hacker’s voice must be heard.
With a mask and a plan,
He fights ’gainst the Man,
In a quest for justice, undeterred.2015-2019
In London, she’s lost in life’s maze,
Her heartbreak and humor amaze.
With a wink and a smirk,
Through chaos, she’ll work,
Her journey, a poignant phrase.2016-2019
In a power play’s ruthless selection,
A family meets its reflection.
With wealth as their game,
And legacy their fame,
It’s a ruthless corporate dissection.2018-present
In a tale where truth’s oft disguised,
Two hearts, by passion, are enticed.
With love’s bitter cost,
In deceit, they’re lost,
A drama, in memories reprised.2014-2019
Listen to some cover songs and the write down the original artist of that song.
Yes, it was possible to spell the word VINYL. But that was a trap.