European Trivia
What do you think was the most visited attraction in Europe before pandemic lockdowns?
a) Louvre
b) Colosseum
c) Eiffel Tower
d) Disneyland Paris
All of these had pretty large numbers of visitors, but actually the Louvre in Paris had the most!
It reached a record 10.2 million visitors in 2018, while Disneyland Paris gets close to 10 million, the Eiffel Tower sees around 7 million, and the Colosseum gets 6 million.
Which nation is the earliest on record to have used a concrete-type mixture?
a) Egypt
b) Greece
c) Rome
d) Imperial China
As far back as 3000 B.C., the Egyptians used mixtures of lime and gypsum, which is a very similar mixture to concrete.
How many coffees does our team drink everyday? Counting us all...
a) 4
b) 6
c) 9
d) 12+
I might need some help here to find out the right answer ;)
What is the most widely accepted theory about the origin of the universe?
a) the steady state theory
b) the big bang theory
c) the proton cascade theory
Soviet Physicist Alexandr Friedmann came up with the theory that the Universe was smaller, denser, and more uniform in 1922 but it was criticized by Einstein.
On which day of the week are workers most statistically likely to call in sick?
a) Monday
b) Tuesday
c) Wednesday
d) Friday
Monday is by far the most popular day. Garfield was right, I guess, Mondays suck.
Friday is shockingly the least popular weekday according to some research.
Some research mentioned Wednesday... so I guess it really depends on the holidays before or after in given year :).
How many languages are spoken in Europe?
a) less than 75
b) 75-125
c) 125-175
d) 175-225
Europe is home to 24 official languages, while as many as 200 languages are spoken across the continent.
That might not seem like many, compared to some continents. Africa, for example, is home to 1,500 to 2,000 languages.
What is released during the production of clinker?
a) CaCO
b) CO2
c) Ca(OH)
d) CO
CO2 is released during calcination of limestone, which goes on to form clinkers ahead.
It occurs in upper, cooler end of kiln (precalciner) at temperatures of 600-900 °C.
How many opened stories are there in our backlog?
a) 37
b) 47
c) 57
d) 67
There are currently 47 opened stories, with additional 29 items. The number is growing everyday :).
The largest planet in our solar system is?
a) Jupiter
b) Saturn
c) Mars
Jupiter is an absolutely enormous planet.
It is twice the size of all other planets in our solar system combined and has 318 more mass than Earth.
The first item sold on Ebay was what?
a) A copy of The Hardy Boys #75, Trapped At Sea
b) A VCR
c) A broken laser pointer
d) A crisps shaped like Jesus
A broken laser pointer
Over Labor Day weekend in 1995, the site’s founder Pierre Omidyar wrote code for “AuctionWeb” and launched it as a personal project.
Omidyar decided to list the $30 laser pointer, which broke two weeks after it was purchased, because “it would be a good way to test out AuctionWeb, he figured, and it would cost him nothing”.
In the listing, he admitted the item didn’t work, even with new batteries. While no one bid on it for a week, a bidding war started the next week, and the product first listed for $1 ended up selling for $14.83.
What is the national animal of Scotland?
a) Sheep
b) Nessie
c) Unicorn
d) Otter
With Scotland being famed for its love for and long history of myths and legends, it is no surprise that a fabled creature such as the unicorn is Scotland’s national animal. Unicorns have been linked to Scotland for centuries.
You probably wouldn’t think of a magical horned creature typically seen on children’s lunchboxes!
Which type of cement is most commonly used in concrete production?
a) Gypsum cement
b) Portland cement
c) Fire cement
Portland cement is typically used in concrete making.
How many left handed person in EquipPulse team?
a) 0
b) 1-2
c) more than 2
I do not actually know :)
Are there any?
What was the first (and so far only) spacecraft to enter the interstellar medium?
a) Hubble
b) Cassini
c) Voyager 1
d) Pioneer 11
In March 2013, it was announced that Voyager 1 might have become the first spacecraft to enter interstellar space, having detected a marked change in the plasma environment on August 25, 2012.
What was the first product to have a barcode?
a) Can of Coca-Cola
b) Hershey Bar
c) Pack of Wrigley’s Gum
d) Copy of Time magazine
Pack of Wrigley’s Gum
Inspired by the Morse Code, Joe Woodland had gotten the inspiration for what became the bar code while sitting on Miami Beach.
"I remember I was thinking about dots and dashes when I poked my four fingers into the sand and, for whatever reason—I didn’t know—I pulled my hand toward me and I had four lines. I said ‘Golly! Now I have four lines and they could be wide lines and narrow lines, instead of dots and dashes."
What is the is the only land animal native to Iceland?
a) Reindeer
b) Arctic fox
c) Polar bear
d) Rat
The Arctic fox is the only species of land mammal native to Iceland and is believed to have lived on the island since the last Ice Age.
Polar bears occasionally reach Iceland on drift ice, but they have never colonized the island.
How much does one cubic meter of concrete typically weighs?
a) 7.5 tones
b) 1 ton
c) 2.5 tones
d) 5 tones
One cubic meter of concrete weighs 2.5 tones.
Typically, 1m3 of concrete is made up of 350Kg of cement, 700 kg of sand, 1,200 kg of chippings and 150 litres of water.
How many musical instrument can we play in EquipPulse team?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4+
Accordion, piano, guitar, flute, recorder
Jupiter has more moons than it can handle. What is the name of one of them?
a) Io
b) Orion
c) Pluto
d) Jasper
Jupiter has 79 known moons! Io is just one of the more famous moons that orbit around this massive planet. We just know about the 79 moons, but there could certainly be more than that!
Which nation became the first industrialized country to drop the standard workweek to under 30 hours?
a) France
b) Denmark
c) Netherlands
d) Sweden
Denmark, Norway, France as well as Netherlands - all have standard 30-hour work weeks.
But the Netherlands was the first country in the industrialized world where the overall average working week dropped to less than 30 hours (in the mid-2000s). Currently it seems to be lowered to 27 hours per week.
Which European country has 7.000 approved baby names?
a) Russia
b) Denmark
c) Finland
d) Italy
Denmark has some unusual baby naming laws. New parents must name their child one of the 7,000 pre-approved names, like Benji or Molli.
Creative spellings of common names are also not permitted under these laws. Want to name your kid something unique? You’ll need to get permission from the government. Some names are of course banned...
Who invented Portland cement?
a) Joseph Aspidin
b) Joseph Aspirator
c) Joseph Aspirin
d) Joseph Ashen
In 1824, Joseph Aspidin took out a patent for a compound he called Portland concrete. Named after both the Isle of Portland off the British coast and the type of stone typically used to build homes, the cement was a mixture of finely ground limestone and clay calcified through a chemical reaction.
How many line of code does EquipPulse have?
Incl. BE + Python + FE
Tolerance 3 lines ;)
EquipPulse - the core of the code without tests, all infrastructure or config files is
~24k lines*
* these are approximate numbers e.g. one single code line can get broken into several lines due to formatting. DS can also contain about 10-20% of auto generated code
What is the name of the invisible, radio wave-emitting object at the center of our galaxy that astronomers suspect is a supermassive black hole?
a) Cygnus V
b) Sagittarius A
c) KPL102101
Stars passing in front of Sagittarius A have allowed physicists to estimate the object's mass at more than 4 million times that of the sun.
The company Nintendo was founded in what year?
a) 1889
b) 1936
c) 1965
d) 1979
a) 1889
Strange but true! Nintendo began not as a video game company, but as a playing card company.