The Open
Open in disguise
Things we pretend to understand
Fastelavn
100

This annual tennis tournament is played on clay courts in Paris.

What is the French Open?

100

This client sells a feeling of Friday afternoon long before it’s actually Friday.

What is Carlsberg?

100

This cryptocurrency term sounds technical but mostly means “please don’t ask me to explain it.”

What is blockchain?

100

This Fastelavn treat is eaten enthusiastically, despite no one agreeing on the correct filling.

What is a fastelavnsbolle?

200

This type of software can be freely used, modified and shared.

What is open source?

200

This client could technically be described as “the monarchy, but edible.”

What is Danish Crown?

200

In modern art, this phrase usually means “you’re not supposed to get it.”

What is “conceptual”?

200

This Fastelavn title is technically ceremonial, but treated like a real achievement.

What is kattekonge / kattedronning?

300

An event where anyone can sign up to perform comedy, music, or poetry.

What is an Open mic?

300

This client’s logo is so simple that removing just one line would cause a lawsuit.

What is Adidas?

300

This office strategy term suggests clarity while actively avoiding it.

What is “strategic alignment”?

300

This Fastelavn explanation is widely accepted, vaguely understood, and never questioned further.

What is “it’s just tradition”?

400

Denmark’s King Frederik X and Queen Mary relationship.

What is an Open relationship?

400

This client makes the product you never notice… until it’s installed badly.

What is Dovista?

400

This deck slide promises direction, invites interpretation, and is outdated the moment it’s shared

What is a roadmap?

400

What is the correct type of fastelavnsbolle?

What is gammeldags?

500

This is how management can demonstrate appreciation at a bar, no speeches required.

What is an open tab?

500

This client proves that the most powerful technology in the room is invisible and alive.

What is Novonesis?

500

This term is frequently used to justify decisions that were already made.

What is best practice?

500

What is the original meaning of the word Fastelavn?

What is the evening before Lent?

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