Universities
Our German partner is the HHU in Düsseldorf, what do the initials stand for and why?
HHU stands for Heinrich Hein University and was named after German poet Heinrich Hein.
What is a "baguette magique" ?
Of course, this is not a magic bread but a magic wand, nearly always present in fairy tales.
Where was Moodle created first ?
In Perth, Australia.
The software was released in 2002 and is used across the world. Moodle has been translated to over 100 languages.
Today, the Moodle project is led by Moodle HQ, an Australian company with over 30 developers.
The third planet from the sun is..?
Earth
Which of Universeh's participating Universities is closest to the North Pole?
Luleå University of Technology (LTU), in Norrbotten County in Sweden.
How many languages are spoken officially in Luxembourg?
Three: French, German and the national one, Luxembourgish.
Foreign-born people and guest workers make up almost half (47%) of the population of Luxembourg. The most common languages spoken by them, other than the officiaql ones, are Portuguese, English and Italian.
What makes Moodle so popular?
It is an open source project, therefore for free and is one of the most flexible LMS.
The Space Shuttle that exploded on January 28th 1986, 73 seconds after blasting off from Florida's Kennedy Space Center is called..?
Challenger
Where is located AGH University ?
Krakow, in Poland.
What is Sweden famous for ?
So many things can come to our minds, among them we can name the shops IKEA or H&M, the band ABBA or the cars Volvo or Saab.
What is Gather Town?
Gather Town is a virtual environment one can use as an office, a campus or for a conference and was launched in 2020. It is a video chat platform designed to make virtual interactions more humans.
I'm a free open source planetarium for your computer. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, and can be adjusted to whatever date in time you fancy. Who am I?
Stellarium (used in the course History of Astronomy).
One of the French faculties of University of Toulouse is called UT3 - Paul Sabatier, who was that man?
Paul Sabatier was Dean of the Faculty of Science at the University of Toulouse and won the Nobel Prize in 1912, jointly with fellow Frenchman Victor Grignard.
In which language can we find this word? "Grundstücksverkehrsgenehmigungszuständigkeitsüber-tragungsverordnung".
In German of course! It is known to be able to have pretty long words - ok, ok, here is problably the longest one we can find, and it means: "Regulation on the delegation of authority concerning land conveyance permissions"..!!
What is Walkabout?
Walkabout is a virtual environment to be used in teaching and learning about Space theme and was created in Sweden's University LTU.
Who discovered the laws of planetary motion ?
Johannes Kepler, a German astronomer in 1609 and 1618.
Which University is nearly as big as the country hosting it?
University of Luxembourg is one of the newest universities, in one of the smallest countries in Europe.
What is the national animal of Poland?
The European Bison is considered the national animal of Poland. It has long been a symbol for the country, and this is also where the largest population of European Bisons have been preserved in the wild.
What is IREAL?
IREAL is an ongoing project and offers flexible digitized lab experiments to be used in a high education context.
In total, how many space flights were carried out by Spacelab?
25 flights, between 1983 and 1998.
Altogether 25 flights were made with Spacelab for astronomical, solar, microgravity, life sciences, and materials sciences research.