The Great 2021 Quiz

Role models

Question 1 of 25

On 19 November, the same day as the riots in Rotterdam, members of the Rotterdamsch Studenten Corps attacked the TU Delft counterpart student society. 41 members, including three board members, were suspended and charges of destruction of property and assault were made. What did the RSC members take with them to Delft?(Required)

New political parties

Question 2 of 25

During the House of Representatives elections in 2021, EM polled the political preferences of EUR students and staff. D66, VVD and GroenLinks were popular. What was more striking was that roughly one in ten EUR students and staff contemplated voting for a new party. Which party did they not intend to vote for?(Required)

WhatsApp fraud

Question 3 of 25

What is wrong with the university that the students are prepared to commit fraud? That was the question associate professor Jasper Eshuis asked in March. Discussing in an app group during examinations seemed to be a persistent problem during the corona crisis. Students were caught doing this multiple times last year. Which measure was not taken after these incidents?(Required)

Students had to leave the study programme

Students had to start using their phone as a second camera for proctoring

Examinations were declared invalid

Students were not allowed to take examinations for the rest of the year

Hot potato

Question 4 of 25

One of the hottest potatoes at the start of 2021 was online proctoring. The students were angry, the University Council was dissatisfied, lecturers doubted its efficacy, members of the House of Representatives were critical about it, and even the Executive Board was uneasy. What was the primary cause of the unrest?(Required)

The responsible company wanted to outsource the monitoring

Students had to use their phone as a camera as well

Because of technical problems, diplomas were withheld unjustly

Journalists could secretly watch an examination

Part-time princesses

Question 5 of 25

One of the most popular articles of the past year (almost fifty thousand people read it) was an interview with sociologist Mark van Ostaijen. He was annoyed by figures representing the labour participation of women and top functions occupied by them, and the societal discussion about them in the media. Part-time princesses were not the problem at all, said he. What was the problem then?(Required)

Full-time princes

Sander Schimmelpenninck

Both

Royal solidarity

Question 6 of 25

Full-time princess Amalia turned 18 this month. The crown princess demonstrated solidarity with students earlier this year. What did she do to show this?(Required)

She went into quarantine

She decided to postpone collecting the €1.6 million she should receive starting from her birthday for the time being

She decided not to take a gap year

She cancelled her vacation in Greece

Stress

Question 7 of 25

A large study of the well-being of students revealed this summer that many EUR students feel lonely, experience stress and battle with feelings of anxiety and symptoms of depression. The rector magnificus at the time, Frank van der Duijn Schouten, decided that something must change at the university. But what exactly?(Required)

The excessive performance culture

Drug use among students

Longer vacations

How students cope with stress

Headaches

Question 8 of 25

Panic in mid-October. The Polak building was evacuated and immediately closed. That led to headaches for the people preparing the schedules, shopkeepers and students and to speculation among structural engineers. Why did the building have to be closed temporarily?(Required)

Robot Rosie had run into it

The pond was drying up

The ceiling was cracked all over

The university wants too few study places

The building’s ventilation was not in order

Tinbergen closed

Question 9 of 25

Another building that has had a turbulent year. A problem with Legionella, a postponed renovation, and recently it became apparent that the building will not be opened again for the time being. Why is the Tinbergen building closed?(Required)

The fire safety system is not in order

The economists want to paint it yellow

There is an insect plague

The building smells like cat pee

Phishing mail

Question 10 of 25

At the end of October, hundreds of students fell for a phishing mail. Some even gave the hackers their password. How did the hackers convince them?(Required)

With a corona update from the Executive Board

With an Excel file

With the inheritance from a Nigerian prince

With images of how they were ‘pleasuring themselves’

Flying

Question 11 of 25

From 1 January, staff members going on business trips of less than 700 km may no longer fly. To which city can you still fly from the Woudestein campus?(Required)

Punishment

Question 12 of 25

Kralingen residents complain about the noisy students. They are fed up with the parties, nightly escapades, and piss and vomit in their front gardens. Next year, the responsible alderman Vincent Karremans wants to punish student residences that consistently cause a public nuisance. What is the ultimate consequence, if he has his way, if student residences act up in Kralingen?(Required)

Then Vincent will drop in personally, with his chest bare and riding a horse

You have to participate in an incursion at DSC with Vincent and Sander Schimmelpenninck

The residence loses its permit

The house freshman must act as a chauffeur for a week, because Vincent cannot drive

Street names

Question 13 of 25

The Hilda Verwey-Jonkerstraat, the Henny Langeveldstraat, the Willemijn van der Gootpad, the Jannie Sanders-Woudstrahof and the Brigitte van der Werfpad; five pioneering women from the history of Erasmus University and its predecessors will have a street named after them. Where can you soon wander through these streets?(Required)

Erasmus

Question 14 of 25

Ronald van Raak is professor of Erasmus values and columnist for EM. Previously, he was an MP for the SP party for 21 years. Which attribute did he employ in his farewell speech in Parliament?(Required)

He stood on the pedestal of the Erasmus statue

He took a bite out of a chocolate Erasmus

He wore an Erasmus cap

He brought a piece of plywood with him

He held up a painting

Getting through the crisis high

Question 15 of 25

With all the intelligent lockdowns, partial lockdowns, curfews, restaurants closed and no parties allowed, experts were worried that young people would be numbed as they got through the corona crisis. EM checked what the situation was with the EUR students. Which drugs did they use the most?(Required)

Cannabis

Laughing gas

Cocaine

XTC

Beauty & Brains

Question 16 of 25

EUR student Saartje Langstraat was crowned Miss Beauty of South Holland in May and Miss Beauty of the Netherlands in September. Last month she even participated in the final of Miss Earth. What was the theme she wanted to use to profile herself at that prominent global beauty contest?(Required)

The great reset

Corona

Animal wellfare

Sustainability

Waiting for internships

Question 17 of 25

Medical students complained in September that they had to wait too long before starting their internships. The waiting lists have grown considerably due to corona. Some students were told that it will be 18 months before it is their turn. What solution has the study programme come up with for students with long waits?(Required)

Students with a long wait are delivering meals inside and outside the hospital

They have to administer booster shots in the fight against the Omicron variant

The students are now working for the GGD

Extra places have been created and some of the places reserved for next year’s students are used

Curfew exception

Question 18 of 25

There was a curfew at the beginning of this year. It caused a lot of confusion: first, the Cabinet said that students who had to take exams were exempt, later educational institutions had to hold their examinations earlier. So were you allowed to go out at night to attend an exam or not?(Required)

Yes

No

Gold, silver or bronze?

Question 19 of 25

Since the end of 2019, EM has been following five EUR students on their way to the Olympic Games. They talked about their dreams, preparations and disappointments over the past years. What was the final result in Tokyo?(Required)

Five gold medals

One gold medal, two silver medals and a sixth place

Five times just missed a medal

Two gold medals, one bronze and a sixth place

Teletinbergen

Question 20 of 25

For the Rotterdam Verlicht festival, texts were projected onto the Tinbergen building. What were those messages?(Required)

Odes to lecturers

Messages of support for healthcare workers

SP-AR-TA

Declarations of love

Magical boundary

Question 21 of 25

There are more and more students at Erasmus University. Every year the number of new students increases. This year a magical boundary was broken for the first time. But what was it?(Required)

20.000

30.000

40.000

50.000

Creative Zooming

Question 22 of 25

Lecturers have been very creative in finding ways to make online education more attractive. Take Fred Petrij, clinical geneticist at Erasmus MC. He did something different in each lecture, and students could win a prize if they still knew it at the end of the semester. What exactly did he do to keep students interested in the lecture?(Required)

He wore a different tie for every lecture.

He wore a different hat for every lecture.

He played a different song during every lecture.

He had another hairstyle for every lecture.

Swab up your nose

Question 23 of 25

It seemed that self-testing would become mandatory for students. That has not yet been imposed, however. But there are free self-tests available for students and employees. What is the advice given to students for their use?(Required)

To do a self-test twice a week

To do a self-test before every educational meeting

To do a self-test before every examination

To do a self-test every Monday

Rotterdam Nobel prize

Vraag 24 van 25

Guido Imbens won this year’s Nobel prize for Economics. Imbens studied at Erasmus University in the 1980s. EM interviewed him in November, also about his student years. What did the Nobel prize winner study in Rotterdam?(Required)

Business Administration

Econometrics

Law

History

Sustainable university

Question 25 of 25

University Rebellion, the student branch of Extinction Rebellion, recently protested with a lot of noise on Woudestein campus. Their demands included that the university uphold its previously expressed sustainability goals. Which climate goal is EUR in danger of missing?(Required)

No animal products in the canteens from 2024

A CO2-neutral campus in 2024

All business trips under 700 km with the train from next year

Flight restrictions for students