{"id":68775,"date":"2017-03-24T13:04:50","date_gmt":"2017-03-24T12:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/2017\/03\/24\/winnaars-next-erasmus-wij-zijn-motorisch-gestoord\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:22:40","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:22:40","slug":"winnaars-next-erasmus-wij-zijn-motorisch-gestoord-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2017\/03\/24\/winnaars-next-erasmus-wij-zijn-motorisch-gestoord-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Winners of The Next Erasmus quiz: \u201cWe are motorically challenged\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Members of the winning team, called Hubris, proudly show off their trophy.<\/span><\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>

Just look at them. The members of the Hubris team. Proud as peacocks, holding the Next Erasmus Trophy, which is shaped like a brain. The team, consisting of EUR alumni and a current EUR student, botched their final, decisive assignment (as did the other finalists), which involved reproducing the bone structure of a hand.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur forte is our brains, not our hands. We are a little motorically challenged,\u201d said Martijn Wols, the only current student in the group. \u201cThe trophy looks just like a stress ball. I wish I could take it to my work,\u201d the 25-year-old public administration student and communication trainer went on.<\/p>\n

Nimble fingers<\/h3>

The Hubris team managed to beat 22 other teams at the Erasmus Pavilion by answering all sorts of science-related questions correctly and very quickly. \u201cThis victory was a matter of life experience,\u201d the victors were left to conclude.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd of Rianne\u2019s nimble fingers,\u201d Mark Adriaans, a 30-year-old history graduate, added, referring to Rianne Nieuwdorp, 25, a former history student herself, who served as the team leader during the quiz and did an excellent job of it.<\/p>\n

She got to know her eventual teammates through EUR\u2019s Honours Programme, which they once took together. \u201cThe team we beat [in the final] represented the current Honours Programme. This definitely added a dimension to our joy\u201d said Nieuwdorp.<\/p>\n

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The finalists strive to reproduce the bone structure of a human hand as quickly as possible.<\/span><\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>

Dunglish<\/h3>

About one hundred participants battled it out through an app on their mobile phones, as with a real TV quiz. Apart from a few dodgy moments, the technology worked just fine. A large screen showed images of professors asking the candidates questions in Dunglish.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy do humans have two eyes?\u201d<\/em> one of the academics asked after a somewhat long-winded story on the human eye.<\/p>\n

Self-deprecating humour<\/h3>

This question proved too easy \u2013 except for Jur van der Beek, 21, whose group, RS Indoor Soccer, was the only group to provide an incorrect answer. Van der Beek said having two eyes is \u201can innate anomaly\u201d. Naturally, the correct answer is that humans have two eyes to be able to gauge distance. \u201cWe are now ranked fourth. From the bottom,\u201d the business administration student jokingly said.<\/p>\n

This down-to-earth attitude served his group well, because gradually, RS Indoor Soccer began climbing the ranks. \u201cThis team is just like our indoor soccer club. We just keep on getting better,\u201d Jur said, optimistically.<\/p>\n

And by Jove, he was right. By the end of the evening, RS Indoor Soccer ranked fourth. They were just out of the medals, and just short of a place in the final, too. Nevertheless, the team were satisfied, said sociology student Anna Koster, 23. \u201cWe finished in the top-10. I\u2019ll have a good night\u2019s sleep tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Presenter Liz Berntsen addresses the teams.<\/span><\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>

Motley crew<\/h3>

The winning team, Hubris, had a few more formidable rivals for the victory. For instance, the Vicious & Delicious team were in the running for a top spot for a long time.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat was the last country to give women the right to vote?\u201d \u201cLiechtenstein!\u201d Russian Ilya Seryshev, 24, shouted. \u201cI told you so,\u201d he responded triumphantly after his answer had proved to be correct.<\/p>\n

Eventually, the motley crew of Greek, Italian and Russian Master\u2019s students in accounting and finance only just missed out on a berth in the final.<\/p>\n\n\t

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