The U-Today End of the Year Quiz 2024 (update: including answers!)

After a year of financial headaches for the UT, it's time for you to put on your thinking cap in our End of the Year Quiz! Test how much you remembered from 2024, in 24 questions!

Update 06/01 | The correct answers:

 

  1. The correct answer is D. Alumnus Sebastiaan ten Pas works at Aston Martin.
  2. B. Solar Team Twente came second in the Sasol Solar Challenge.
  3. C. Since November, we are no longer on X, but on Bluesky.
  4. How much did the UT have to cut back last year? Answer B. 12 million euros.
  5. The local bakery in Barchem is called Proef. Answer B.
  6. Which association did not die? Answer C. Klonkiebal club De Klocus is still alive and kicking.
  7. Answer D. Summer Sounds was started earlier . The other initiatives mentioned were all born in 2024.
  8. Answer A. The gentlemen of VV Drienerlo 2 received a full EasyToys sponsorship package.
  9. The quote 'The time for good negotiations is over' comes from President of the Executive Board Vinod Subramaniam. Answer B.
  10. 'We are a bunch of combative fighters'. That quote also comes from the president of the Executive Board. Answer E.
  11. Answer C. C.S.V. Alpha won our Big Board Photo Election.
  12. Answer again C. Bas Kerkwijk was the director of Novel-T for nine months.
  13. Answer C. Campus cat Boots ate mostly mice and reached the respectable age of 19.
  14. The quote 'I'm just a gap filler' is from Ray Klumpert. Answer B.
  15. Again answer B. Femke Nijboer wrote the book 'And they lived still short and happy'.
  16. Answer C. The Student Union celebrated its 25th anniversary.
  17. Answer C. The five students cycled to The Hague.
  18. The text that was not on the banners? That was 'Eppo ciao, Eppo ciao, Eppo ciao, ciao, ciao!' Those lyrics were sung.
  19. Green Team Twente renamed itself HyDriven. Answer D.
  20. Photo D, that was the Twentsch Balljes Toernooi.
  21. Answer B. The UT received the Drienerlose Eenhoorn from College Cnødde.
  22. Answer C. We were not at the European Quality Assurance Forum on campus.
  23. Building of the year? That was Langezijds. Again answer C.
  24. Answer B is correct. A month-long search for unique plant and animal species on the UT campus yielded no fewer than 4060 observations and 1023 unique species.

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