Retreat Quiz

Who is the newest postdoc in our CoE group?

• Felix

• Xuan-bo

• Yury

• Ismail

Answer explanation

Welcome to the group Ismail!

Which book series was young Cindy so much into that she read one of the books 10 times while waiting for the next in the series?

• Harry Potter

• Percy Jackson

• Twilight

• Hunger Games

Which of these is Yuuka's special talent?

• Japanese secretarial proficiency level 3

• Professional level diploma in sushimaking

• Language level B1 in Korean

• Truck driving license

Answer explanation

Yuuka: "I have some knowledge on general business etiquettes like table manners in Japanese and European style restaurants, how to write formal business letters with formal Japanese, how to formally treat guests etc."

Who wrote their Bachelor's thesis about how bacterial colonies spread on surfaces?

• Marius

• Pit

• Xuan-bo

• Hadi

Answer explanation

Before he did his Master's thesis in particle physics, Pit was interested in medical physics and wrote his Bachelor's thesis about how bacterial colonies spread on surfaces!

Whose bachelor's thesis supervisor told him to reconsider his attitude towards numerical computing?

• Jarkko

• Anh-Dung

• Hadi

• Marius

Answer explanation

Tuomas was the supervisor of Jarkko, who was originally interested in something more analytic for his thesis. He did in fact reconsider - he ended up calculating lattice calculations.

Which of the following postdocs plays the organ?

• Pit

• Petja

• Cindy

• Felix

"I have traveled in 35 countries in 4 continents" - Unknown postdoc, who?

• Hadi

• Xuan-bo

• Josh

• Pragya

Who told us this story: "Back in the day, I had a habit of using the restroom before heading to the cafeteria. One noon, I followed the same routine. After that, I was wandering around the cafeteria, pondering what to have for lunch. It was a typical day until I noticed a stranger sitting at a nearby table, making discreet efforts to get my attention while subtly gesturing toward my back. Puzzled, I turned around, only to feel my face turn crimson in an instant. To my horror, I saw a disposable toilet seat cover hilariously clinging to the waist of my trousers, flapping in the breeze like a flag."

• Pragya

• Xuan-bo

• Jarkko

• Josh

Which of the following is the main reason Pragya doesn't want to visit India during summer:

• It is too hot then

• Flights are more expensive

• Lizards are everywhere

• Passion fruit is off-season

Answer explanation

Pragya does not like lizards

In which martial art does Petja have a 4th Kyu (level)?

• Iaido

• Kendo

• Jodo

• Aikido