After the Central Intro Committee (CIC) introduced itself, and Rector Frank Baaijens had urged all Intro kids to use this week to make new friends, it was time for the one-hour Science Quiz. Those who weren’t busy ordering beers or trying to get hold of a pen to write down the answers, were quite appreciative of the original questions.

Not that they were easy, mind you. A group called ‘The Gardeners’ of Electrical Engineering, wearing gloves and carrying a plant sprayer, take a long time discussing what happens to the length of a day when the wind dies down. Bart Bas thinks the day will be shorter, “because there will be less friction, which will make the earth spin faster.” Nonsense, says Menno Nijssen: “24 hours is 24 hours”. Rock, paper, scissors has to end the discussion. The Gardeners go for a shorter day.

When all answers have been handed in, Lieke de Cock explains the questions with all kinds of experiments. She does a great job, but since an Intro opening party is an excellent opportunity to have a chat, not everyone is listening. Group 21of Medical Sciences and Technology a.k.a. Gezellige beestenboel (happy pig-sty) would have preferred answering the questions via an app. The Gardeners do pay attention and what do you know – Bart was right!

However, group TN14 was even more right. The new students of Applied Physics answered every question correctly and were the obvious winners.

Right after the results, Barry James Thomas performed covers of some golden oldies. Closing act were The Euros. In their words: “Eindhoven, you were the bomb, and it has exploded!”