http://www.spiegel.de Daily news, analysis and opinion from Europe's leading newsmagazine and Germany's top news Web site. en Sat, 26 May 2012 00:00:33 +0200 Sat, 26 May 2012 00:00:33 +0200 http://www.spiegel.de http://www.spiegel.de/static/sys/logo_120x61.gif http://www1.spiegel.de/active/quiztool/fcgi/quiztool.fcgi?id=59394#ref=rss Most people will remember 2011 as the year of the Arab Spring, Fukushima and Osama bin Laden's death. With so much news of global significance, many stories threatened to slip through the cracks. Sit down, grab a pint and test your memory of polar bears, cross-eyed opossums and leaning towers with SPIEGEL ONLINE's end of the year Pub Quiz! Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:12:27 +0100 http://www1.spiegel.de/active/quiztool/fcgi/quiztool.fcgi?id=59394 Most people will remember 2011 as the year of the Arab Spring, Fukushima and Osama bin Laden's death. With so much news of global significance, many stories threatened to slip through the cracks. Sit down, grab a pint and test your memory of polar bears, cross-eyed opossums and leaning towers with SPIEGEL ONLINE's end of the year Pub Quiz!]]> http://www1.spiegel.de/active/quiztool/fcgi/quiztool.fcgi?id=59235#ref=rss Ever had one of those months where you just don't understand the world? Never mind the euro, the last few weeks have been full of mysterious disappearances, occult nastiness and undersea pyrotechnics. All one can really do is order another round and try to make sense of it all with the latest edition of the SPIEGEL Pub Quiz! Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:09:00 +0100 http://www1.spiegel.de/active/quiztool/fcgi/quiztool.fcgi?id=59235 Ever had one of those months where you just don't understand the world? Never mind the euro, the last few weeks have been full of mysterious disappearances, occult nastiness and undersea pyrotechnics. All one can really do is order another round and try to make sense of it all with the latest edition of the SPIEGEL Pub Quiz!]]> http://www1.spiegel.de/active/quiztool/fcgi/quiztool.fcgi?id=59135#ref=rss It's been an alcohol-sodden couple of weeks for news, what with vintners missing their grapes under mysterious circumstances and Berlin breweries devising peculiar new products. And let's not forget the world's biggest booze-up, Munich's Oktoberfest. Why not pour a glass of your favorite tipple and pit your wits against the SPIEGEL Pub Quiz? Fri, 30 Sep 2011 16:47:34 +0200 http://www1.spiegel.de/active/quiztool/fcgi/quiztool.fcgi?id=59135 It's been an alcohol-sodden couple of weeks for news, what with vintners missing their grapes under mysterious circumstances and Berlin breweries devising peculiar new products. And let's not forget the world's biggest booze-up, Munich's Oktoberfest. Why not pour a glass of your favorite tipple and pit your wits against the SPIEGEL Pub Quiz?]]> http://www1.spiegel.de/active/quiztool/fcgi/quiztool.fcgi?id=59088#ref=rss What does a Berlin Beatles fan have in common with a Dutch journalist? Or quiz show contestants with a runaway cow? Headlines have been loaded with unlikely tales of ambitious dreams and achievements lately. Grab your favorite tipple and see if you can count yourself among them with a winning score in the SPIEGEL Pub Quiz. Sat, 17 Sep 2011 21:12:00 +0200 http://www1.spiegel.de/active/quiztool/fcgi/quiztool.fcgi?id=59088 What does a Berlin Beatles fan have in common with a Dutch journalist? Or quiz show contestants with a runaway cow? Headlines have been loaded with unlikely tales of ambitious dreams and achievements lately. Grab your favorite tipple and see if you can count yourself among them with a winning score in the SPIEGEL Pub Quiz.]]> http://www1.spiegel.de/active/quiztool/fcgi/quiztool.fcgi?id=59087#ref=rss A new football oracle, birds on the police force and a fright in the food market: A number of bizarre creatures have tramped their way across the headlines in recent weeks. Test your creepy crawly chops in the latest edition of the SPIEGEL Pub Quiz. Fri, 29 Jul 2011 10:45:00 +0200 http://www1.spiegel.de/active/quiztool/fcgi/quiztool.fcgi?id=59087 A new football oracle, birds on the police force and a fright in the food market: A number of bizarre creatures have tramped their way across the headlines in recent weeks. Test your creepy crawly chops in the latest edition of the SPIEGEL Pub Quiz. ]]> http://www1.spiegel.de/active/quiztool/fcgi/quiztool.fcgi?id=58612#ref=rss Cartoon characters, cannibalism and acoustic concrete: It has been a whirlwind of weirdness so far this month. How weird? Take a stab at the latest edition of the SPIEGEL Pub Quiz to find out! Fri, 10 Jun 2011 17:26:28 +0200 http://www1.spiegel.de/active/quiztool/fcgi/quiztool.fcgi?id=58612 Cartoon characters, cannibalism and acoustic concrete: It has been a whirlwind of weirdness so far this month. How weird? Take a stab at the latest edition of the SPIEGEL Pub Quiz to find out!]]> http://www1.spiegel.de/active/quiztool/fcgi/quiztool.fcgi?id=58556#ref=rss Corporate sex parties, cemetery sins and hotel misconduct: Scandalous behaviour has dominated recent headlines. Test your prurient proficiency in the latest edition of the SPIEGEL Pub Quiz. Fri, 27 May 2011 18:03:44 +0200 http://www1.spiegel.de/active/quiztool/fcgi/quiztool.fcgi?id=58556 Corporate sex parties, cemetery sins and hotel misconduct: Scandalous behaviour has dominated recent headlines. Test your prurient proficiency in the latest edition of the SPIEGEL Pub Quiz.]]> http://www1.spiegel.de/active/quiztool/fcgi/quiztool.fcgi?id=58410#ref=rss Amorous penguins, R-rated Eurovision songs and discomfited Catholics: Recent headlines have been filled with a ribald cast of characters not to be missed. Meet them all in the latest edition of the SPIEGEL Pub Quiz. Fri, 13 May 2011 17:59:40 +0200 http://www1.spiegel.de/active/quiztool/fcgi/quiztool.fcgi?id=58410 Amorous penguins, R-rated Eurovision songs and discomfited Catholics: Recent headlines have been filled with a ribald cast of characters not to be missed. Meet them all in the latest edition of the SPIEGEL Pub Quiz.]]> http://www1.spiegel.de/active/quiztool/fcgi/quiztool.fcgi?id=58131#ref=rss Why did an Italian museum curator request asylum in Germany? What was Hollywood star James Franco doing in Berlin recently? And what is the heaviest thing the Europeans have ever sent into space? Fasten your seatbelt and blast off with the latest edition of the high-flying SPIEGEL Pub Quiz. Fri, 25 Feb 2011 18:22:47 +0100 http://www1.spiegel.de/active/quiztool/fcgi/quiztool.fcgi?id=58131 Why did an Italian museum curator request asylum in Germany? What was Hollywood star James Franco doing in Berlin recently? And what is the heaviest thing the Europeans have ever sent into space? Fasten your seatbelt and blast off with the latest edition of the high-flying SPIEGEL Pub Quiz.]]> http://www1.spiegel.de/active/quiztool/fcgi/quiztool.fcgi?id=58043#ref=rss What is "bunga bunga" exactly? How can you scare off wolves with a mobile phone? And what to do if you stumble across a drunken owl? To find the answers to these and other equally fascinating questions, take the latest edition of the infamous SPIEGEL Pub Quiz. Fri, 04 Feb 2011 17:38:00 +0100 http://www1.spiegel.de/active/quiztool/fcgi/quiztool.fcgi?id=58043 What is "bunga bunga" exactly? How can you scare off wolves with a mobile phone? And what to do if you stumble across a drunken owl? To find the answers to these and other equally fascinating questions, take the latest edition of the infamous SPIEGEL Pub Quiz.]]> http://www1.spiegel.de/active/quiztool/fcgi/quiztool.fcgi?id=57790#ref=rss 2011 promises to be a bumper year for weirdness if this keeps up. Wolves, penguins, a cross-eyed opossum and a wayward sex slave have all found their way into the headlines so far. If you think you know why, grab some left over bubbly, pull up a chair and see how well you do in this year's inaugural SPIEGEL Pub Quiz. Fri, 14 Jan 2011 17:58:00 +0100 http://www1.spiegel.de/active/quiztool/fcgi/quiztool.fcgi?id=57790 2011 promises to be a bumper year for weirdness if this keeps up. Wolves, penguins, a cross-eyed opossum and a wayward sex slave have all found their way into the headlines so far. If you think you know why, grab some left over bubbly, pull up a chair and see how well you do in this year's inaugural SPIEGEL Pub Quiz.]]> http://www1.spiegel.de/active/quiztool/fcgi/quiztool.fcgi?id=57502#ref=rss This year, we have seen the conception of one of the most outrageously named beverages ever, provided an in-depth look at under-reported fallout from the Chernobyl meltdown and chronicled an expensive disaster involving a creature not well suited as a house pet. Are you keeping up with SPIEGEL ONLINE's Zeitgeist? Find out with our 2010 end of the year Pub Quiz. Fri, 31 Dec 2010 19:19:27 +0100 http://www1.spiegel.de/active/quiztool/fcgi/quiztool.fcgi?id=57502 This year, we have seen the conception of one of the most outrageously named beverages ever, provided an in-depth look at under-reported fallout from the Chernobyl meltdown and chronicled an expensive disaster involving a creature not well suited as a house pet. Are you keeping up with SPIEGEL ONLINE's Zeitgeist? Find out with our 2010 end of the year Pub Quiz.]]> http://www1.spiegel.de/active/quiztool/fcgi/quiztool.fcgi?id=57120#ref=rss Over the past few weeks the world was watching as online platform WikiLeaks released a slew of damaging and sensitive US diplomatic cables. The only question now is: Were you? Test your newfound knowledge from behind the diplomatic scenes with this special SPIEGEL ONLINE quiz. Wed, 15 Dec 2010 17:59:00 +0100 http://www1.spiegel.de/active/quiztool/fcgi/quiztool.fcgi?id=57120 http://www1.spiegel.de/active/quiztool/fcgi/quiztool.fcgi?id=56809#ref=rss Should you wish to know more about how to grow a new arm, what India's version of Brad Pitt was doing in Berlin recently and exactly what not to do if you're planning to rob a gas station in the snow, then read on. The latest edition of the SPIEGEL Pub Quiz has all the answers. Do you? Mon, 06 Dec 2010 11:07:00 +0100 http://www1.spiegel.de/active/quiztool/fcgi/quiztool.fcgi?id=56809 Should you wish to know more about how to grow a new arm, what India's version of Brad Pitt was doing in Berlin recently and exactly what not to do if you're planning to rob a gas station in the snow, then read on. The latest edition of the SPIEGEL Pub Quiz has all the answers. Do you?]]> http://www1.spiegel.de/active/quiztool/fcgi/quiztool.fcgi?id=56363#ref=rss The end of year is fast approaching and Berlin is bracing itself for the wonders of Christmas season. But do you know what festive fauna has taken up a strangely creative residence? Or what fantastic secrets the city still contained? Then draw on your animal instincts to help sniff out the answers to the latest edition of the SPIEGEL Pub Quiz. Fri, 19 Nov 2010 18:15:43 +0100 http://www1.spiegel.de/active/quiztool/fcgi/quiztool.fcgi?id=56363 http://www1.spiegel.de/active/quiztool/fcgi/quiztool.fcgi?id=55782#ref=rss As the dark nights draw in, things are getting spookier. From a dragon's castle, to a voice from beyond the grave, from medieval torture techniques to the passing of a silent oracle, the SPIEGEL Pub Quiz explores the strange, the odd and those things that go bump in the night. Fri, 29 Oct 2010 17:51:17 +0200 http://www1.spiegel.de/active/quiztool/fcgi/quiztool.fcgi?id=55782 http://www1.spiegel.de/active/quiztool/fcgi/quiztool.fcgi?id=55182#ref=rss The curtain has fallen on this year's beer-soaked frenzy of an Oktoberfest, but do you know just how much beer was guzzled? Or why Munich's taxi drivers were up in arms during the festival? Then it sounds like you are up for wrestling with the very wild SPIEGEL Pub Quiz. Fri, 08 Oct 2010 17:33:35 +0200 http://www1.spiegel.de/active/quiztool/fcgi/quiztool.fcgi?id=55182 The curtain has fallen on this year's beer-soaked frenzy of an Oktoberfest, but do you know just how much beer was guzzled? Or why Munich's taxi drivers were up in arms during the festival? Then it sounds like you are up for wrestling with the very wild SPIEGEL Pub Quiz.]]> http://www1.spiegel.de/active/quiztool/fcgi/quiztool.fcgi?id=54341#ref=rss Had enough of integration stories? Tired of hearing about Sarkozy's anti-Roma offensive? Wondering if something really interesting has actually happened recently? Then grab a beverage, make yourself comfortable and dive into the hard-to-believe world of the SPIEGEL Pub Quiz. Fri, 17 Sep 2010 17:31:00 +0200 http://www1.spiegel.de/active/quiztool/fcgi/quiztool.fcgi?id=54341 Had enough of integration stories? Tired of hearing about Sarkozy's anti-Roma offensive? Wondering if something really interesting has actually happened recently? Then grab a beverage, make yourself comfortable and dive into the hard-to-believe world of the SPIEGEL Pub Quiz.]]> http://www1.spiegel.de/active/quiztool/fcgi/quiztool.fcgi?id=53939#ref=rss Whether tales of hunting or foraging, of birth, life or death, things got pretty elemental over the past few weeks. But were you paying attention when Vladimir Putin grappled with nature, or do you know what threatened an Alpine village? Well it may be time to hold on tight and take the white-knuckle ride that is the SPIEGEL Pub Quiz. Fri, 27 Aug 2010 17:35:48 +0200 http://www1.spiegel.de/active/quiztool/fcgi/quiztool.fcgi?id=53939 Whether tales of hunting or foraging, of birth, life or death, things got pretty elemental over the past few weeks. But were you paying attention when Vladimir Putin grappled with nature, or do you know what threatened an Alpine village? Well it may be time to hold on tight and take the white-knuckle ride that is the SPIEGEL Pub Quiz.]]> http://www1.spiegel.de/active/quiztool/fcgi/quiztool.fcgi?id=53583#ref=rss With the silly season in full swing there has been an embarrassment of random and odd stories in the headlines. From Islam getting media savvy, to creatures frolicking and fretting, to Germans ditching long-treasured habits. This week, the SPIEGEL Pub Quiz is best taken with a twist. Fri, 13 Aug 2010 16:25:21 +0200 http://www1.spiegel.de/active/quiztool/fcgi/quiztool.fcgi?id=53583 With the silly season in full swing there has been an embarrassment of random and odd stories in the headlines. From Islam getting media savvy, to creatures frolicking and fretting, to Germans ditching long-treasured habits. This week, the SPIEGEL Pub Quiz is best taken with a twist.]]>