IIn this year’s Easter puzzle, we show our solidarity with all students who are preparing for their Abitur exams. You want to answer a colorful series of questions on 15 school subjects; the order in which you do this is up to you. Whenever you have found a solution word, please cross out all the letters that are needed to form the respective word on the board of our title picture. At the end, a few letters remain – the solution word is to be assembled from these. A small hint: There is no umlaut in any of the solution words – this also eliminates the question of whether umlauts have to be resolved.
Enter this solution here. The digital submission deadline is May 8th, 2023. The legal process is excluded. All winners will be notified in writing. Only one solution may be submitted per household. We will publish the resolution in the May 14, 2023 issue. Enjoy!
Easter puzzle
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Graduation at the kitchen table
French It is said that a famous French cultural figure was happy to order a “102”. What is the most important, taste-defining ingredient of this “double” drink?
mathematics Does the following function have zeros? f(x)=0.5x⁴-1.5x²+2
Biology We are looking for the first name of a contemporary German biologist who was awarded a Nobel Prize – just like her nephew.
Religion In an American feature film, a rabbi tries to comfort his stricken visitor by telling the story of a dentist who sees Hebrew characters in a patient’s teeth. We’re looking for the rabbi’s last name.
Politics In the name of a small German party, whose chairman also gained notoriety as a reverse runner, a letter of the German alphabet has three meanings. Which?
Story How many years did the war last that inspired the works of Georg Philipp Telemann and Gotthold Ephraim Lessing? Write the number out as a word.
computer science Which computer scientist is the name of the law that states that software becomes slower in less time than hardware becomes faster? We’re looking for his last name.
Philosophy What is the surname of a European philosopher who likened himself to a truffle pig, writing that while he was adept at churning up truffles—as emblems of questions or thoughts—he found no pleasure in the truffles themselves?
Deutsch We are looking for the first name of a contemporary German writer who titled a play with the name of an American artist who is still active. The last name of said writer and the first and last name of the artist are monosyllabic.
Chemie The diabolical smell emanating from it, using the Greek language, gave this chemical element its name.
Art We are looking for the first name of an artist who immortalized a street in a district town in North Rhine-Westphalia as a linocut.
Music We are looking for the surname of a pianist who indirectly promoted a famous baroque composer to the German top 10 album charts several times.
English The late wife of a British wordsmith has a living US namesake. What is the first name of the first son of the latter person?
Latin If you put the German translation after a Latin adverb, the result is – at least phonetically – a tautology that is established in German usage. We are looking for the four-letter Latin adverb.
Sport In which five-letter sport is a “piggy” used?