EURO Quiz

EURO 50 Questions

The 50 questions to celebrate 50 years of EURO are grouped in different sections. The largest section concerns people who have made an impact during these 50 years. The other sections would not exist without their, and many others, dedication to the cause of promoting OR in Europe and bringing those involved together. Our grateful thanks go to them.

Founding

  1. What event led to the creation of EURO?
  2. Which came first: the draft statutes of EURO or the first EURO conference?
  3. One of the two European societies which co-sponsored the first international conference at Oxford in 1957, did not support the first EURO conference financially nor sign an agreement to formalise closer cooperation among the European operational researchers. Which one? 
  4. When were the definitive statutes and by-laws of EURO ratified?

 

Membership

  1. Three EURO member societies are not wholly in Europe. Which are they? 
  2. Of the 31 national member societies listed on the EURO website, which was the latest to join IFORS, and therefore EURO?
  3. Which is the largest member society in terms of its membership, as recorded on the society link on the EURO website?
  4. Which other society has a membership over 1000, as recorded on the society link on the EURO website?
  5. Which is the smallest member society in terms of its membership, as recorded on the society link on the EURO website?
  6. Which other society has a membership under 30, as recorded on the society link on the EURO website?
  7. Which country in mainland Europe, other than Russia, which has a Baltic Sea coast, is not a member of EURO?
  8. Which island country is a member of EURO?
  9. Which letter of the English alphabet is the most frequent initial letter of the EURO members?

 

Conferences

  1. The Leeds conference is being held in June. Since 1989 only one conference has been held within June. Which one?  
  2. Which country has hosted the conference most frequently?
  3. Who has chaired a Programme Committee more than once?
  4. Three people have chaired an Organising Committee and a Programme Committee. Who are they?
  5. Who is the only one person to chair an Organising Committee more than once?
  6. What comes next in this sequence: Aachen, Helsinki, Glasgow, Jerusalem?
  7. What is missing in this sequence of conferences: Lausanne (1982), Vienna (1983), Bologna (1985)?
  8. The 50th anniversary of EURO is being celebrated in Yorkshire and hosted by the OR Society. The first two OR Society conferences were held in Yorkshire. Where and when?
  9. Where have other OR Society conferences been held in Yorkshire?

 

Publications

  1. When was EJOR first published?
  2. Who was the author of the first paper in EJOR?
  3. Who have been the three editors of EJOR who are based in the UK?
  4. Who has been an EJOR editor since 1999 and co-ordinating editor since 2006?
  5. How many female editors of EJOR have there been?
  6. Which was the second EURO journal, and when was its first volume published?
  7. Who is the current editor-in-chief of The EURO Journal on Computational Optimization?
  8. Who was the first editor-in chief of The EURO Journal on Decision Processes?
  9. Which of the two co-editors of The EURO Advanced Tutorials on Operational Research was born in Antwerp?

 

Instruments

  1. What was the theme of the European Summer Institute organised by Sally Brailsford in 2005?
  2. Have there been more European Winter Institutes than European Summer Institutes?
  3. What is the latest “Instrument” of EURO, introduced in 2024?
  4. Which two EURO working groups celebrate their 50th anniversary in 2025?
  5. Which “instrument” enables students to attend NATCOR courses in the UK?

 

People

  1. Who was the first President of EURO?
  2. Which two countries have provided the most Presidents?
  3. Only one EURO President has not served the standard two-year term. Who was that, and for how long did they serve?
  4. Of the four UK Presidents of EURO, only one was not also at one time a President of the OR Society. Who was that?
  5. Who was the 16th, and first female, President of EURO?
  6. She was followed by the 2nd female President, a former President of the OR Society. Who was that?
  7. One former President of the OR Society and editor of the Operational Research Quarterly served as secretary of EURO for six years. Who was that?
  8. One person from the UK has been treasurer of EURO. Who?
  9. Which EURO Gold Medallist was imprisoned twice?
  10. Two Gold Medallists were based in North America. One was the answer to the previous question. Who was the other?  
  11. Who were the two Gold Medallists based in the UK, who are the only ones who had died by the time the award was made?
  12. Who is the only non-European to be honoured with the EURO Distinguished Service Award?
  13. Name the two people who have been President, Gold Medallist, received the EURO Distinguished Service Award and been chair of a conference Organising Committee?
  14. Who is the only UK based person to have received the EURO Distinguished Service Award?

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