Klaus-Otto Nagorsnik (29 July 1955 – 24 April 2024) was a German quiz player and librarian. From 2013 he was a member of the German Quizzing Association (founded in 2011) and participated in several national and international competitions. He was known to German television audiences through his regular appearances on the quiz show Gefragt – Gejagt.
Biography edit
Nagorsnik was born in Billerbeck on 29 July 1955. A child of a working-class family, has five younger siblings. At the Nepomucenum High School in Coesfeld he graduated from high school and then studied History and Ethnology in Berlin. He broke off his studies after eight semesters and instead learned the profession of a bookseller at Coppenrath & Boeser in Münster. Nagorsnik was a librarian at the city library at Münster from 1983 to 2021. He was in charge of the mobile library there from 1984 to 1997.[1] Nagorsnik died in Münster on 24 April 2024, at the age of 68.[2]
Quiz achievements edit
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| European Play “Stadt-Land-Fluss”[3] | ||
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2013 Münster | Single |
| World Quizzing Championships[4] | ||
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2012 Duisburg | Single (second-best German participant) |
Nagorsnik won the Germany Cup several times in the German Quizzing Association. As a single player or together with a partner, he took part in the annual German Quizzing Championship with varying successes. He was the organizer of a monthly pub quiz that takes place in various bars in the city of Münster and worked on the questions.[1]
Chaser edit
As a chaser at Gefragt – Gejagt, the German adaptation of The Chase, Klaus Otto Nagorsnik bore the battle name "Der Bibliothekar“ (English: The Librarian). His distinguishing features were a well-groomed beard and wearing bow ties with the jacket. He had been on the show regularly since 2014 and had 105 appearances (as of the end of March 2020). He was able to win 69 of his appearances, around 66 percent. In the remaining 34 percent, Nagorsnik's opposing team won an average of €5,456 per appearance, which was rather at the lower end of the profit potential compared to the other chasers.
For every appearance in the quiz show, he received a fee from the television station; the sums he offered to the quiz participants are coordinated with the management of the television station within a span, i. e. Nagorsnik did not have to pay anything out of pocket.
References edit
- ^ a b Henning Stoffers: Very personally - Klaus Otto Nagorsnik, accessed 4 May 2020.
- ^ ARD Das Erste: Trauer um Jäger Klaus Otto Nagorsnik - Todesfall bei "Gefragt-Gejagt", accessed 24 April 2024 (in German)
- ^ -Librarian-of-the-city-library-wins-at-Kai-plum Walking encyclopedia - Librarian of the city-library wins at Kai-plum on wn.de, accessed on 4 May 2020.
- ^ Interview with K.O. Nagorsnik on wn.de; accessed on 4 May 2020.
External links edit
- Ratefuchs from Münster chases candidates on TV on www.die-glocke.de (local news from Münster).
- Thomas Heusner: The quiz champion Klaus Otto Nagorsnik on www.youtube.com; 2:56 minutes.
- Alexander Bommes in an interview with Klaus Otto Nagorsnik, 2016 on Das Erste.