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Klaus-Otto Nagorsnik (born 29 July 1955 in Billerbeck, died 24 April 2024 in Münster)[1] was a German quiz player and a former librarian. Since 2013 he was a member of the German Quizzing Association (founded in 2011) and has participated in several national and international competitions. He was known to German television audiences through his regular appearances on the quiz show Gefragt – Gejagt.

Leben

Nagorsnik, 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. He has been 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.[2]

Quiz Achievements

Klaus Otto Nagorsnik
Medal record
European Play “Stadt-Land-Fluss”[3]
Gold medal – first place 2013 Münster Single
World Quizzing Championships[4]
Silver medal – second place 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 works on the questions.[2]

Chaser

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 euros 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

  1. ^ ARD Das Erste: Trauer um Jäger Klaus Otto Nagorsnik - Todesfall bei "Gefragt-Gejagt", accessed 24 April, 2024 (in German)
  2. ^ a b Henning Stoffers: Very personally - Klaus Otto Nagorsnik, accessed May 4, 2020.
  3. ^ -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 May 4, 2020.
  4. ^ Interview with K.O. Nagorsnik on wn.de; accessed on May 4, 2020.
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