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Brave New Quizmaster

Disclaimer: The following is a fairly detailed extract of the questions I developed for the PubQuiz at Le Croque Bedaine on February 21, 2025. While being open to everyone, I am that the audience was mostly coming from an academic background (indeed a significant percentage of the audience is undergoing/has undergone a period of doctoral studies), so if you feel that some of the following questions are particularly specific or niche, that is on purpose.
Please don't be discouraged by the apparent difficulty of several questions, I usually provide plenty of hints and suggestions during any pubquiz session.

Special Round: Guess the currency name

The highlight of the evening was a special round that challenged participants to guess the name of some popular currencies using only their symbols. I’m sharing at the following link the file I used for the evening from the round, so you can download it and play along or share it with friends who couldn’t attend. Happy guessing!

Currencies List

General Knowledge

  • Question: From which country is originally from Melania Trump?
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  • Question: Which newspaper famously holds every day of the week with increasing difficulty a 15x15 crossword puzzle?
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  • Question: What is the difference in days between the lunar calendar and the solar calendar?
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  • Question: From which British city are the Beatles originally from?
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  • Question: Which president is depicted on the 100-dollar bill?
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  • Question: What is the modern name of the former Portuguese colony called 'Formosa'?
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  • Question: In which year did we have the independence of India?
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  • Question: If I am at the o2 arena, in which city am I?
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  • Question: The Taj Mahal is widely considered the symbol of what?
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  • Question: What does a nephrologist study?
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  • Question: At the center of a massive scandal for false accuracy from blood samples, Elisabeth Holmes was at the head of which infamous company?
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  • Question: Which superstar was the headliner of the 2025 Super Bowl
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  • Question: The point on the celestial sphere directly above an observer on the Earth is called Zenith. What's called the point 180 degrees opposite to that?
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Books, TV Series and Boardgames

  • Question: In which US city does the TV series 'The Office' take place?
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  • Question: What's the name of the main character of the TV Series Baywatch?
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  • Question: What is usually considered the seventh art?
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  • Question: Where was Harry Potter born?
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  • Question: The Pevensie brothers are the main characters of which famous franchise that debuted in 2005?
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  • Question: Batman Begins: In which city does Bruce Wayne find Ras al Guul?
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  • Question: In the movie 'The Fantastic Four', which celebrity plays a cameo where he plays a postman?
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  • Question: This year several iconic movies turn 20 years old: Half a point for all the names of the 4 Madagascar penguins
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Sport

  • Question: Which WWE champion was nicknamed 'the game'?
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  • Question: Which edition of the Super Bowl did we have?
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  • Question: Half a point for the 6 teams playing in the 6 nations of Rugby
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  • Question: Michael Jordan used to be the only player in history to score more than 40 points at the age of 40. He has just been reached in this special league by whom?
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  • Question: Which famous boxer from the Philippines is nicknamed 'Pacman'?
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  • Question: Which team qualified first in the Champions League regular season?
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Miscellaneous

  • Question: Which Marvel hero comes from Hells Kitchen, the real existing neighborhood of New York?
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  • Question: Which black and white comic series from Frank Miller was adapted into a famous movie series?
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  • Question: What is the meaning of Superman's logo?
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