Lifelong learner. Entertainer. Pizza Lover. Mathematician.

Quizmaster Born Again

Disclaimer: The following is a fairly detailed extract of the questions I developed for the PubQuiz at Le Croque Bedaine on January 25, 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 movies with the emojis

The highlight of the evening was a special round that challenged participants to guess the titles of popular movies using only a series of emoji clues. 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!

Movies List

General Knowledge

  • Question: What is the 2024 word of the year, according to the Oxford English Dictionary?
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  • Question: What is the maximum level that you can reach on a pH scale?
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  • Question: Who was nominated Person of the Year 2024 for the Time Magazine?
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  • Question: If I am visiting the Forbidden City, in which city am I?
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  • Question: In which atoll was the 4th nuclear explosion detonated?
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  • Question: Who is the only person to be nominated 3 times Person of the Year?
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  • Question: Where is the chimichurri sauce originally from?
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  • Question: Pinto, Adzuki, and Borlotti are all types of what?
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  • Question: Which is the highest lake in the world?
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  • Question: In a qwerty keyboard, which letter sits on the right of the letter Z?
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  • Question: In which city is the World Economic Forum currently held?
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  • Question: In which state is found the summit of the mount Kilimanjaro?
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  • Question: 2025 will be the year of the Rome Jubilee. When was the last Jubilee?
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  • Question: In which country can you find the southest capital city in the world?
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  • Question: On January 29th the Chinese Calendar will enter in the year of which animal?
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  • Question: In 1997 Zaire changed his official name. What is its modern day name?
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  • Question: Since January 1st Romania is officially part of the Schengen free area. Who (or what) crossed its borders first?
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  • Question: In 2024, 7415 people got the Luxembourgish citizenship. Which is the most represented nationality?
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  • Question: Which is the only flag in the world of not being the same on both sides?
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  • Question: On which day is Martin Luther King Day?
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  • Question: In a standard Rubik's cube, which color can you find opposite to the color white?
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  • Question: Marshall Bruce Mathers is the alter ego of which celebrity?
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Books, TV Series and Boardgames

  • Question: Which Pokemon appearing in the first season was later retracted because of a legal cause in 2003?
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  • Question: What's the name of the dog of Superman?
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  • Question: In the TV series Friends, in which company does Rachel work?
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  • Question: In the famous 2004 pepsi commercial, who appears in the audience?
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  • Question: What is the shape of time machine in the TV series “Doctor Who”?
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  • Question: In the Harry Potter universe, in which London place is the Gringotts bank located?
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  • Question: Which movie got the most nominations at the 2025 Oscars?
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  • Question: In the Marvel Universe, how many different infinity stones are there?
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  • Question: Who is the oldest actress to play a Bond girl in the James Bond series?
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  • Question: On which day do we have the so called "Groundhog day", after the movie of Bill Murray?
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Sport

  • Question: Half a point for each of the two finalists of the 2025 Australian Open.
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  • Question: The supporters of which football team are called "the gunners"
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  • Question: In which country was the entirety of the 2025 Paris-Dakar held?
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  • Question: Which celebrity symbolically took over the Olympic Torch after the Paris Olympic Games during the closing ceremony?
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Miscellaneous