The Age of the Quizmaster

Disclaimer: The following is a fairly detailed extract of the questions I developed for the PubQuiz at Le Croque Bedaine on January 19, 2024. 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.

General Knowledge

• Question: Who was elected person of the year 2023?
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• Question: Today, January 19th, is the anniversary of the birth of the scottish inventor, widely regarded as the father of the modern steam engine. What's his name?
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• Question: In a QWERTY keyboard, which letter sits on the right of the letter Y?
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• Question: Situated in the south pacific, the so called point Nemo is famous for being the point the denotes what?
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• Question: Epstein has allegedly forbidden the participation to an orgy to whom?
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• Question: Which region, shared by Argentina and Chile, is famous for being the souther human walkable area on Earth?
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• Question: Apple was for few seconds not the most valuable company in the world on Thursday 11th after more than 18 months. Which company was?
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• Question: Bridges in the Euro banknotes don't exist. Only one of them was built after the release of the banknotes with the idea of actually building the bridge. Where is it?
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• Question: How many chords are there in a standard orchestra violin?
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• Question: Who is currently staying in the graveyard spot just next to Marylin Monroe?
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• Question: Which actor or actress is currently holding the record for staying the most time in free diving without breathing?
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• Question: Which is the nationality of Ernesto Guevara, also called "el Che"?
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• Question: In which city can you find the famous Bourbon Street?
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• Question: How many leap years did we have in the XX century?
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• Question: We recently held the 10th anniversary of one of the biggest naval disasters just right between Tuscany and Corsica. What was the name of the Cruise?
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• Question: Which English word denoting good luck in making unexpected discoveries takes his name from the old name of Sri Lanka?
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• Question: If, from the city of Los Angeles, I start moving westwise, which is the first country that I find?
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• Question: 1 point for each flag showing a weapon of an armor. [Angola - Machete, Barbados - Trident, Belize - Two Clubs/Two axes, Guatemala - Two guns w/Bayonet, Kenya - Two Spears and a shield, Mozambique - AK47 Rifle, Saudi Arabia - Sabre, Sri Lanka - Dagger held by Griffon, Swaziland - Two spears and shield, US Virgin Islands - 3 arrows]
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• Question: In which city is located the European Central Bank?
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• Question: The queen of which Country recently abdicated?
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Books, TV Series and Boardgames

• Question: In 2024, the TV series Happy Days will be 50 years old. How's called the family to which Ron Howard belongs?
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• Question: Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey, better known as Pam and Angela, are the hosts of which famous "the Office" podcast?
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• Question: Whych reference book published in 1858, often considered the "doctor's bible", gave it's name to a famous TV Series?
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• Question: The script of which famous TV series was recently found in a trashbin and sold at an auction for more than 24k dollars?
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• Question: Which was the most watched Netflix show in 2023, by number of hours watched?
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• Question: In the TV series "Suits", Louis Litt keeps in his office the ashes of whom?
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• Question: 2024 will be the year of the last season of "The Crown". Which character said "I found women in general tend not to be suited for this role" because they get too emotional?
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• Question: Which is the zip code of Beverly Hills?
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• Question: Which celerity recently entered in the restricted group of the so called EGOT?
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• Question: Which famous school of art, drama and music was the origin host of more than 100 Emmys, 24 academy awards and 12 Pulitzer Prizes?
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• Question: In the 2024 Golden Globes, who won the most prizes on each movie and TV category?
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Sport

• Question: The 2024 edition of the most famous Rally in the world has recently started in Saudi Arabia. What's the name of the event?
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• Question: 2024 will be the year of the olympiads. In which month will they start?
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• Question: Which athlete recently announced the termination of his contract with Nike?
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• Question: Luke Litt became recently famous for finishing at the age of 16 in the final round of which sport?
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• Question: There's currently undergoing the "Tour Down Under", a famous January cycling competition. Where is this competition held?
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• Question: Who was elected the FIFA coach of the year?
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Miscellaneous