The Bad, The Good, and the Quizmaster
Le Croque Bedaine 27 questions
The audience is mostly academic, so some questions are niche on purpose; on the night I give plenty of hints. Answers reflect the date of the quiz, so “recently” means recently in September 2024.
General Knowledge
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Which band has famously announced their reunion after the separation in 2009?
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Oasis
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Today, September 16th, is the anniversary of the death of Gabriel Fahrenheit, the German-Dutch scientist famous for naming a thermometer scale after him. At which temperature does the boiling temperature of water correspond to the Fahrenheit scale?
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212
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How many countries are bordering with Austria?
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8: Italy, Liechtenstein, Germany, Czechia, Hungary, Slovakia, Switzerland, Slovenia
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Which artist recently broke the record at the MTV VMAs for winning for the fifth time the Best Video of the Year award?
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Taylor Swift
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Which European city was once considered the "Manhattan of the Middle Ages" for its number of towers?
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Bologna. Hint: Anyone playing Assassin's Creed should get a hint
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Which is the lowest-lying capital city in the world?
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Baku, 28 meters below sea level
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Which Mathematician, born on September 17th, 1826, is the father of a prime number hypothesis, regarded as the greatest unsolved problem in modern mathematics?
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Bernhard Riemann
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Among the great architectural views, with its great tram system is the second city in the world by number of passengers served per year. Which is the first one?
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Budapest, almost one million passengers per day
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Which American comedy rock duo was created by the actor Jack Black?
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Tenacious D
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On September 17th, 1994, the most influential philosopher of science and author of the "Poverty of Historicism" died. What was his name?
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Karl Popper
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Name the three types of grapes that are used to make champagne
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Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier, Chardonnais
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What's the name of the Norwegian explorer to first reach the South Pole?
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Roald Amundsen
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What is traditionally celebrated in Luxembourg on September X?
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Liberation Day
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Last week it was celebrated the assignation of the famous prize that "first makes you laugh and then makes you think". What's called the prize?
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IgNobel Prize
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Dave Grohl, frontman of the rock band Foo Fighters, started his career in which other band?
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Nirvana
Books, Screen & Games
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Which movie character has been self-celebrated as "the Marvel Jesus"?
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Deadpool
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In the TV series Friends, what character name does Joey play the soap opera character name?
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Dr. Drake Ramoray
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Which movie can be considered as the incomplete testament of Stanley Kubrick?
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Eyes Wide Shut
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Jack, Simon, Piggy and Roger are the main characters of which 1954 novel?
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Lord of the Flies
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In the story "Around the world in 80 days", hows called the assistant of the main character Phileas Fogg?
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Passpartout
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How many Pixar movies won the Oscar as Best Animation Movie?
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11: Nemo, The Incredibles, Ratatouille, Wall-E, UP, Toy Story 3, Brave, Inside Out, Coco, Toy Story 4, Soul
Sport
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Who won the recent Formula 1 Azerbaijan GP yesterday?
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Oscar Piastri
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In which city was the 2024 US Open hosted?
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New York
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Which country won the first historic Gold Medal at the Paris Olympic Games?
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Botswana, by winning the 200m sprint race
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Which country or countries topped the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games leaderboard?
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USA and China
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For the first time in history, which country hosted one Olympic event during the 2024 edition?
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Tahiti, Surfing
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In which year were the Winter Olympic Games and Summer Olympic Games held in the same year for the last time?
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1992, Barcelona and Albertville
