quizmaster
noun
quiz·mas·ter
ˈkwiz-ˌma-stər 
: one who puts the questions to contestants in a quiz show
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Test your knowledge and memory of this week’s stories with 10 California-leaning multiple-choice questions about the week in news — straight from our quizmaster.
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Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2024
Osman is known to millions in the UK as the presenter of BBC game show Richard Osman’s House of Games and spent years as quizmaster on daytime quiz Pointless.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 16 Aug. 2024
Sign up for the Style Memo newsletter. Bialik, 48, joined the show in 2021 as a guest host before being made a permanent co-host last year along side Ken Jennings, after the death of longtime quizmaster, Alex Trebek.
—Adela Suliman, Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2023
Pepper is ruthless as a quizmaster.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Feb. 2023
Noseda’s impromptu quizmaster routine from the podium at the conclusion of each piece allows for a casual back and forth between the orchestra and audience, who typically rely on music and applause to communicate.
—Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2022
The quizmaster is an character named Chiko, who is half CGI, half live actor and is particularly hard to please.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 11 Apr. 2022
Flimsy answers are likely to be ridiculed and cause the quizmaster to have a tantrum, before an expert reveals the true answer and a provides a humorous demonstration or experiment.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 11 Apr. 2022
During his performance, Richard Lederer, known as San Diego Union Tribune history quizmaster and language columnist, will illuminate essential grammar, usage, and punctuation, will auction off his services to benefit the North Coast Rep.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2022
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Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2024
Osman is known to millions in the UK as the presenter of BBC game show Richard Osman’s House of Games and spent years as quizmaster on daytime quiz Pointless.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 16 Aug. 2024
Sign up for the Style Memo newsletter. Bialik, 48, joined the show in 2021 as a guest host before being made a permanent co-host last year along side Ken Jennings, after the death of longtime quizmaster, Alex Trebek.
—Adela Suliman, Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2023
Pepper is ruthless as a quizmaster.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Feb. 2023
Noseda’s impromptu quizmaster routine from the podium at the conclusion of each piece allows for a casual back and forth between the orchestra and audience, who typically rely on music and applause to communicate.
—Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2022
The quizmaster is an character named Chiko, who is half CGI, half live actor and is particularly hard to please.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 11 Apr. 2022
Flimsy answers are likely to be ridiculed and cause the quizmaster to have a tantrum, before an expert reveals the true answer and a provides a humorous demonstration or experiment.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 11 Apr. 2022
During his performance, Richard Lederer, known as San Diego Union Tribune history quizmaster and language columnist, will illuminate essential grammar, usage, and punctuation, will auction off his services to benefit the North Coast Rep.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2022
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“Quizmaster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quizmaster. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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