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BizNews brainteaser – Ian’s Trivialus 21 April 2024
Quizmaster Ian Woodrow returns with another Trivialus for the BizNews tribe to take a crack at. Give it a go and see how well you score.
Quizmaster Ian Woodrow returns with another Trivialus for the BizNews tribe to take a crack at. Give it a go and see how well you score. Find the answers to this week's quiz here.
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21 April 2024
- Which company lost its position as the No.1 mobile phone maker? Bonus for the company that overtook it.
- Grunge music originated in which American city?
- Which French leader said, "An army marches on its stomach"?
- How often is the Ashes series played between Australia and England, a) 2 years b) 3 years c) 4 years?
- Which city received 18 months of rainfall in a single day this week, resulting in its airport (the 2nd busiest in the world) having to be closed? Bonus for saying which is the busiest airport in the world a) Heathrow b) Atlanta c) Chicago?
- Who provides the voice of the donkey in Shrek?
- The Venus flytrap plant is native to which continent, a) Asia b) Australia c) North America?
- What do insects use spiracles for, a) Seeing b) Eating c) Breathing?
- Thursday saw the AGM of which international food company where the management was questioned by shareholders to rebalance its portfolio towards healthy foods, a) Nestlé b) Kraft Heinz c) McDonald's?
- On how many continents can you find wild buffalo?
- Which European sleuth's assistant was Captain Hastings?
- Where did the Battle of Monte Cassino take place in WWII? Bonus for the year.
- The letters YKK stand for Yoshida Kōgyō Kabushiki geisha, the world's largest manufacturer of what?
- Which one of Copenhagen's distinctive old buildings was gutted by fire on Monday?
- Gravity on the Moon is what fraction of gravity on Earth, a) quarter b) sixth c) tenth?
- What is the meaning of lissom, a) languid and easy-going b) supple and lithe c) not subject to a country's laws?
- What is a cenotaph? For a bonus, the word comes from the Greek meaning what? a) Empty tomb b) Pillar of knowledge c) Past memory?
- Where is Key West?
- True/False – China's one-child policy (1980- 2015) had an insignificant effect on the country's population growth.
- Which city's underground railway network is the oldest in the world, a) London b) New York c) Budapest?
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