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BizNews brainteaser – Ian’s Trivialus 2 June 2024
Quizmaster Ian Woodrow returns with another Trivialus
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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2 June 2024
- A prelate is a member of what?
- On Friday last week, where did a huge landslide tragically bury more than 2 000 people alive?
- What was/is the occupation of a Cutler?
- True/False – submarines don't need anchors.
- It's been reported that hotel rooms in New York City are at an all-time high with the average cost of a room breaking the $300/night barrier for the first time. What has caused this?
- Two men approached a river. There was a single-seat boat on the bank. Nevertheless, the two men crossed the river in the boat and went on their way. How could they do this? (There is no rope involved)
- Who surprisingly made an early exit from the French Open at Roland Garros earlier this week?
- Under the Versailles treaty of 1919 what region was Germany forced to surrender to France?
- Who beat Muhammad Ali in 1978 to assume his World Heavyweight title?
- How many time zones are in Russia? A bonus, how many countries share a border with Russia, a) 9 b) 12 c) 14?
- On Monday – a bank holiday in England – an annual competition in Gloucestershire, down what is known as Cooper's Hill, took place. Contestants race against each other to see who can reach the foot of the hill first. Each race entails chasing what item rolled down the 45° slope ahead of the runners?
- Who saved Andromeda from the sea monster? Bonus for monster's name.
- Physical Graffiti was an album by which group, a) Led Zeppelin b) Sex Pistols c) Ramones?
- A Caravaggio painting, titled Ecce Homo, nearly sold for € 1 500 at an auction in 2021 when it was mistakenly attributed to another Spanish painter from the 17th century. Since being correctly identified, it was sold at an auction to a British national living in Spain who paid a) €25m b) €36m c) €45m?
- What was the Anschluss of 1938?
- In Australian slang what is a "Banana bender", a) Someone who is bisexual b) Someone from Queensland
c) Someone who tells tall stories? - An election on Wednesday in which African country has been described as the most significant in the country for the past thirty years in that the ruling party has lost its parliamentary majority for the first time since coming into power? Bonus for the name of party that lost its majority.
- Henry Morton Stanley was a Welsh-American explorer and journalist who managed to track down which other famous explorer? Bonus for financier of his trip, a) King Leopold II of Belgium b) Royal Geographical Society
c) New York Herald. - What is generally regarded (in China) as the largest city (land area and population) of that country?
- Whose film production company was called Handmade Films? Bonus for any one of its successful films.
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