BizNews brainteaser – Ian’s Trivialus 1 June 2025
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1 June 2025
In which French château is there a Hall of Mirrors?
Which is America’s Bluegrass state?
A report this week of an analysis of 11 000 poems in English found that the percentage of poems that contained rhyme is currently around a) 25% b) 35% c) 45%?
Where did the rumba originate, a) Cuba b) Brazil c) Colombia?
What is the chemical symbol for tungsten?
Which country’s parliament did King Charles open on Tuesday?
Which film featuring David Bowie is also an organ of balance?
True/False – prior to the Renaissance (15th century) recorded history concerning Western Europe was scant.
Which country introduced a regulation this week designed to prevent parents from giving their children bizarre, eccentric and unpleasant names?
What would you be in English if you were a Chevalier in French?
What word can follow band, mass and pass?
What was the first man-made object to leave the solar system in 1983, a) Pioneer 10 b) Voyager 1 c) Voyager 2?
Who got a slap in the face as he was preparing to disembark from his presidential plane after it touched down in Hanoi?
Who is the leading all-time goal scorer in the English Premier League? For two bonus points, name the two teams he played for while part of the Premier League.
In Greek legend who was Pygmalion?
Who drowned in the swimming pool of his Sussex home in 1969?
Who phoned Neil Armstrong on his first moon walk?
What term did Thomas Macaulay first apply to the press in a report on activity in the House of Commons in 1828?
Who wrote the novel The African Queen? Two bonus points for the stars of the 1951 film of the same name.
What is the world’s most frequented artificial waterway, a) Kiel Canal b) Suez Canal c) Panama Canal?
Question 10 - © - Thomas Parker