BizNews brainteaser – Ian’s Trivialus 19 January 2025
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19 January
- Who wrote Music for the Royal Fireworks (1749)?
- Britain and Mauritius have been trying to conclude a deal regarding the sovereignty of which island group?
- In French it is pamplemousse, what is it in English?
- Which social media app will become illegal by midnight tonight in the US?
- True/False – Saturn has more satellites around it than Jupiter.
- Epistemology is the study of what?
- Story of the week was the news of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas which will begin today. After months of wrangling and negotiations, what is said to have caused Israeli PM, Binyamin Netanyahu, to become more conciliatory?
- What race is won after completing four laps of the track?
- Best known for directing films such as Blue Velvet, The Elephant Man, Mulholland Drive, and the series, Twin Peaks, which prominent director passed this week at the age of 78?
- What does the word 'Trivia' literally mean, a) three bridges b) three houses c) three roads?
- What does contumacious mean, a) wilfully obstinate b) overly aggressive c) excessively greedy?
- Where is the world's largest religious gathering, where 400 million worshippers are expected, currently taking place? Bonus for the religion being recognised by the festival.
- Which two African animals are the first two to be listed alphabetically in the dictionary? (Point for each)
- What sauce accompanies the ham and eggs on a muffin in Eggs Benedict?
- Last year, what overtook BBC1 to become Britain's most-watched TV service?
- What is the name of the long narrow lake in East Africa (the southernmost lake in the East African Rift system) that has a length of around 350 miles and a width over 45 miles. Bonus of the name of type of fish found in the lake (over 700 species thereof).
- Anna Maria Louisa Italiano, was a star of many feature films and was married to Mel Brooks for over forty years. By what name was she better known?
- True/False – Richard Burton only won one Oscar in his career.
- Who was the flying ace hero of Capt. W.E. John's adventure stories?
- In 1778, what was the first country to send an ambassador to the US?
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