BizNews brainteaser – Ian’s Trivialus 21 April 2025
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21 April 2025
1. The JJIF is the international federation of which sport. Bonus for sport’s country of origin.
2. What was the surname of Desmond and Molly in Ob-La-Di-Ob-La-Da?
3. On Monday six celebrity women took the first all-female flight into space on a Jeff Bezos Blue Origin
rocket. How long did the total flight last, a) 10 minutes b) 15 minutes c) 21 minutes?
4. What do the initials ADHD stand for?
5. How many equal angles are there in an isosceles triangle, a) 0 b) 2 c) 3?
6. What controversial ruling did the UK Supreme Court make on Wednesday?
7. How many people are portrayed in da Vinci’s The Last Supper?
8. Which of Boeing’s jets was launched in 1958 seating 189 passengers?
9. Which French company this week overtook rival LVMH as France’s most valuable listed company due to
the latter’s slide in its share price on the announcement of weak results and trade-war jitters?
10. The Library of Alexandria (established 320 – 250 BC. Exact dates uncertain) had a history of being
ravaged by fire. The first fire (48 BC), which spread from boats burning in the harbour was started by,
a) Mark Anthony b) Julius Caesar c) Ptolemy XIV?
11. Who first wrote about the myth of Atlantis?
12. On Tuesday the Chinese government ordered companies to stop doing business with, a) Nike b) Boeing
c) Apple?
13. True/False – a cat’s meow is largely reserved for human interaction.
14. Astraphobia or brontophobia is a fear of what?
15. What film is currently the rage at cinemas, being Hollywood’s first hit of 2025?
16. In which South American river was the pocket battleship, Admiral Graf Spee, scuttled after the first
naval battle of World War II? Three bonus points for the names of the three British ships that had
engaged her in battle earlier in the week.
17. Edmund Dante is the eponymous hero of which adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas?
18. Peggy is a diminutive for which girl’s name?
19. Who played the character of Chance, a gardener, who becomes a Presidential advisor in the film Being
There (1979)?
20. The Azores belong to which European country?
Question 10 - © - Jani Verster