BizNews brainteaser – Ian’s Trivialus 3 August 2025
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3 August 2025
Which country will be banning various websites (including YouTube) from being visited by teenagers as from December?
What is the maximum number of wickets a team can lose in a Test cricket match?
Which African country used to be called Nyasaland?
What natural occurrence took place on Wednesday morning off the east coast of Russia?
In which country was the World War II Battle of Arnhem?
Complete this English saying, “Needs must _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _”.
This week, who did Donald Trump describe as “doing a terrible job” and being “a nasty person”?
Who starred as Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games series?
In a story, who fell asleep on the Catskill Mountains after imbibing copious amounts of liquor from a mysterious Dutchmen. For a bonus, for how long did he sleep?
Enver Hoxha, a former dictator of Albania, prohibited almost all films from the West. However, exceptions were made for those which starred which British comedian, a) Norman Wisdom b) Peter Sellers c) Benny Hill?
On Wednesday, Leon Marchand, in a semi-final at the World Aquatics Championships, broke the 200m individual medley world record of 1:54.00 which was set by Ryan Lochte of the USA 14 years ago. Marchand’s new record is, a) 1:53.68 b) 1:53.01 c) 1:52.69? Bonus point for Marchand’s nationality.
Mercury orbits the Sun once every 88 days. How long does it take to rotate once on its axis, a) 8 hours
b) 17 days c) 59 days?Which city in North Yorkshire is built on the location of a fortification which the Romans called Eboracum?
Which American paediatrician wrote The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care?
Which coffee chain reported worse-than-expected profits in the second quarter. Bonus point for saying what the prime cause for this change has been.
Which female vocalist was a guest on UB40’s 1985 cover hit of “I Got You Babe”? Bonus for the name of the group which one associates with this singer.
What was the name of the Cyclops blinded by Odysseus in The Odyssey?
Nicolae Ceausescu was executed together with his wife in 1989. He was the leader of which country?
True/False – there are only seven sovereign states in the world that do not have permanent rivers.
What fish has its head at right angles to its body?
Question 10 - © Steve Stevenson