BizNews brainteaser – Ian’s Trivialus 30 November 2025

Quizmaster Ian Woodrow returns with another Trivialus for the BizNews tribe. Give it a go and see how well you score. Find the answers to this week's quiz here.Sign up for your early morning brew of the BizNews Insider to keep you up to speed with the content that matters. The newsletter will land in your inbox at 5:30am weekdays. Register here.Support South Africa’s bastion of independent journalism, offering balanced insights on investments, business, and the political economy, by joining BizNews Premium. Register here.If you prefer WhatsApp for updates, sign up to the BizNews channel here..30 November.Tomorrow is the first of December (where did the year go?). Without the use of a calculator, what is today in terms of its number in 2025?Who was the Roman goddess of peace?Which ex-UK Prime Minister (currently the oldest living) once said, “The politician who never made a mistake, never made a decision”.What was presented in the UK parliament on Wednesday? For a bonus who made the presentation?He was born Jehan Cauvin in 1509 in Picardy, France. By what name is he remembered?What name is given to women’s trousers that have the appearance of a skirt, but have separate legs?Resulting in numerous deaths and extensive damage, where did severe flooding, take place this week? How long does a golfer have to locate a lost ball, a) 3 minutes b) 5 minutes c) 7 minutes?Which Jamaican musician known for hits such as “You Can Get It If You Really want” and ‘Many Rivers to Cross” to name but two, passed away on Monday at the age of 81. For a bonus, name the 1972 film in which he starred that had the same title as one of his hit songs.Cassowaries are a species of bird found in the tropical forests of New Guinea and north-eastern Australia. What is unusual about them? Bonus, what colour are their eggs, a) Black b) Green c) Blue?Vermillion is a shade of what colour, a) Purple b) Red c) Green?Osteology is the scientific study of what?Which African country is the latest to experience a military coup after both the existing President Embaló, and the opposition candidate, Fernando Dias, claimed victory in last Sunday’s election?True/False – early American pioneers established the first settlement in California.What was the name of the film in which Sylvester Stallone first played Rambo?On Wednesday, where did a fire engulf eight 31-storey buildings in a housing complex resulting in at least 128 deaths and numerous injuries?In Leon Uris’s dramatic novel QBVII, what is QBVII?In which US city did Martin Luther King Jr. deliver his famous ‘I Have A Dream’ speech in 1963?In which country is the Mekong Delta?What is the difference between knell and knoll?.Question 10 - © Rose Jensen

BizNews brainteaser – Ian’s Trivialus 30 November 2025

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