BizNews brainteaser – Ian’s Trivialus 13 July 2025
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13 July 2025
Where was the first wartime meeting between Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin held?
Height times breadth times six gives the surface area of which shape?
Who became the first European leader to be honoured with a state visit in the current reign of King Charles III?
Headingley is the home ground of which county cricket club?
Which city, mentioned in the book of Genesis, still exists today, a) Damascus b) Jerusalem c) Hebron?
The latest Superman film was released on Friday, against a backdrop of mixed critical reviews. Beginning with Christopher Reeve, in the first film of this series in 1978, what number is this latest version, a) Seventh b) Ninth c) Eleventh?
What does a konimeter measure?
What does the word sanguine mean, a) Quiet b) Cheerful c) Despondent?
Christian Horner (51) was given his marching orders on Tuesday by his employer. His last position carried an annual salary of £12m per annum. Who employed him?
What is Shakespeare’s last solo-written play?
Which song by Buddy Holly has the lyrics, “The way you dance and hold me tight, the way you kiss and say goodnight”?
This week Erin Patterson was found guilty in an Australia court of what crime?
Liam Neeson plays Brian Mills in which series of movies?
What flavouring for tonic water is taken from the cinchona tree?
Which state in the US has suffered the worst flooding in America for a century? Bonus for name of the river that burst its banks.
Everything that can be seen, or detected, amounts to a) 4.6% b) 9.3% c) 14.8% of the total matter in the Universe.
What is the name of the body of water bounded by four currents forming a region of the Atlantic Ocean, which uniquely borders no countries?
True/False – Victoria Island, off the north coast of Canada has a greater area than the island of Great Britain.
The Dogs of War is a 1974 novel by Frederick Forsyth. From which other work does the book’s title come? Bonus point for the speaker of these words.
Between which two towns did the first railway run?
Question 10 - © Jeff Noble