BizNews brainteaser – Ian’s Trivialus 14 December 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..14 December 2025.What is the name for Christmas in French?This week which country implemented a ban on social media for users under the age of sixteen?How many lines are there in a limerick?Which fluid is stored in the human gall bladder?It has been reported that around two thirds of shoppers in wealthy countries are planning to use what for their shopping over the forthcoming holiday period?Which city hosted the 2018 Winter Olympics?True/False – India is the most populous country in the world.Last week we read that Warner Bros had been acquired by Netflix. Naturally the deal still needs approval from relevant authorities before it is final. Which company has launched a hostile takeover bid with the aim of thwarting Netflix’s ambitions?Which Roman deity was the god of wisdom, justice, law and victory?How many creatures could Grandma’s feather bed hold in John Denver’s song from 1974?Up to now, it’s been widely acknowledged that humans only began to control fire around 50 000 years ago. Now proof has been uncovered that fires had been repeatedly made in a clay pit in Suffolk that dates back to, a) 150 000 b) 300 000 c) 400 000 years ago?Who sang these lyrics “..and so this is Christmas, I hope you have fun, the near and the dear one, the old and the young.” Bonus for the full title of the song.James L. Herlihy was an American novelist whose best-known book was adapted into a screenplay for a 1969 Oscar-winning film starring Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight. What was the title of the book (same as the film)?What is the other name of the scaly anteater?Where have hostilities seriously re-erupted this week after border skirmishes from a few months back were seemingly resolved? Bonus point for saying which country’s exit from the region (resulting in a redraft of borders) is at the heart of the problem. In which country will one find the city of El Paso, a) The USA b) Mexico c) Costa Rica?Waverley Railway Station is in which British city?Tony Stark is the alter-ego of which superhero? Bonus point for the actor who has played the role in the recent series of films.What was the largest contiguous land-based empire in history, a) The British Empire b) The Mongol Empire c) The Roman Empire?What word can go after heat and before on?.Question 10 - © Helm Ludwig

BizNews brainteaser – Ian’s Trivialus 14 December 2025

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