BizNews brainteaser – Ian’s Trivialus 27 July 2025
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27 July 2025
Tonight, which two countries will contest the final of the UEFA Women’s Euro championship?
Many of us have sent or, received, JPEG files. What does the acronym stand for?
This week, which G7 country became the first to recognise the Palestinian nation?
True/False – Toronto is the fourth largest city by population in North America.
The snaky head of Medusa is the symbol of which famous Italian fashion house?
Which two Southeast Asian countries are at odds with one another with serious clashes taking place at six locations along the 500-mile shared border?
Which fictional character was imprisoned in the Chateau d’If, a grim island fortress off Marseille a) The Man in the Iron Mask b) D’Artagnan c) The Count of Monte Cristo?
What is the penalty in snooker for potting the cue ball?
This week social media was awash with what is now described as the “Coldplay incident”. What happened?
What is the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet?
What does the word refection mean, a) reflection from a water’s surface b) refreshment from food and drink
c) contemplation of past experiences?In which continent is Mt Erebus (3 792m)?
Xiaomi (pronounced “Shaw-mee”) a Chinese company has seen its value increase nearly fourfold since the start of 2024. What does the company do?
Who had a hit in 1977 with Solsbury Hill? Bonus for the name of the group of which he used to be lead singer.
Who led the Greek expedition to besiege Troy after the Trojan Prince Paris stole Helen? Bonus for name of his younger brother who as King of Sparta was married to Helen.
Which rock legend passed away on Tuesday at the age of 76. Bonus for the iconic heavy-metal band which he founded in 1968. Second bonus for his adopted nickname. For a third bonus (and unrelated to this event) which other celebrity entertainer died suddenly of cardiac arrest on Thursday at the 71 in the US?
The Second law of thermodynamics, one of the most fundamental laws of physics, establishes what concept as a property of a thermodynamic system?
Meryl Streep won her first Oscar for her role in Kramer vs Kramer (1979). For what film did she win her second Oscar? Two bonus points for naming the male leads in each of these two films.
As a structural load-bearing technique, which civilisation invented the arch, a) Greek b) Egyptian c) Roman?
Who was the first woman to reign as undisputed sole monarch of England after the Norman conquest?