BizNews brainteaser – Ian’s Trivialus 28 April 2025
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28 April 2025
What word describes the network of blogs, online forums, podcasts and social media channels promoting traditional masculinity and anti-feminist beliefs?
What colour caps do the Australian cricket team wear?
According to medieval Christian legend, what did Jesus drink from at the Last Supper?
What type of apes live on the rock of Gibraltar?
Which American guitarist died in a bedroom basement at the Samarkand Hotel, Notting Hill Gate on 18 September 1970?
Pope Francis passed away on Monday after a long illness. He will be remembered as the “People’s Pope” due to his humility and his aversion to pomposity. When did he become Pope a) 2013 b) 2015 c) 2017? Bonus point for the name of the papal group that will re-elect the next Pope.
Which airline has the IATA designator code of VS?
The sideral period is the time it takes a planet to orbit what?
Narendra Modi, India’s PM had to cut short his visit to Saudi Arabia to deal with the aftermath of a terrorist attack on a group in which part of India?
What are the names of the four submarines which form the UK’s nuclear Trident programme?
Which US author and humorist once said, “I never let school interfere with my education.”?
Which town, 50 miles north of Paris boasts Europe’s finest Gothic Cathedral with some of the most spectacular stained glass?
Which English County is traditionally famous for its hotpot?
An interesting story from the Philadelphia Zoo this week where a Galapagos tortoise, named Mommy, became an actual mother for the first time, when four hatchlings from the 16 eggs she laid in November were born. Mommy’s age is estimated to be a) 60 years b) 80 years c) 100 years?
What is the only English word to have 4 double letters in a row?
In World War II, what were Chindits? Bonus for their leader/founder.
In which US state is the city of Albuquerque, a) New Mexico, b) Nevada c) Texas?
Who was the first non-Englishman to play James Bond, a) Sean Connery b) George Lazenby c) Pierce Brosnan?
What is the only living relative of a giraffe?
Which African leader resigned in 2017 after almost 30 years as president?
Question 10 - © - Mark Adamson