Answers to Ian’s Trivialus 19 October 2025
Answers
Hippopotamus
Diwali – known as the festival of lights, is a five-day celebration also celebrated by adherents of other faiths (Jains, Sikhs and some branches of Buddhism). This year’s celebrations extend from October 18th to the 22nd.
Mea culpa
Saul
He agreed to suspend the implementation of Macron’s pension reform which would have raised the retirement age from 62 to 64. The suspension of the reform, detested by the Socialists, secured their support and meant that Macron would not be forced to immediately call for new parliamentary elections. The pension reform was the shining achievement of Macron’s second term as president.
c) – Hamburg.
Jellyfish
Archbishop of Canterbury – Leader of the Church of England. She replaces Justin Welby who resigned in January.
Neil Young – Harvest
b) – Ben Youngs has the all-time appearance record with 127 caps.
HP Brown Sauce
Daniel Day-Lewis – Phantom Thread.
False – they didn’t get this privilege until ten years later in 1971, and in one canton, only in 1991.
a) – Austria.
Cape Verde – a country with a population of 525 000 spread over ten volcanic islands, 350 miles off the west coast of Africa. Their decisive game against Eswatini this week resulted in a 3-0 victory. Iceland, in 2018, is the smallest country to have ever attended a FIFA final tournament.
Ravenclaw
Yorkshire Dales
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Tanganyika and Zanzibar.