Answers to Ian’s Trivialus 18 May 2025
Answers
Pentecost
Gérard Depardieu – the 76-year-old actor was given a suspended jail term of 18 months and placed on a list of sex offenders. In addition, he was ordered to pay compensation of € 1 000 to each of the women (hardly a deterrent). His lawyer said he would appeal the verdict.
London
Jefferson
Casablanca (1942)
The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).
b) – without interest or care.
Alexandria – 6m
South Africa – America has made a special exemption for Afrikaners who, according to the US, are being subject to economic, political and religious victimization in their own country. Trump claims, incorrectly, that a genocide of Afrikaners is taking place there.
a) – Rhubarb
“You’re good to go” although this year the phrase was printed out as a banner.
Five – in a 2000 referendum it was shortened from seven to five. A president cannot serve more than two consecutive terms.
Rosa Parks
Putin refusal to attend the talks in Istanbul was the root cause, as it caused other important leaders to follow suit. As a result critical issues were not on the agenda for discussion.
Istanbul – AC Milan. A thrilling game where Liverpool came back from being 3-0 down at half time. Regarded as one of the greatest finals of the tournament.
Onion – if you regard (correctly) the tomato as a fruit and not a vegetable, if not, then the onion is second to the tomato by some measure.
Magna Carta
False – for smaller animals, time moves more slowly. A lizard will experience time slower than a pig because the perception of time depends on how quickly the brain can process incoming information. Raises the question of how a fly can instantly react to a swatting movement.
I Say a Little Prayer for You – Dionne Warwick (originally – it was later also covered by Aretha Franklin.) Written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David.
Viscosity