Answers to Ian’s Trivialus 29 June 2025
Answers
Austria
Glastonbury – Somerset
True
Jeff Bezos, owner of Amazon, to Lauren Sánchez, a TV journalist and author. The wedding took place in Venice. Local protests under the banner of “No Space for Bezos” forced the organisers to move some of the celebrations to a more isolated location instead of a majestic 16th century building in the city centre. The estimated cost of the event is believed to be in around about $50m.
Fondue
Sea of Galilee
c) – Copenhagen
Spanish
His frustration at the inability of Israel (especially) and Iran to keep to the cease fire which he had arranged.
Goran Ivanesevic – 2001. He was ranked 125 in the world at the time.
Bangladesh – the Indian sitar player, Ravi Shankar. It was the first-ever benefit concert of such magnitude and featured a supergroup of performers.
Mini-skirt – Hot pants.
That an attack on any one member is considered an attack on all. The members committed to spending 5% of GDP by 2035. Currently most (27 out of 32) members spend less than 3% on defence so reaching this target will be a significant challenge. Spain chose to opt out, claiming that its expenditure of 2.1% of GDP is sufficient, much to the chagrin, and presumably imminent retaliation, from the US.
Joseph Conrad – widely regarded as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century.
King John – they have never been recovered. Whether this is due to exaggeration as to the size and value of the treasure, or due to the shifting sands over 800 years, making discovery highly unlikely, has never been resolved.
Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom.
“No!” – ironically, it was Marcel Marceau, the famous mime.
Rorke’s Drift – a mission station a few miles from Isandlwana, where 150 British and colonial troops were based. The Anglo-Zulu War of 1879.
Iran
Taxonomy