Answers to Ian’s Trivialus 6 July 2025
Answers
Richard Feynman’s.
Budapest – Hungary’s PM Viktor Oban blamed instigators in Brussels for the huge turnout.
Line judges, replete in their characteristic suits, have been replaced with robots and AI using camera footage to track the ball and make calls. Opinion on this is certainly mixed - many bemoan the loss of a 147-year tradition, while others believe the new accuracy is an improvement.
Artemis – her Roman equivalent is Diana who is also the Roman goddess of chastity.
c) – 1967, between two French politicians, René Ribière and Gaston Defferre. The latter insulted Ribière at the French parliament (“Shut-up you idiot”) resulting in the challenge. Ribière lost the duel when he was injured slightly in the sword fight.
c) – Russia. 2021 in August.
Georgia
John F Kennedy
a) 3 – 5% is adequate for domestic use (i.e. nuclear reactors for power stations). The fact that Iran has enriched uranium to 60%, which it claims is only for domestic use, gives the lie to statements coming out of that country. Weapons-grade uranium typically requires enrichment levels of 90%.
Wales
The sun
A chocolate cake - invented by Franz Sacher in Vienna.
a) – A relationship with a female colleague who, although was not in his direct chain of command, placed him in an invidious position given his strong focus on eliminating unacceptable behaviour in the navy.
Wimbledon Tennis tournament.
Sally Bowles
b) – a wealth tax introduced to avoid the controversy of income tax, which was unpopular. It was based on the number of windows in a house (flat rate plus a variable component for more than ten windows). To reduce their tax bill, hundreds of householders bricked up their windows (still evident today in old buildings), and hence the term daylight robbery.
c) – Brazil.
Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Ohio, Oklahoma.
True
Cuba