This quiz is designed to test how much you’ve retained from this week’s editions of Watson’s Daily. Here are some things to keep in mind, so please read before you dive in!
- Try to answer the questions by really thinking about the answer – and do NOT Google them because you will just be cheating yourself!
- At the end of every question you will see a day in CAPITAL LETTERS, which is the edition where that question originated from.
- If you don’t know the answer, go back to the edition that contains the question and you will be able to find it.
I do things this way because if you see the answer in context, you are far more likely to remember it rather than if I told you the answer straight away like in a pub quiz! I’m trying to help you learn! That said, best of luck 😉👍
This is a timed quiz. You will be given 15 seconds per question. Are you ready?
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Shell just announced that it would be shedding what percentage of its staff in its exploration and production division? (FRIDAY)
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What's the name of Telegram's CEO who got arrested in Paris this week? (WEDNESDAY)
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Which car manufacturer just became the latest one to pull back on EV commitments by delaying production at its planned $3.5bn battery plant in Indiana? (WEDNESDAY)
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OpenAI is trying to raise more money in its latest funding round. Rumours are that this will give it an implied valuation of how much? (THURSDAY)
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Which company created Homebase in 1979? (FRIDAY)
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What does EREV stand for? (THURSDAY)
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Who owns Mecca Bingo halls? (TUESDAY)
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Who owns Ticketmaster? (THURSDAY)
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Last year, China restricted shipments of germanium and gallium, key materials used in the manufacture of semiconductors. What proportion of the world's production is controlled by China? (TUESDAY)
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Which bank just announced its first bulking up of the first-half bonus pool since 2021? (TUESDAY)
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Research by the Field Dynamics consultancy says that roughly what proportion of households that park their cars on the street do not have a public EV charger available within a five-minute walk? (TUESDAY)
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What is the nickname of Telegram's CEO? (THURSDAY)
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Where is the Rosebank oilfield? (FRIDAY)
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Roughly what percentage of cars produced in the UK were exported to global markets last year? (THURSDAY)
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Who owns Pinduoduo and Temu? (WEDNESDAY)
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According to new rules, Saudi Arabia now requires foreign law firms to employ at least what percentage of locals in their offices in the Kingdom? WEDNESDAY)
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Unilever is diluting its plans to cut use of virgin plastics. What were the plans before and what are they now? (TUESDAY)
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Sainsbury's announced that it was going to spend £130m on buying and redeveloping how many stores from Homebase? (FRIDAY)
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What's Walmart's new logistics business, which launches on September 10th, going to be called? (WEDNESDAY)
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Uber this week announced funding for and a partnership with which British start-up to accelerate its move to driverless cars? (FRIDAY)
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The Big Weekly Quiz 31/08/24
More reading required! 🤔
Oh dear. You really need to up your game! Either you need to get a subscription to Watson's Daily or you need to read more closely 😱
Not your finest work. More reading required! 😉
You gave it a good go! There's more work to do, though... 🤓
That was good, but you can do better - I'm sure of it! 👍
Good effort! You are definitely paying attention, but you can still do better 💪
That was a good effort - got to just sharpen up a bit more! 👏👏👏
Ooooooh! Very well done! You can still do better, though ????
So near yet so far! How frustrating! 😱😱😱
GADDANGIT!!! You were sooooo close! Well done, though - great effort 👍👍👍
Perfect score - really well done! 🍾🍾🍾
WELL DONE!!! SUPERB JOB!
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