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The Big Weekly Quiz 🫸 🛍️ 📵 30/11/24

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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The current owners of Gail's are looking to sell the business - but for roughly what price? TUESDAY)

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How much xAI did investors who backed Elon Musk's acquisition of X get when they put up the money? (WEDNESDAY)

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Which German car parts supplier just announced the closure of its UK plant in Sheffield as part of a Europe-wide cost-cutting exercise? (THURSDAY)

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Schaeffler makes clutches and the shift towards EVs and automatic transmissions have decimated demand.

Which European AI company, which is also Europe's most valuable AI start-up, has just announced expansion plans in the US? (TUESDAY)

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Name the current UK Housing Secretary? (FRIDAY)

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Jonathan Reynolds is the Business Secretary and Wes Streeting is the Health Secretary (at the time of writing!)

What's the name of the new single-aisle Airbus aircraft that they say could knock Heathrow's grip on global travel? (MONDAY)

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XLR stands for Xtra Long Range and such planes can potentially fly for 10 or even 11 hours, which means that airports that struggle to accommodate larger planes that do long-haul can suddenly offer additional destinations!

Who owns Harvester, All Bar One and O'Neill's? (THURSDAY)

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What does CEBR stand for? (TUESDAY)

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The CEBR is an economics consultancy based in London.

Which country just announced a social media ban for kids under the age of 16? (FRIDAY)

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Roughly what proportion of German exports did the US account for in 2023? (MONDAY)

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The US replaced France as Germany's most important trading partner back in 2015!

When did TikTok launch its livestream shopping feature in the UK? (MONDAY)

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Johan Lundgren has just stepped down as CEO from which airline? (THURSDAY)

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Name one of Starbucks' main competitors in the China market? (TUESDAY)

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Both Doutor and Tully's are Japanese coffee chains

Name IKEA's biggest franchisee? (THURSDAY)

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Jysk and ILVA are both Danish rivals of IKEA

Ocado Retail is the name of the joint venture between Ocado and which UK retailer? (FRIDAY)

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By roughly how much have orange juice prices risen over the last two years? (WEDNESDAY)

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This is thanks to devastating hurricanes in Florida over the last few months and droughts in Brazil. However, even before the hurricanes struck, this season’s orange production was on its way to hitting its lowest level since 1933 before the storms.

What operating system does the new Huawei flagship phone, the Mate 70, use? (MONDAY)

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Which US department store chain just announced an increase in its sales outlook for the fiscal year? (WEDNESDAY)

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Which old campaigner has just returned to Asda to turn its fortunes around for the second time - over two decades after he did it the first time? (WEDNESDAY)

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Dave Lewis WAS the CEO of Tesco from 2014 to 2020 and Ken Murphy is the current CEO of Tesco

Which big insurance firm made a couple of failed takeover bids for Direct Line this week? (FRIDAY)

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The Big Weekly Quiz 30/11/24
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 😱
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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 👍👍👍
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WELL DONE!!! SUPERB JOB!

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