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The Big Weekly Quiz 🦥 ✂️ 🍟 19/10/24

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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Which country's PM this week outlined plans to ban dynamic pricing following consumer uproar at the price of Green Day tickets recently? (WEDNESDAY)

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Name Stellantis's CEO. (TUESDAY)

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Carlos Ghosn is the notorious ex-CEO of Renault who became infamous for escaping house arrest in Japan by hiding in a large box that was put on a private plane! Carlos Slim is a Mexican telecoms magnate and one of the richest people in the world! He is CEO of Telmex, America Movil and Grupo Carso

Which aeroplane manufacturer is now looking to raise up to $25bn via a stock and debt offering? (WEDNESDAY)

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Name the UK's fastest-growing traditional supermarket since August, according to the latest data from NIQ. (THURSDAY)

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Who owns Ray-Ban? (FRIDAY)

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The latest figures from Rightmove show that average monthly rents outside London have hit what level? (WEDNESDAY)

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What's China's GDP growth target for the full year? (FRIDAY)

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Name the only major European carmaker that has NOT issued a profit warning recently. (MONDAY)

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Which UK department store just posted its seventh successive year of losses? (WEDNESDAY)

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LNG trucks made up 9% of China’s heavy-duty truck sales from January to August in 2022. How much do they make up now? (MONDAY)

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This is hitting diesel truck specialists like Daimler Truck particularly hard. LNG is cheaper at the moment, hence the massive move towards LNG.

Who owns Premier Inn? (THURSDAY)

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What is the nickname of the building at 70 St Mary Axe? (TUESDAY)

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Wouldn't it be great if they really did nickname a building the Tin of Spam 🤣!

What does "Xiaohongshu" translate as in Englishj? (MONDAY)

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Xiaohongshu is China's answer to Instagram and is China's fastest-growing social media platform!

Who owns Ladbrokes and Coral? (TUESDAY)

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Evoke owns Paddy Power and SkyBet (among others) and Flutter owns William Hill and Betfair (among others)

Which Big Four accountancy firm just announced that it was delaying start dates for grads because of a slowdown in deals? (MONDAY)

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Who owns Grosvenor Casinos and Mecca bingo halls? (FRIDAY)

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BP and which UK supermarket just announced that they're buying the entire solar output of Cleve Hill that was supposed to power 100,000 homes? (FRIDAY)

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McKinsey just announced that it would be cutting its China workforce by what sort of amount? (THURSDAY)

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What is the Bank of England's inflation target? (THURSDAY)

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This week, the rate fell unexpectedly to 1.7% versus market expectations of 1.9%! This was due to the bigger-than-expected fall in services inflation.

Which tech company just ordered SMRs from Kairos Power to power its data centres? TUESDAY)

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This commitment will help Kairos bring its first commercial reactor online by 2030!

The Big Weekly Quiz 19/10/24
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WELL DONE!!! SUPERB JOB!

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