Production & Trade - 1 point
| Category | Question | Answer | Last Update |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advertising | Which was introduced first: the Duracell Bunny or the Energizer Bunny? | Duracell Bunny (1973 vs 1989) | 2023/04/18 |
| Advertising | Boombastic by Shaggy, Turn On Tune In Cop Out by Freak Power, Inside by Stiltskin, Spaceman by Babylon Zoo, Underwater Love by Smoke City, and Flat Beat by Mr Oizo all became hit singles after appearing in adverts for which brand in the 1990s? | Levi's *Inside by Stiltskin (1994), Boombastic by Shaggy (1995), Spaceman by Babylon Zoo (1996), and Flat Beat by Mr Oizo (1999) all reached #1 in the UK | 2023/04/18 |
| Advertising | Shepton Daphnis Horsa and Fernville Lord Digby are two of the 14 different dogs that have advertised what company's products on TV since 1961? | Dulux *Dulux has used Old English Sheepdogs to advertise its paints since an advertising director used his own dog in the company's 1961 campaign. | 2024/05/30 |
| Advertising | Which three words start both a 1990s slogan for fast food restaurant McDonald’s, and the current slogan of food delivery service Just Eat? | Did somebody say... | 2024/11/14 |
| Advertising | What species of great ape featured in a banned 2018 Christmas advert for the supermarket chain Iceland, based on an original animation made for Greenpeace and narrated by Emma Thompson, in which the animal invades a girl’s bedroom because palm oil plantations destroyed its forest? | Orangutan | 2024/12/19 |
| Advertising | What breakfast cereal has been advertised in Germany with the slogan ‘Knisper! Knasper! Knusper!’? | Rice Krispies *’Knisper! Knasper! Knusper!’ is the German equivalent of ‘Snap! Crackle! Pop!’. | 2025/01/09 |
| Companies - Multinational | Kirkland is the house signature brand of which international retail chain? | Costco | 2024/05/05 |
| Companies - Multinational | What company was established by Adrian Dalsey, Larry Hillblom and Robert Lynn in 1969? | DHL *The company name is an initialism based on the founders’ names. | 2024/12/14 |
| Companies - UK | Richard Block and David Quayle founded which British DIY store in 1969? | B&Q | 2023/04/18 |
| Companies - UK | Jack Cohen was the founder of which UK supermarket chain, which he began in 1919 as a vegetable store? | Tesco *The 'co' comes from his name, Cohen. 'Tes' comes from an early supplier, Thomas Edward Stockwell. | 2023/04/18 |
| Companies - UK | Named Sunday Times Business Person of the Year in 2023, Archie Norman is the chairman of which FTSE 100 company? | Marks and Spencer | 2024/04/09 |
| Companies - UK | What is the full name of the ferry company commonly abbreviated to Cal Mac? | Caledonian MacBrayne | 2023/04/20 |
| Companies - UK | The company Loved Before, which has outlets in Selfridges as well as an online store, is a sustainable business that sells what type of ‘pre-loved’ item? | Soft toys | 2024/11/14 |
| Companies - UK | Which UK supermarket chain faced local protest in November 2024 when it extended opening hours of its store on the Scottish Isle of Lewis to include Sundays? | Tesco | 2024/12/07 |
| Companies - UK | Appearing on items such as pyjamas, slippers, and socks, what is the name of the bear that features on Marks and Spencer products? | Spencer | 2024/12/19 |
| Companies - UK | Famous for her huge pay packets, which have totalled over £2bn since she took over and once included annual pay of £466mn, Denise Coates is the chief executive of what UK betting company? | Bet365 | 2025/01/09 |
| Companies - Europe | The car manufacturer Skoda is headquartered in which European country? | Czech Republic / Czechia | 2023/04/18 |
| Companies - US | Which US company, most famous for its line in boots, was set up by Australian surfer Brian Smith and his business partner Doug Jensen? | UGG | 2024/04/18 |
| Companies - US | Which technology company took its name from its founders Gary Burrell and Min Kao? | Garmin | 2024/04/28 |
| Companies - US | Ranked number 12 on 2024’s Fortune Global 500, which lists the largest companies in the world, what company trades on the New York Stock Exchange using the ticker symbol XOM? | Exxon Mobil | 2024/12/19 |
| Companies - China | Into which Chinese company did US internet firm Yahoo invest $1 billion in 2005, an investment that brought a return of approximately $50 billion by the time the stock was fully sold 15 years later? | Alibaba | 2024/10/22 |
| Companies - Australia | Sharing its name with a British retail chain that went defunct in 2009, what is the name of the largest supermarket chain in Australia, which accounts for approximately 37 per cent of the nation's market share? | Woolworths | 2024/12/29 |
| Companies - General | Appletiser, Fresca, and Innocent are all brands majority owned by which soft drinks company? | The Coca Cola Company | 2024/04/28 |
| Markets | In which country is the world's largest flower auction site, where around 43 million flowers and 5 million plants are sold daily? | Netherlands *The Aalsmeer Flower Auction in Aalsmeer, outside Amsterdam, is 775,000 m2 and includes its own fire brigade and shuttle trolley for moving products. | 2024/04/09 |
| Mining | Five of the world's ten largest bauxite mines can be found in which country? | Australia | 2024/04/09 |
| Raw Materials | Acid extracted from the cochineal insect helps produce what colour of dye? | Red *Carminic acid from the beetle helps produce carmine coloured dye. | 2024/04/10 |
| Raw Materials | Which Asian nation is the world's largest producer of saffron, accounting for over 90 per cent of world production and making over ten times as much as the next largest producer? | Iran | 2024/04/18 |
| Textiles | The name of which English city is used in Australia to refer to towels and bed linen due to the city’s strong textile industry during Britain’s Industrial Revolution? | Manchester | 2025/01/07 |
| Textiles | What type of fabric was traditionally known as Manchester in several European countries, including Czechia, Germany, and the Netherlands, due to that English city’s strong connection with textiles during the British Industrial Revolution? | Corduroy | 2025/01/09 |
| Crops | Charleston Gold, Blue Rose, Rico, and Texmati are American variants of which crop? | Rice | 2024/04/28 |
| Crops | Which Chinese scientist pioneered hybrid rice in the 1960s and 1970s, creating plants capable of producing a 30 per cent higher yield and therefore greatly helping global food security? | Yuan Longping | 2024/04/28 |
| Products | What is the largest of the 'A' paper sizes? | A0 | 2023/04/20 |
| Products | Britain's oldest certification mark, which guarantees a product meets a set standard, belongs to which tweed authority? | Harris Tweed Authority | 2024/04/08 |
| Products | What hair, beard and moustache softening product was invented by French perfumer Édouard Pinaud? | Brilliantine | 2024/10/22 |
| Products | What was the name of Google's low-cost VR viewer that was discontinued in 2021 despite shipping 15 million units, and worked by users slipping their smartphone inside a cardboard sleeve? | Google Cardboard | 2024/10/22 |
| Production Centres | What city is known as the oil capital of Norway, having been the centre of the country’s oil exploration business since the 1970s? | Stavanger | 2024/12/27 |
Production & Trade - 2 points
| Category | Question | Answer | Last Update |
|---|---|---|---|
| Companies - Europe | Which two German sportswear companies were established by the Dassler Brothers, Adolf and Rudolf, after a breakdown in their relationship saw them breakup their previous company? | 1. Adidas 2. Puma | 2023/04/18 |
| Companies - UK & Ireland | In the name of the shipping company P&O, for what two words do the letters P and O stand? | 1. Peninsular 2. Oriental *The company’s full name is The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. | 2024/10/31 |
| Companies - Australia | What are the two largest supermarket chains in Australia, accounting for a combined 65 per cent of the domestic market? | 1. Woolworths 2. Coles | 2025/01/01 |
| Companies - General | From which two countries were Dietrich Mateschitz and Chaleo Yoovidhya, the founders of the Red Bull energy drink company? | 1. Austria 2. Thailand *Pharmaceuticals CEO Yoovidhya originally created a drink named Krating Daeng - Red Gaur - in Thailand, which cosmetics marketer Mateschitz discovered cured his jet lag during a business meeting with Yoovidhya in Bangkok. | 2024/04/28 |
| Agriculture | According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, which two grasses respectively supply 20% and 19% of the global population’s dietary energy supply? | 1. Rice 2. Wheat | 2024/11/14 |
Production & Trade - 3 points
| Category | Question | Answer | Last Update |
|---|---|---|---|
| Global Production | Which three BRIC countries are the world's largest three tobacco producers? | 1. China 2. India 3. Brazil | 2023/04/18 |
| Global Production | Which three countries produce the most orange juice in the world? | Brazil, Mexico, US *Brazil is by far the biggest producer, making close to ten times the amount of second-ranked Mexico. | 2024/12/07 |
| Global Production | According to the Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database, what three countries produce the most pineapple in the world? | 1. Indonesia 2. Philippines 3. Costa Rica | 2024/12/23 |
| Environmental Production | In the waste management hierarchy, what are the 3 Rs people are asked to undertake to curb unnecessary waste? | 1. Reduce 2. Reuse 3. Recycle *The EU Waste Hierarchy replaces ‘reduce’ with ‘prevention’, and includes ‘recovery'. | 2024/05/10 |
| Pollution | Per the Global Carbon Atlas, what three countries are the largest emitters of carbon dioxide in the world, accounting for nearly 20000 metric tonnes? | 1. China 2. USA 3. India | 2025/01/09 |
Production & Trade - 4 points
| Category | Question | Answer | Last Update |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agriculture | According to the US Department of Agriculture, which four US states have been the country’s largest corn producers every year of the 21st century and currently account for over 50 per cent of all corn grown in the nation? | 1. Iowa 2. Illinois 3. Nebraska 4. Minnesota *Iowa has been the largest corn producing US state every year during the 21st century. | 2024/12/27 |
Production & Trade - 10 points
| Category | Question | Answer | Last Update |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mining | According to data from the US Geological Survey, which ten countries were the largest miners of silver in 2022? | 1. Mexico 2. China 3. Peru 4. Chile 5. Russia 6. Poland 7. Australia 8. Bolivia 9. USA 10. Argentina | 2024/10/31 |