21st in a series of themed trivia quizzes. Answer these questions inspired by the 10 richest women in the world according to Forbes in 2023. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_female_billionaires
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Francoise Bettencourt Meyers, $74.8b. Bettencourt Meyers' fortune comes largely from what company, for which she is vice chairman? The company was founded by her grandfather who developed a new hair dye formula which he sold to Parisian hairdressers.
L'Oreal
Julia Koch, $59b. Koch was born in what U.S. state capital, whose name means "of the monks" in the language it derives from?
Des Moines
Alice Walton, $56.7b. In Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Alice joins a tea party with the Mad Hatter, March Hare, and what animal that keeps falling asleep?
Dormouse
Jacqueline Mars, $38.3b. The planet Mars has a weak atmosphere consisting primarily of what gas?
Carbon Dioxide
Miriam Adelson, $35b. Adelson jointly owns a 69% majority stake in the Dallas Mavericks, who have retired four jersey numbers. Whose jersey number is the most recently retired? This forward/center played for the Mavericks from 1998-2019.
Dirk Nowitzki
Rafaela Aponte-Diamant, $31.2b. Aponte-Diamant's wealth comes from the Mediterranean Shipping Company. What French and Swiss river has the second largest river basin that drains into the Mediterranean Sea (after the Nile, and not counting rivers that drain into the Black Sea)?
Rhone
Susanne Klatten, $27.4b. Klatten's fortune comes in part from a minority stake in BMW. Except for two years, since 1974, BMW's primary marketing slogan has been "The _____ Driving Machine". What word fills in the blank?
Ultimate
Gina Rinehart, $27b. Rinehart's fortune comes from Hancock Prospecting. One of the first mines Hancock Prospecting opened was for what fibrous silicate mineral whose name derives from the ancient Greek word for "unquenchable" or "inextinguishable"?
Asbestos
MacKenzie Scott, $24.4b. Scott's wealth is largely related to her divorce from whom?
Jeff Bezos
Iris Fontbona, $23.1b. Fontbona's wealth comes from a Chilean mining company. Chile's democratically elected Socialist president, Salvador Allende, was overthrown in a military coup led by what general and future dictator?