UK Daily Quiz — 11 March 2026

9 questions across 3 rounds · tap a question to reveal its answer

In the news recently...

Which horse, dubbed the 'Queen of Cheltenham', won the Champion Hurdle on day one of the 2026 Cheltenham Festival?
💡 Lossiemouth
Donald Trump made a jibe comparing Keir Starmer unfavourably to which famous wartime British leader?
💡 Churchill
Which butterfly species, previously thought to be extinct in Britain, has been spotted in a flurry of early sightings across southern England?
💡 Large tortoiseshell

Mixed bag

Which Japanese art form involves the precise folding of paper to create intricate sculptures, with its name translating roughly as 'paper folding'?
💡 Origami
In astronomy, what name is given to the point in a planet's orbit at which it is closest to the Sun?
💡 Perihelion
Which Soviet-era Russian author, whose work was suppressed for decades, wrote the satirical fantasy novel 'The Master and Margarita', in which the Devil visits atheist Moscow accompanied by a giant, chess-playing black cat?
💡 Mikhail Bulgakov

On this date (11 March)

On 11 March 2004, a series of coordinated bomb attacks on commuter trains killed nearly 200 people in which European capital city?
💡 Madrid
On 11 March 1985, which Soviet politician was elected General Secretary of the Communist Party, beginning an era of reform known as glasnost and perestroika?
💡 Mikhail Gorbachev
On 11 March 1708, Queen Anne withheld royal assent from the Scottish Militia Bill, becoming the last British monarch to do what?
💡 Veto an Act of Parliament