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In the news recently...
UK troops based in which country shot down two Iranian drones, according to Defence Secretary John Healey?
💡 Iraq
Which Tottenham striker scored a 90th-minute equaliser to earn Spurs a 1-1 draw at Liverpool?
💡 Richarlison
Treasure hunter Tommy Thompson was freed from prison after spending over a decade behind bars for refusing to disclose the whereabouts of how many missing gold coins from a shipwreck?
💡 Five hundred
Mixed bag
Which Dickens novel opens with the memorable line 'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times', set against the backdrop of the French Revolution?
💡 A Tale of Two Cities
Which ancient Greek philosopher, a student of Plato, tutored Alexander the Great and wrote foundational works on logic, ethics, politics, and natural science?
💡 Aristotle
Which theorem in projective geometry states that if two triangles are in perspective from a point, they are also in perspective from a line — and vice versa?
💡 Desargues' theorem
On this date (16 March)
On 16 March 1968, US Army soldiers massacred hundreds of unarmed Vietnamese civilians in what became one of the most notorious war crimes of the Vietnam War. What is the name of the village where this atrocity took place?
💡 My Lai
On 16 March 1988, the Iraqi government carried out a chemical weapons attack on a Kurdish town in northern Iraq, killing thousands of civilians. What is the name of that town?
💡 Halabja
On 16 March 1792, King Gustav III of Sweden was shot at a masked ball in Stockholm and died of his wounds nearly two weeks later. In which opera house did the assassination take place?
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