9 questions across 3 rounds · tap a question to reveal its answer
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Which footballer recently reached the milestone of 900 career goals?
💡 Lionel Messi
Stretching 2,689 miles, the world's longest coastal path has opened in England. After whom is it named?
💡 King Charles
Which Reform UK council leader narrowly survived a vote of no confidence at Warwickshire County Council?
💡 George Finch
Mixed bag
In the classic fairy tale, what is the name of the princess who is cursed by an evil fairy and pricked by a spinning wheel?
💡 Sleeping Beauty
What is the name of the cognitive bias, identified by psychologists David Dunning and Justin Kruger, whereby people with limited knowledge in a domain overestimate their own competence?
💡 Dunning-Kruger effect
Which Roman emperor, coming to power in 284 AD after the turbulent Crisis of the Third Century, stabilised the empire by introducing the Tetrarchy — a system of rule shared between four co-emperors?
💡 Diocletian
On this date (19 March)
On 19 March 1915, which distant object in our solar system, later reclassified as a dwarf planet, was photographed for the first time without astronomers realising what it was, with the images only identified decades later?
💡 Pluto
On 19 March 1932, which iconic bridge in Australia was officially opened, becoming at the time the widest long-span bridge in the world?
💡 Sydney Harbour Bridge
On 19 March 1563, the Edict of Amboise ended the first of the French Wars of Religion, granting limited rights to worship to which Protestant group?
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