9 questions across 3 rounds · tap a question to reveal its answer
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King Charles inaugurated the world's longest coastal path, which stretches around the entire coast of which country?
💡 England
Sir Jim Ratcliffe's Ineos group is taking legal steps to secure the return of a boat used in the America's Cup by which British sailing knight?
💡 Sir Ben Ainslie
Which actor, best known for playing Xander Harris in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, died of natural causes at the age of 54?
💡 Nicholas Brendon
Mixed bag
Which French Impressionist painter, famous for his series of water lily paintings, created his celebrated garden at Giverny that inspired so much of his later work?
💡 Claude Monet
In meteorology, what name is given to the lines drawn on a weather map that connect points of equal atmospheric pressure?
💡 Isobars
Which 17th-century Dutch philosopher, controversially excommunicated from his Amsterdam Jewish community, developed a pantheistic system equating God with Nature in his posthumously published masterwork 'Ethics'?
💡 Baruch Spinoza
On this date (22 March)
On 22 March 1945, the Arab League was founded. In which Egyptian city was the organisation's founding charter signed?
💡 Cairo
On 22 March 1765, the British Parliament passed an act requiring American colonists to pay a tax on all printed materials, helping to fuel resentment that led to the American Revolution. What was this act commonly known as?
💡 The Stamp Act
On 22 March 1312, the Knights Templar were formally dissolved by Pope Clement V at the Council of Vienne. In which country is the city of Vienne located?
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