9 questions across 3 rounds · tap a question to reveal its answer
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Which Egyptian forward announced he will leave Liverpool at the end of the season, saying the fans 'gave me the best time of my life'?
💡 Mohamed Salah
Which darts star has applied to trademark his own face in order to combat AI-generated fakes?
💡 Luke Littler
Nathan Newby is being awarded the George Medal after he hugged an armed man to stop him bombing which type of building?
💡 Hospital
Mixed bag
What is the name of the force that keeps planets in orbit around the Sun and causes objects to fall towards the Earth?
💡 Gravity
Which ancient Greek mathematician, working in Alexandria, is credited with compiling the 'Elements' — a systematic treatise on geometry and number theory that served as the principal mathematics textbook for over two thousand years?
💡 Euclid
Which medieval Islamic scholar, working in 11th-century Persia, wrote the 'Canon of Medicine' — an encyclopaedic medical text that remained a standard reference in European universities for several centuries?
💡 Avicenna
On this date (25 March)
On 25 March 1807, the Slave Trade Act received Royal Assent, abolishing the slave trade in which empire?
💡 British Empire
On 25 March 1655, Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens discovered Titan, the largest moon of which planet?
💡 Saturn
On 25 March 1821, Greece declared independence from which empire, an event now celebrated as Greek Independence Day?
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