9 questions across 3 rounds · tap a question to reveal its answer
In the news recently...
Which 15-time golf major champion was arrested and released on bail following a DUI charge after a car crash in Florida?
💡 Tiger Woods
The House of Lords has defied the government by pushing for a social media ban for under-16s in the UK. Which country has already introduced such a ban?
💡 Australia
Which earth station in Cornwall is helping to track NASA's upcoming Artemis II Moon mission?
💡 Goonhilly
Mixed bag
Which planet is known as the Red Planet due to its rusty, iron-oxide-rich surface?
💡 Mars
In geometry, what name is given to a polygon with exactly nine sides?
💡 Nonagon
In medieval Islamic scholarship, what name is given to the philosophical tradition, flourishing between the 9th and 12th centuries, that sought to reconcile Greek rationalist philosophy with Islamic theology — with figures such as Al-Kindi, Al-Farabi, and Ibn Rushd among its leading proponents?
💡 Falsafa
On this date (30 March)
On 30 March 1867, the United States agreed to purchase which vast territory from Russia for 7.2 million dollars?
💡 Alaska
On 30 March 1979, which British politician and Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland was killed by an INLA car bomb in the House of Commons car park?
💡 Airey Neave
On 30 March 1858, which American inventor patented a device with a rubber tip attached to the end of a pencil, a now-ubiquitous stationery item?
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