UK Daily Quiz — 1 April 2026

In the news recently...

What is the name of NASA's programme that aims to send the first crewed mission around the Moon in more than 50 years?
💡 Artemis
Which Premier League club beat Aston Villa 4-3 in a seven-goal thriller to move second in the table?
💡 Chelsea
Which British billionaire hedge fund founder announced a £190 million donation to Cambridge University?
💡 Chris Rokos

Mixed bag

In rugby union, how many points is a try worth?
💡 Five (5)
Which South American country, with Bogotá as its capital, is the only nation on the continent to have coastlines on both the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea?
💡 Colombia
In classical rhetoric, what term describes the deliberate repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses or sentences — the mirror image of anaphora, which places the repetition at the beginning?
💡 Epistrophe

On this date (1 April)

On 1 April 1976, which iconic technology company was founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne in a garage in California?
💡 Apple
On 1 April 1945, Allied forces launched Operation Iceberg, the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific theatre of the Second World War, targeting which Japanese island?
💡 Okinawa
On 1 April 1924, Adolf Hitler was sentenced to five years in prison following his conviction for his role in which failed coup attempt of the previous year?
💡 Beer Hall Putsch