9 questions across 3 rounds · tap a question to reveal its answer
In the news recently...
Donald Trump sought $152 million to reopen which notorious former island prison in San Francisco Bay?
💡 Alcatraz
Which company founded by Elon Musk is set to be worth one trillion dollars with a planned public stock listing?
💡 SpaceX
Which former British Airways and IAG chief executive was named as the new CEO of Indian airline IndiGo?
💡 Willie Walsh
Mixed bag
Which 18th-century Scottish economist and philosopher, often regarded as the father of modern economics, published 'The Wealth of Nations' in 1776, introducing the concept of the invisible hand of the market?
💡 Adam Smith
In psychology, what term describes the tendency for people to favour information that confirms their pre-existing beliefs, while giving less attention to information that contradicts them?
💡 Confirmation bias
In philosophy, what term, introduced by Edmund Husserl, describes the method of suspending or 'bracketing' one's assumptions about the external world in order to focus purely on the structures of conscious experience itself?
💡 Epoché (phenomenological reduction)
On this date (5 April)
On 5 April 1955, which British Prime Minister resigned from office, having led the country through the Second World War?
💡 Winston Churchill
On 5 April 1951, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death in the United States after being convicted of passing secrets about which weapon to the Soviet Union?
💡 The atomic bomb
On 5 April 1242, Alexander Nevsky led Russian forces to victory over the Teutonic Knights in a battle fought on the ice of which frozen lake?
RoundCraft