9 questions across 3 rounds · tap a question to reveal its answer
In the news recently...
Which veteran broadcaster, known for his work on GB News, was hospitalised after suffering a stroke in April 2026?
💡 Eamonn Holmes
Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner met in the final of which tennis tournament in April 2026, with the world number one ranking on the line?
💡 Monte Carlo Masters
The UK's largest solar farm, approved by the government and covering an area the size of 1,700 football pitches, is called Springwell and is located in which district of Lincolnshire?
💡 North Kesteven
Mixed bag
In topology, what name is given to a surface with only one side and one boundary curve, famously constructed by giving a strip of paper a half-twist before joining its ends?
💡 Möbius strip
In which African country would you find the Serengeti National Park, famous for the annual wildebeest migration?
💡 Tanzania
In topology, what name is given to the conjecture — posed in 1904 and eventually proved by Grigori Perelman in the early 2000s — that every simply connected, closed three-dimensional manifold is topologically equivalent to a three-dimensional sphere?
💡 Poincaré conjecture
On this date (12 April)
On 12 April 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to travel into space. How many minutes did his historic orbital flight last?
💡 108 minutes
On 12 April 1945, which US President died suddenly of a cerebral haemorrhage at Warm Springs, Georgia, just weeks before the end of the Second World War in Europe?
💡 Franklin D. Roosevelt
On 12 April 1606, which flag was adopted by royal proclamation as the official flag of Great Britain, combining the crosses of St George and St Andrew?
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