9 questions across 3 rounds · tap a question to reveal its answer
In the news recently...
The man who illegally felled the famous tree at which Northumberland landmark has been released early from prison?
💡 Sycamore Gap
Madonna announced a sequel to which classic 2005 album, due for release in July 2026?
💡 Confessions on a Dancefloor
According to BBC political editor Chris Mason, which UK Foreign Secretary has maintained a warm personal relationship with US Vice-President JD Vance despite tensions between their leaders?
💡 David Lammy
Mixed bag
Which planet is the largest in our solar system?
💡 Jupiter
Which Flemish Baroque painter, celebrated for his voluptuous figures and grand allegorical canvases, served as a diplomat for the Spanish Netherlands and produced works including 'The Rape of the Sabine Women' and a series of paintings glorifying Marie de' Medici?
💡 Peter Paul Rubens
Which 17th-century German mathematician and philosopher independently developed calculus at the same time as Isaac Newton, and whose notation — including the integral sign and the 'd' for differentials — is the one universally used by mathematicians today?
💡 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
On this date (16 April)
On 16 April 1947, a massive explosion on a ship carrying ammonium nitrate devastated which Texas port city, killing nearly 600 people in one of the deadliest industrial accidents in American history?
💡 Texas City
On 16 April 1945, Soviet forces began a major offensive to capture which city, the final large-scale battle on the Eastern Front of the Second World War?
💡 Berlin
On 16 April 1746, the Duke of Cumberland's government forces defeated the Jacobite army at Culloden. What was the first name of the Jacobite claimant whose supporters fought at the battle?
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