9 questions across 3 rounds · tap a question to reveal its answer
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Which footballing legend has bought fifth-tier Spanish club Cornella?
💡 Lionel Messi
Which co-founder of Netflix announced he would step down as chairman of the company?
💡 Reed Hastings
Under whose SNP manifesto pledge would the prices of essential supermarket food items such as bread, milk and cheese be capped?
💡 John Swinney
Mixed bag
In the human body, what name is given to the protective bony cage formed by the ribs, sternum, and spine that encloses and shields the heart and lungs?
💡 Ribcage (rib cage)
In which South American country would you find the Galápagos Islands, the remote volcanic archipelago whose extraordinary wildlife helped inspire Darwin's theory of natural selection?
💡 Ecuador
In immunology, what term describes the class of hypersensitivity reaction mediated by IgE antibodies and mast cells, which underpins conditions such as hay fever, allergic asthma, and anaphylaxis?
💡 Type I hypersensitivity
On this date (17 April)
On 17 April 1961, a failed invasion of which Caribbean island, backed by the CIA, became one of the most embarrassing episodes of the Kennedy presidency?
💡 Cuba
On 17 April 1492, Christopher Columbus signed a contract with the Spanish monarchs granting him the title of Admiral of the Ocean Sea if his voyage was successful. What is the name of this agreement?
💡 The Capitulations of Santa Fe
On 17 April 1946, Syria gained full independence from which European nation that had held a League of Nations mandate over the territory?
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