9 questions across 3 rounds · tap a question to reveal its answer
In the news recently...
Which senior Foreign Office official was effectively sacked by Starmer after failing to inform him that Lord Mandelson had not passed security vetting for his role as US ambassador?
💡 Sir Olly Robbins
Bayern Munich won the Bundesliga for a record-breaking time in 2026 and now have their sights set on completing what achievement?
💡 The Treble
Which national park, celebrating its 75th anniversary, was the first to be established in the UK?
💡 Peak District
Mixed bag
What is the hardest natural substance found on Earth, often used in jewellery and industrial cutting tools?
💡 Diamond
In astronomy, what name is given to the boundary surrounding a black hole beyond which nothing — not even light — can escape its gravitational pull?
💡 Event horizon
In music theory, what name is given to the interval spanning an augmented fourth or diminished fifth — six semitones that medieval theorists found so unsettling they dubbed it 'diabolus in musica', the devil in music?
💡 Tritone
On this date (20 April)
On 20 April 1889, which Austrian-born dictator, who would go on to lead Nazi Germany, was born in Braunau am Inn?
💡 Adolf Hitler
On 20 April 1902, Marie and Pierre Curie successfully isolated which radioactive element, which they had discovered a few years earlier?
💡 Radium
On 20 April 1946, the League of Nations formally dissolved itself, transferring its assets to which newly created international organisation?
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