9 questions across 3 rounds · tap a question to reveal its answer
In the news recently...
Which tech giant announced it would cut one in ten jobs, its largest layoff since 2023, after spending billions on AI?
💡 Meta
At the World Snooker Championship, Ronnie O'Sullivan took a commanding lead over which fellow member of snooker's 'Class of 92' in their last-16 tie?
💡 John Higgins
A 17th-century astronomical computing instrument, possibly the largest of its kind in existence and once owned by Indian royalty, is heading for auction. What is this type of instrument called?
💡 Astrolabe
Mixed bag
Which gas, produced by burning fossil fuels and exhaled by animals, is the most discussed greenhouse gas in the context of climate change?
💡 Carbon dioxide
Which French author penned the sweeping 19th-century epic 'Les Misérables', following the moral journey of ex-convict Jean Valjean through the turbulent streets of Paris?
💡 Victor Hugo
In economics, what name is given to the paradox, observed by Robert Giffen, in which demand for a good rises as its price increases — directly violating the standard law of demand?
💡 Giffen good (accept Giffen paradox)
On this date (26 April)
On 26 April 1986, a catastrophic nuclear accident occurred at a power station in which Soviet republic, now an independent country?
💡 Ukraine
On 26 April 1994, South Africa began its first fully democratic general election. Who won the presidency as a result?
💡 Nelson Mandela
On 26 April 1478, members of the Pazzi family and their allies attempted to assassinate Lorenzo de' Medici during a church service in Florence. In which cathedral did the attack take place?
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