UK Daily Quiz — 25 June 2026

In the news recently...

According to promoter Eddie Hearn, Anthony Joshua and which other heavyweight boxer are contractually committed to staging their fight in the UK?
💡 Tyson Fury
The Scottish Conservatives won their first Westminster by-election in over 50 years by taking which constituency from the SNP?
💡 Aberdeen South
The Edinburgh International Television Festival announced it would relocate to which city to cut costs?
💡 Manchester

On this date (25 June)

On 25 June 1950, which country invaded its southern neighbour, triggering a major Cold War conflict that would last three years?
💡 North Korea
On 25 June 1991, which two republics simultaneously declared independence from Yugoslavia, marking the beginning of the country's violent break-up?
💡 Slovenia and Croatia
On 25 June 1867, which American inventor filed a patent for a process of making barbed wire, a development that would transform farming on the American prairies?
💡 Lucien Smith