UK Daily Quiz — 7 July 2026

In the news recently...

England beat Mexico 3-2 in the World Cup last 16. Which country do they face in the quarter-finals?
💡 Norway
Which tech giant was ordered to pay a fine of over four billion euros for using its Android operating system to block rivals?
💡 Google
Which Labour general secretary, credited with organising the ground campaign for their 2024 landslide, announced she would stand down after the party conference?
💡 Hollie Ridley

On this date (7 July)

On 7 July 2005, a series of coordinated bomb attacks struck the public transport system of which British city during the morning rush hour?
💡 London
On 7 July 1456, a retrial ordered by Pope Calixtus III posthumously acquitted which French heroine of charges of heresy, more than 25 years after her execution?
💡 Joan of Arc
On 7 July 1937, a skirmish at the Marco Polo Bridge near Peking is widely regarded as the start of which prolonged conflict between two Asian nations?
💡 The Second Sino-Japanese War