UK Daily Quiz — 25 July 2026

In the news recently...

Tyson Fury won a warm-up bout in Thailand to keep a potential blockbuster fight on track with which fellow British heavyweight?
💡 Anthony Joshua
Which Scottish Labour leader stepped down to be granted a peerage and become a minister in Andy Burnham's government?
💡 Anas Sarwar
India's first space-tech unicorn successfully launched its Vikram-1 rocket. What is the name of this company?
💡 Skyroot Aerospace

On this date (25 July)

On 25 July 1978, Louise Brown became the world's first baby to be born using which medical technique, at Oldham General Hospital in England?
💡 In vitro fertilisation (IVF)
On 25 July 1956, the Italian ocean liner Andrea Doria was involved in a fatal collision off the coast of Nantucket, causing her to sink the following morning. Which Swedish passenger ship did she collide with?
💡 MS Stockholm
On 25 July 1261, Byzantine forces recaptured Constantinople from the Latin Empire, restoring the Byzantine Empire under which emperor?
💡 Michael VIII Palaiologos