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In the news recently...
Which Kenyan runner became the first person in history to run a sub-two-hour marathon in race conditions, winning the 2026 London Marathon?
💡 Sabastian Sawe
An internal Pentagon document reportedly raised the prospect of changing the US position on the sovereignty of which British Overseas Territory, in retaliation for the UK not joining the Iran war?
💡 Falklands
Which senior civil servant at the Foreign Office was sacked by the Prime Minister, reportedly sending a 'chill' through the civil service?
💡 Sir Olly Robbins
Mixed bag
How many strings does a standard, factory-issue acoustic or electric guitar have?
💡 Six
In cricket, what name is given to the fielding position crouched directly behind the batsman, gloved and ready to collect any delivery that sneaks past the bat?
💡 Wicketkeeper
Which 6th-century BC Greek philosopher from Ephesus argued that fire was the fundamental substance of the universe and that all things are in a state of perpetual flux, famously declaring that one cannot step into the same river twice?
💡 Heraclitus
On this date (29 April)
On 29 April 2011, which British prince married Catherine Middleton at Westminster Abbey?
💡 Prince William
On 29 April 1986, the world's worst nuclear accident at Chernobyl was announced to the public by which country's state media, three days after the explosion?
💡 Soviet Union
On 29 April 1770, Captain James Cook and his crew made their first landing in Australia at a bay he would later name after the large variety of plant specimens found there. What did he name this bay?
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