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In the news recently...
Which hotel chain, owned by Whitbread, announced plans to cut 3,800 jobs as part of a five-year savings plan?
💡 Premier Inn
Which pop superstar teamed up with filmmaker James Cameron to create a 3D concert film centred on a performance in Manchester?
💡 Billie Eilish
Which IPL team captain was fined 25% of his match fee after being caught vaping in the dressing room during a match?
💡 Riyan Parag
Mixed bag
The flag of Switzerland features a bold, symmetrical cross — but what colour is that cross?
💡 White
Which Roman statesman, orator, and philosopher wrote the political treatises 'De Re Publica' and 'De Legibus', and was ultimately hunted down and executed on the orders of Mark Antony in 43 BC?
💡 Cicero
In genetics, what name is given to the phenomenon whereby the expression of one gene masks or suppresses the phenotypic effect of a different gene at a separate locus — a concept distinct from dominance, which operates between alleles at the same locus?
💡 Epistasis
On this date (1 May)
On 1 May 1707, the Acts of Union came into force, uniting England and Wales with which other country to form the Kingdom of Great Britain?
💡 Scotland
On 1 May 1851, the Great Exhibition opened in Hyde Park, London, inside a vast iron and glass structure. What was that structure commonly called?
💡 Crystal Palace
On 1 May 1328, the Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton was ratified by the English Parliament, recognising the independence of Scotland under which king?
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