9 questions across 3 rounds · tap a question to reveal its answer
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After legislation passed last month, which group of parliamentarians have finally lost their right to sit in the House of Lords, ending a 700-year-old system?
💡 Hereditary peers
Which Premier League club's manager Roberto de Zerbi delivered an emotional monologue as the club battles to avoid relegation?
💡 Tottenham
A UK firm is pioneering a novel approach to data centres by building them into what piece of street furniture, powered by solar energy with built-in Nvidia chips?
💡 Lampposts
Mixed bag
What is the name of the process by which liquid water is converted into water vapour, whether through heating on a stove or the gentle warmth of the sun on a puddle?
💡 Evaporation
Which Russian composer wrote the ballets 'Swan Lake', 'The Sleeping Beauty', and 'The Nutcracker', three of the most celebrated works in the classical ballet repertoire?
💡 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Which 20th-century Austrian philosopher of science argued that scientific theories can never be conclusively verified, only falsified, and proposed 'falsifiability' as the criterion that demarcates genuine science from pseudoscience?
💡 Karl Popper
On this date (2 May)
On 2 May 1997, which British politician arrived at Downing Street as Prime Minister after Labour's landslide general election victory, ending 18 years of Conservative rule?
💡 Tony Blair
On 2 May 1952, which aircraft became the world's first jet-powered commercial airliner to enter scheduled passenger service, operated by BOAC?
💡 de Havilland Comet
On 2 May 1670, which English trading company was granted a royal charter by King Charles II, giving it a monopoly over trade in the Hudson Bay region of North America?
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