9 questions across 3 rounds · tap a question to reveal its answer
In the news recently...
The Princess of Wales announced she will make her first official overseas engagement in over three years with a trip to which country?
💡 Italy
Which former Conservative Prime Minister warned that the UK should stop changing its prime ministers so frequently?
💡 John Major
WBO heavyweight boxing champion Fabio Wardley revealed he once played in the academy of which English football club?
💡 Ipswich Town
Mixed bag
What is the name of the tallest mountain on Earth, straddling the border between Nepal and Tibet?
💡 Mount Everest
In which country would you find the ancient city of Carthage, once the heart of a powerful Mediterranean empire that clashed repeatedly with Rome in the Punic Wars?
💡 Tunisia
Which 13th-century Mongol ruler, grandson of Genghis Khan, established the Yuan dynasty in China, made Khanbaliq — present-day Beijing — his capital, and received the Venetian traveller Marco Polo at his court?
💡 Kublai Khan
On this date (6 May)
On 6 May 1954, Roger Bannister became the first person to run a mile in under how many minutes?
💡 Four
On 6 May 1910, which British monarch died at Buckingham Palace, ending a reign of over nine years?
💡 King Edward VII
On 6 May 1527, troops of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V began the Sack of Rome, forcing Pope Clement VII to flee to which fortified mausoleum used as a papal refuge?
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