9 questions across 3 rounds · tap a question to reveal its answer
In the news recently...
Which London club beat Atletico Madrid on aggregate to reach their first Champions League final in 20 years?
💡 Arsenal
HBO has renewed its Harry Potter TV series for a second season, which is expected to adapt which book from the series?
💡 The Chamber of Secrets
Up to 150 former WHSmith high street stores, rebranded under what name after being purchased by Modella Capital, are set to close?
💡 TGJones
Mixed bag
In the human body, what name is given to the coiled tube connecting the stomach to the large intestine, where most digestion and nutrient absorption takes place?
💡 Small intestine
Which British naturalist and biologist, working in the 19th century, independently arrived at the theory of evolution by natural selection at the same time as Charles Darwin, prompting their joint publication in 1858?
💡 Alfred Russel Wallace
Which 2nd-century Greek astronomer and mathematician, working in Alexandria, produced the Almagest — a comprehensive treatise on the motions of the stars and planets that remained the dominant astronomical authority in Europe for over a thousand years?
💡 Ptolemy
On this date (8 May)
On 8 May 1945, the Allied forces accepted Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender, bringing the Second World War in Europe to an end. By what two-letter abbreviation is this day commonly known?
💡 VE
On 8 May 1980, the World Health Organisation declared the global eradication of which infectious disease, making it the first disease to be wiped out by a human vaccination programme?
💡 Smallpox
On 8 May 1660, the English Parliament proclaimed the restoration of the monarchy and invited Charles II to return to the throne. What was the name of the declaration, signed by Charles in April 1660, that had paved the way for this restoration?
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