9 questions across 3 rounds · tap a question to reveal its answer
In the news recently...
Which legendary broadcaster and naturalist celebrated his 100th birthday in May 2026?
💡 David Attenborough
Which Premier League club reached a European final after beating Nottingham Forest in the Europa League semi-finals, hoping to end a 30-year trophy drought?
💡 Aston Villa
Reform UK ended 25 years of Conservative control over which English county council in the 2026 local elections?
💡 Essex
Mixed bag
In chemistry, what term describes a reaction in which a substance combines with oxygen, releasing energy in the form of heat and light — the process at work in a burning candle or a roaring campfire?
💡 Combustion
Which small island nation, situated south of India in the Indian Ocean, is known for its tea plantations, ancient Buddhist temples, and was formerly called Ceylon?
💡 Sri Lanka
Which British mathematician announced in 1993 that he had proved Fermat's Last Theorem — the conjecture that no three positive integers can satisfy the equation aⁿ + bⁿ = cⁿ for any integer n greater than two — completing a proof that had eluded the mathematical world for over 350 years?
💡 Andrew Wiles
On this date (10 May)
On 10 May 1940, which British politician replaced Neville Chamberlain as Prime Minister at the outbreak of the Battle of France?
💡 Winston Churchill
On 10 May 1941, Rudolf Hess, the Deputy Führer of Nazi Germany, made a solo flight to Scotland, reportedly to negotiate peace. Near which Scottish town did he parachute and land?
💡 Eaglesham
On 10 May 1774, Louis XVI ascended to the French throne following the death of his grandfather. What was the name of his grandfather, the king he succeeded?
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