9 questions across 3 rounds · tap a question to reveal its answer
In the news recently...
Which Colombian pop star unveiled the official song for the 2026 FIFA World Cup?
💡 Shakira
Chinese player Wu Yize received a hero's welcome after becoming the second-youngest player to win a world title in which sport?
💡 Snooker
Which 18-year-old debutant stood firm alongside Charlie Dean to salvage a tense one-wicket victory for England Women against New Zealand?
💡 Tilly Corteen-Coleman
Mixed bag
Which country is home to the ancient ruins of the Acropolis, perched high above its capital city?
💡 Greece
Which German composer, working in the Baroque era, produced the Brandenburg Concertos, the Mass in B minor, and a vast body of cantatas, and is often regarded as the supreme master of counterpoint?
💡 Johann Sebastian Bach
In philosophy of mind, what term, popularised by David Chalmers, describes the difficulty of explaining why and how physical processes in the brain give rise to subjective conscious experience — the felt quality of seeing red or tasting coffee?
💡 Hard problem of consciousness
On this date (11 May)
On 11 May 1997, which IBM supercomputer defeated world chess champion Garry Kasparov in a historic match, becoming the first computer to beat a reigning world chess champion in a full match?
💡 Deep Blue
On 11 May 1949, which country became the 59th member of the United Nations, just over a year after declaring independence as a Jewish state?
💡 Israel
On 11 May 1857, which Indian city was seized by mutinous sepoys who had marched from Meerut, marking one of the most significant moments of the Indian Rebellion in what the British called the Indian Mutiny?
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