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Which country won the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest with the song 'Bangaranga'?
💡 Bulgaria
Which Premier League club's potential relegation could cost London taxpayers an extra £2.5 million due to their stadium lease agreement?
💡 West Ham
Reform UK claimed that Nigel Farage paid for his £1.4 million house using earnings from which reality TV show?
💡 I'm a Celebrity
Mixed bag
Which of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World was built on the island of Pharos to guide sailors into the harbour of Alexandria in Egypt?
💡 The Lighthouse of Alexandria
Which American author wrote 'The Old Man and the Sea', the 1952 novella following an ageing Cuban fisherman's epic struggle with a giant marlin far out at sea?
💡 Ernest Hemingway
Which 5th-century BC Athenian general and statesman, the dominant political figure of Athens during its golden age, oversaw the construction of the Parthenon and gave his name to the era of Athenian cultural flourishing?
💡 Pericles
On this date (19 May)
Anne Boleyn, the second wife of which English king, was executed at the Tower of London on 19 May 1536?
💡 Henry VIII
On 19 May 1935, T. E. Lawrence — better known as Lawrence of Arabia — died from injuries sustained in which type of accident near his Dorset home?
💡 Motorcycle accident
On 19 May 1649, England was officially declared what form of government by an Act of Parliament, following the execution of Charles I?
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