Q 01/05

Which team won the World Cup conceding only one goal, beating holders Argentina 1–0 after extra time?

A) Portugal

B) England

C) Spain

D) Germany

Answer · why

C) Spain

Spain's win was its second World Cup and first since 2010, and made it the first nation to hold the men's and women's titles at the same time.

Q 02/05

Which tropical nation won its first ever Winter Olympic medal, a giant slalom gold, at Milan–Cortina?

A) Brazil

B) Colombia

C) Mexico

D) Philippines

Answer · why

A) Brazil

Brazil's Lucas Pinheiro Braathen won the men's giant slalom on 14 February, the first Winter Olympic medal for any tropical, Latin American or South A...

Q 03/05

Which 1972 mission was the last to take a crew beyond low Earth orbit before Artemis II's April lunar flyby?

A) Apollo 11

B) Apollo 13

C) Apollo 15

D) Apollo 17

Answer · why

D) Apollo 17

Apollo 17 flew in December 1972; Artemis II's four astronauts then broke Apollo 13's distance record, reaching 252,756 miles from Earth.

Q 04/05

Which company's June IPO, the largest ever, briefly made Elon Musk the world's first dollar trillionaire?

A) Tesla

B) SpaceX

C) Neuralink

D) Starlink

Answer · why

B) SpaceX

SpaceX began trading on the Nasdaq on 12 June, and Musk's stake took him past $1 trillion before a share slump dropped him back below it the next mont...

Q 05/05

Which country won Eurovision for the first time, Dara's 'Bangaranga' sweeping jury and televote in Vienna?

A) Romania

B) Serbia

C) Bulgaria

D) Croatia

Answer · why

C) Bulgaria

Bulgaria had only returned after a three-year absence, and 'Bangaranga' was the first winner since Portugal in 2017 to take both the jury vote and the...