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News - 2026
News -2026
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which country adopted the Euro, becoming the 21st member state of the eurozone? | Bulgaria |
| Which country began it's role as President of the Council of the European Union on January 1st 2026?? | Cyprus |
| Equatorial Guinea moved it's capital to where? | Ciudad de la Paz |
| Who was sworn in as the acting President of Venezuela after the capture of Nicolás Maduro? | Delcy Rodriguez |
| Who is the wife of Nicolás Maduro? | Cilia Flores |
| Which incumbent president was declared the winner of the 2026 Uganda elections? | Yoweri Museveni |
| Which Central African Republic President won a third term after securing an outright majority in December 2025's presidential elections? | Faustin-Archange Touadéra |
| Which verdict was abolished in all new trials in Scotland? | Not Proven |
| On 2nd January 2026 the FTSE 100 rose above which amounts of points for the first time in it's history? | 10,000 |
| What was the first named storm that hit the UK in 2026? | Storm Goretti |
| Since 28 July 2024 who has been the President of Iran? | Masoud Pezeshkian |
| Since 6 August who has been the Supreme Leader of Iran? | Ali Hosseini Khamenei |
| The Swiss city of Davos is situated in which Swiss canton? | Grisons / Graubunden |
| Which river flows through Davos? | Landwasser |
| On 23 January 2026 who was re-elected as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam? | Tô Lâm |
| On 23 January 2026 who became the first female President of Bulgaria after the resignation of Rumen Radev? | Iliana Iotova |
| Who became leader of the Red Arrows, succeeding Wing Commander Adam Collins, becoming the first woman to take on the role? | Sasha Nash |
| Who became Shadow Secretary of State for Justice after Robert Jenrick was sacked by Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch for !plotting to defect"? | Nick Timothy |
| Who was re-elected as the General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party at the the 12th Central Committee's first meeting? | Thongloun Sisoulith |
| Who became the first female primate of the Church of England and Archbishop of Canterbury> | Sarah Mullally |
| Who on 1st February 2026 was elected president of Costa Rica? | Laura Fernandez |
| Who did Laura Fernandez, in 2026, succeed as President of Costa Rica? | Rodrigo Chaves Robles |
| Laura Fernandez is the second female President of Costa Rica. Who was the first? | Laura Chinchilla |
| Which incumbent Prime Minister won a landslide victory at the 2026 Japanese general election? | Sanae Takaichi |
| Who did Sanae Takaichi succeed as Prime Minister of Japan? | Shigeru Ishiba |
| Who assumed office as 21st President of Portugal on 9th March 2026? | Antonio Jose Seguro |
| Who did Antonio Jose Seguro succeed as President of Portugal? | Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa |
| Which incumbent Prime Minister won every seat in the House of Assembly in the 2026 Barbadian general election? | Mia Mottley |
| Who became Prime Minister of Bangladesh at the 2026 Bangladeshi general elections? | Tarique Rahman |
| Who was the President of Peru who was censured by the Congress of Peru on 17th February 2026? | José Jerí |
| Who succeeded José Jerí as President of Peru on 17th February 2026? | José María Balcázar |
| In which city did the AI Impact Summit 2026 take place? | New Delhi, India |
| Who retained his position as Prime Minster of Laos after the 2026 Laotian parliamentary elections? | Sonexay Siphandone |
| Who has served as the President of Laos since 22 March 2021? | Thongloun Sisoulith |
| Who was sworn in as the Prime Minister of the Netherlands on 23rd february 2026? | Rob Jetten |
| Who did Rob Jetten replace as Prime Minister of the Netherlands on 23rd February 2026? | Dick Schoof |
| Who was the Supreme Leader of Iran that was killed by Israeli and US forces on 28th February 2026? | Ali Khamenei |
| Who replaced Ali Khamenei as Supreme Leader of Iran in 8 March 2026? | Mojtaba Khamenei |
| What was the name of the Iranian Moudge-class frigate that was torpedoed in the Indian Ocean by the USA? | IRIS Dena |
| Which country won the 2026 World Baseball Classic? | Venezuela |
| In which two Italian cities was the 2026 Winter Paralympics held? | Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo |
| Which country beat whom in the 2026 Men's T20 World Cup? | India beat New Zealand |
| Who was re-elected as the President of the Republic of the Congo on 15th March 2026? | Denis Sassou Nguesso |
| Who was the Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council that was assassinated by an Israeli airstrike on 17th March 2026? | Ali Larijani |
| Who replaced Ali Larijani as Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council on 24th March 2026? | Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr |
| Where were the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships held? | Torun, Poland |
| Which incumbent Prime Minister won a plurality of seats in the Slovenian Parliamentary elections? | Robert Golob |
| Who were the four crew members on the Artemis II mission? | Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen |
| Which San-Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship served as the recovery vessel for the Orion spacecraft Integrity and the crew of the Artemis II mission? | USS John P, Murtha |
| What was the distance that the crew of Artemis II achieved that is the record for the furthest humans have ever been from Earth? | 406,771 km |
| Who became President of Vietnam at the 2026 Vietnamese Presidential election? | Tô Lâm |
| Who did Tô Lâm replace as President of Vietnam at the 2026 Vietnamese Presidential elections? | Lương Cường |
| Who was elected as the President of Djibouti for a sixth time on 10 April 2026? | Ismail Omar Guellah |
| Who was elected as the new President of Iraq on 11 April 2026? | Nizar Amidi |
| Who did Nizar Amidi replace as President of Iraq on 11 April 2026? | Abdul Latif Rashid |
| Who was elected Prime Minister of Hungary on 12 April 2026? | Peter Magyar |
| Of which political party is Peter Magyar the President of? | Tisza |
| Who was elected President of Benin at the 2026 Presidential election on 12 April 2026? | Romuald Wadagni |
| Who did Romuald replace as President of Benin after the 2026 Presidential elections? | Patrice Talon |
| Who was elected as Prime Minister of Bulgaria after the Bulgarian parliamentary elections on 19 April 2026/ | Rumen Radev |
| Who was caretaker Prime Minister of Bulgari before Rumen Radev won the election on 19 April 2026? | Andrey Gyurov |
| The Azawad Liberation Front is a separatist military organization in the region of Azawad in the northern part of which country? | Mali |
| Which country left OPEC ending six decades of membership om 1 May 2026? | United Arab Emirates |
| Who became the Secretary General of OPEC in 2022? | Haitham al-Ghais |
| In which Chinese city was there an explosion at a firework factory on 4 May 2026? | Liuyang |
| Which incumbent Prime Minister was elected for a second term in the Bahamian general election on 12 May 2026? | Philip Davis |
| In which city was the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest held? | Vienna |
| Which country won the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest? | Bulgaria with the song "Bangaranga" by Dara |
| Which incumbent Prime Minister won Labour their fourth consecutive election in Malta on 30 May 2026? | Robert Abela |
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