Here are today’s questions. Answers will be published tomorrow. The theme runs from Mon-Thu:

1. Harold Stassen was known as a perennial candidate in the US Presidential elections. He contested the Republic presidential primaries how many times, the last when he was 85?
2. Which former army man ran unsuccessfully for President in 2014 and 2019, before finally winning in 2024? His responses to the 2025 pirate flag protests in his country have been criticized.
3. Wavel Ramkalawan lost five presidential elections before winning in 2020 in what country that uses the rupee as currency?
4. Janusz Korwin-Mikke has unsuccessfully run for Polish president five times. His first run in 1995 saw which incumbent president and Nobel Prize winner’s defeat?
5. [Theme: 2 of 4] The UCI is the governing body for what sport, that features races such as the Vuelta Espana and the LoToJa?

Here are the answers to 2025: Week 46, Quiz 1:

1. Persian Empire
2. One World Trade Center
3. Latvia
4. US Capitol
5. Theme – will be revealed on Friday