Here are today’s questions. Answers will be published on Monday. The theme for this week ran from Mon-Thu; a new theme will come up on Monday.

And the questions follow:

1. Which was the 48th and last state in the contiguous USA to be admitted to the Union, achieving statehood on February 14, 1912?
2. Formed on June 2, 2014, what region became the then 29th state of India, before Jammu & Kashmir’s statehood revokal brought the number of states down to 28?
3. The county of Rutland was newly created in 1997 after its separation from what county, known for its Stilton cheese, the Battle of Bosworth Field, and a football club with a fox on its logo?
4. Northern Territory in Australia was separated from which state in 1911, becoming a territory under federal control? Attempts have since been made to make the Northern Territory a state in its own right.
5. Founded in 1979, the Canton of Jura is the newest canton in its country, formed by splitting it from which canton that hosts the country’s capital?

Here are the answers to 2025: Week 48, Quiz 4:

1. Pierre-Simon Laplace
2. Simeon Denis Poisson
3. Joseph-Louis Gay-Lussac
4. Henri Poincare
5. Theme: Names for houses of legislature
   • Congress
   • Chamber
   • Diet
   • Senate