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

1. What extinct bovine, considered to be the wild ancestor of modern domestic cattle, was last seen in Poland in the 17th century before going extinct?
2. What group of flightless birds that were formerly endemic to New Zealand grew up to 3.6m in height, and were hunted to extinction after the arrival on the islands of the Maori?
3. The venomous and carnivorous Megalania could grow to 2.5m in length sans the tail, and studies show that the indigenous peoples of Australia encountered it 50,000 years ago. It was a species of what kind of creature, best associated with an island to the north of Australia?
4. Often considered a subspecies of the African leopard, what leopard species evolved independently on an archipelago just off the African coast and was last sighted in the 1980s?
5. [Theme: 4 of 4] Which king, who became Count of Habsburg in 1240, became in 1273 the first member of the House of Habsburg to become King of the Romans?

Here are the answers to 2026: Week 30, Quiz 3:

1. Valvoline
2. Lenovo
3. Hisense
4. Doordash
5. Theme – will be revealed on Friday