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

1. Which country that gained independence in 1962, and was picked by the UK as a destination for asylum seekers in a controversial plan, won its first Commonwealth Games medal in 2026, when Florence Niyonkuru won the bronze medal in the women’s 10,000 metres?
2. Thea LaFond, who had also won the women’s triple jump gold at the 2024 Olympics, won which Caribbean country its first Commonwealth Games gold when she won the same event in Glasgow in 2026?
3. Boxer Tarona Taafaki won which country of just over 10,000 people its first Commonwealth Games medal, with a bronze in the women’s 75kg at Glasgow in 2026?
4. Which Sri Lankan won his country’s first gold in the javelin event at the 2026 Commonwealth Games, defeating Olympic champions Neeraj Chopra and Arshad Nadeem in the process?
5. [Theme: 2 of 4] Which 1971 song by Don McLean is a tribute to a post-Impressionist painter who died of suicide in 1890?

Here are the answers to 2026: Week 34, Quiz 1:

1. Balkhash
2. Michigan / Huron
3. Victoria
4. Great Slave Lake
5. Theme – will be revealed on Friday