MASTERMINDS
1. Which politician’s visit to the Republic of Ireland has been “postponed for scheduling reasons”?
2. Which TV presenter has admitted she smashed her children’s iPads over screen time rules?
3. Who plays Home Secretary Julia Montague in BBC drama Bodyguard?
4. Who this week said Theresa May’s Brexit plan is ‘worse than the status quo’?
5. In September 1752, Great Britain adopted which calendar almost two centuries later than the rest of Europe?
6. In 1901, at the Minnesota State Fair, which then vice-president famously said – ‘speak softly and carry a big stick’?
7. Japan formally signed the agreement to surrender in September 1945 aboard which US ship?
8. In 1945, President Ho Chí Minh declared Vietnam’s independence from which country, under the new name of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam?
9. Born in September 1913, Bill Shankly made 297 appearances as a player for which club?
10. Born in September 1965, Lennox Lewis, the last heavyweight boxer to hold the undisputed title of all four boxing organisations, retired in which year?
11. Which Scottish engineer and architect who died in September 1834, designed the Menai Suspension Bridge?
12. Who was the French historian and educator who died in 1937 and founded the International Olympic Committee?
13. In 1189 – Richard I of England was crowned at Westminster. What was he also known as?
14. In 1650 during the Third English Civil Wars, the Royalist forces led by David Leslie, Lord Newark were defeated by the Parliamentarian forces led by whom?
15. Wayne Rooney was sent off in an England 2006 World Cup quarter-final fixture against which team?
16. Which Premier League team did Michael Owen join after leaving Manchester United?
17. As of 2018, which English footballer has scored the most goals in the World Cup finals?
18. Who was in charge of the Scottish national team when they reached the World Cup Finals in 1998?
19. Which EastEnders character first appeared in the square in 1985 and remained ever since?
20. Who played a largely fictional version of American fur trapper Hugh Glass in the film Revenant?
21. Which American musician won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016?
22. Which author wrote the Crossfire series of romantic novels?
23. Which name links a British band from the 2000s and the surname of the character Marty from the Back to the Future movie series?
24. Mount Elbrus is the highest mountain in Europe but in which country would you find it?
25. In 2012, writer, presenter and poker player Victoria Coren married which British comic actor?
26. Which English football club used to play their home games at the Goldstone Ground?
27. Which Dutch defender joined Liverpool from Southampton for a fee of £75m?
28. In Jane Austen’s novel Emma, what is Emma’s surname?
29. Which English player scored the opening goal of the Euro 1996 tournament?
30. What is the state capital of California?