MASTERMINDS
1. Who has become the first female artist to win the global icon Brit Award?
2. Which US fast-food giant will be returning to the UK after a 20-year hiatus?
3. A drawing of a bear by Leonardo da Vinci is expected to fetch how much when it is auctioned by Sotheby’s in July?
4. Which TV show has become the UK’s most-watched drama series of the 21st century so far?
5. Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction actor Tim Roth marked which milestone birthday this week?
6. Which department store has acquired a licence to host weddings this summer? 7. Who is England’s most-capped rugby player?
8. Expansion plans have been announced for which world famous canal after chaos caused by blocked ship? 9. Which coffee and sandwich chain has announced it will open branches in Tesco supermarkets? 10. By what name is golf’s Open Championship trophy most commonly known? 11. Which British band is to be featured in a documentary about one of their most famous gigs at Knebworth in 1996?
12. Stained glass windows from which cathedral have gone on display at the British Museum?
13. Which member of the royal family was the first young person in the
Commonwealth to receive a junior lifesaving award from the Royal Life Saving Society?
14. Who is the new MP for Hartlepool after the Conservatives won the by-election?
15. What was the first name of Fosbury, who gave his name to a high jump technique?
16. Debris from a Chinese rocket crashed to Earth where?
17. Which football team will Jose Mourinho be managing from the start of next season?
18. What type of animal has returned to Edinburgh Zoo for the first time in 15 years?
19. Which Hollywood actor thanked his family as he celebrated 31 years of being drink and drug free?
20. Who is the last British woman to win the Wimbledon singles title?
21. Which British playwright who wrote Look Back in Anger, has been awarded a blue plaque by English Heritage?
22. What age was George Foreman when he became the oldest heavyweight boxing champion in history?
23. Which veteran British actor has launched a campaign to help people recognise the symptoms of heart failure? 24. Where will the British and Irish Lions tour this summer?
25. From what date will people in England be able to hug loved ones again, as coronavirus restrictions are eased? 26. Which Channel 4 reality show is not being commissioned for a fourth series? 27. In what year did re-elected London Mayor Sadiq Khan first take up the post? 28. How much will plastic bags cost in England from Friday?
29. What have Ellie Goulding and husband Caspar Jopling named their newborn son?
30. Which is the most northerly side competing in the Scottish Premiership?
ANSWERS
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