MASTERMINDS
1. Adele has announced her first UK live shows since 2017 will take place next July. Where will they be held?
2. Who will be Carol Vorderman’s celebrity co-host at this year’s Pride of Britain Awards? 3. Which veteran presenter has E4 said will be the new face of GamesMaster in the revival of the 1990s gaming show?
4. Moderna has said it will supply how many Covid-19 vaccine doses to African countries?
5. Which Hollywood star described football as “a beautiful, heartbreaking, soul-deadening, evil and gorgeous game and I’m never sleeping again” after seeing Wrexham play this week?
6. Who is to host the Royal Variety Performance 2021 at the Royal Albert Hall in London in December?
7. In what year did the first Winter Olympics take place?
8. Which retail giant is buying the former Topshop flagship store on London’s Oxford Street for £378 million?
9. Who became the first Dame of Coronation Street this week when she was received the honour from Prince Charles?
10. Which singer-songwriter said he has tested positive for Covid-19 but will perform and give interviews from home while isolating?
11. What is the name of Netflix’s all-black Western starring Idris Elba?
12. Which global drinks giant did Boris Johnson name as one of 12 corporations “producing the overwhelming bulk of the world’s plastics”? 13. What will the National Living Wage be increased to next year?
14. Which cricketer has the nickname Universe Boss?
15. What is the name of the new book by Countdown’s Rachel Riley?
16. A plaque has been unveiled commemorating Britain’s first black train driver. What was his name?
17. Which tennis player is the reigning Australian Open women’s singles champion?
18. What is the name of the giant puppet of a sea goddess, made entirely of recycled materials, which will walk through Glasgow during the Cop26 climate change summit?
19. Who is in talks to play Ken in Margot Robbie’s Barbie movie?
20. Which Radio 1 DJ has announced she has been diagnosed with bowel cancer? 21. What did Chancellor Rishi Sunak snack on before announcing Wednesday’s Budget?
22. Which supermarket website and app went down after a hack attempt?
23. Which city has bid for five Olympic Games since the turn of the century but never won the rights to host the event? 24. How many people were invited by
NHS England to get a booster jab this week?
25. How much did 11 Pablo Picasso artworks fetch at auction after spending years on display at a Las Vegas hotel? 26. Who is the Government’s new Vaccines Minister?
27. Which US rapper was described as a “hurricane of fresh air” by Sir Elton John? 28. Which British film star made a £10,000 donation to the charity Depher that provides free plumbing and heating for the elderly or vulnerable?
29. Who is set to return to Strictly Come Dancing for the 2022 UK arena tour? 30. What caused mammoths to become extinct, according to scientists from the universities of Cambridge and Copenhagen?