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1. Which well-known figure learned how to use an Oyster card during a visit to Paddington station in London?
2. Director Terence Davies’ new film Benediction follows the life of which First World War poet?
3. Which two Doctor Who favourites will return to the BBC sci-fi series next year? 4. What is the name of the Ukrainian band who won the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest?
5. Which fast food giant has started the process of selling its Russian business, which includes 850 restaurants?
6. The UK recorded its hottest day of the year so far on Tuesday with the Met Office saying 27.5C was recorded where? 7. Which British actor is to play the Monster in a new film about Frankenstein writer Mary Shelley?
8. The Royal Mint is to mark the 50th anniversary of the UK Pride movement with what?
9. Which TV presenter fronted his final episode of BBC Breakfast this week?
10. Attached bottle caps to boost recycling and stop litter have been introduced by which major soft drinks company?
11. Which Spice Girl has described wanting to be very thin as an “oldfashioned attitude” and suggested women today want to look “healthy and curvy”?
12. From which Scandinavian city will this year’s Tour de France depart?
13. What movie premiere marked the start of the Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday?
14. What is the name of Arcade Fire’s fourth number one album in the UK?
15. Which country has said it will help pay for lower-income families to scrap their old cars and replace them with cleaner hybrid or electric ones?
16. What hip hop group have announced they will reform for a UK arena tour later this year after an 11-year hiatus?
17. Which TV writer of Fat Friends and The Syndicate fame has died at the age of 71?
18. Which former boy band singer has signed up to read a CBeebies Bedtime Story on Monday?
19. How many UK festivals have committed to tackling sexual violence? 20. Who is the only football player other than Alan Shearer to have scored more than 200 Premier League goals?
21. The BBC has announced it is adapting which Julia Donaldson children’s book for Christmas?
22. Which airline announced a £900 million loss over the past financial year? 23. Where was a new statue of Margaret Thatcher egged?
24. Kenton Cool has broken a record for the number of times a non-Sherpa has reached the summit of Mount Everest.
How many times has he completed the feat?
25. Which Nordic country has followed Finland and announced it wants to join Nato?
26. Rory McIlroy has won how many major golf championships?
27. A handwritten note penned by which nursing pioneer is being put on show by the University of Chichester after spending 140 years in a scrapbook?
28. “Food artist” Nathan Wyburn has created a portrait of which Britain’s Got Talent judge out of biscuits?
29. Which supermarket has said it will allow people to work from its stores in office space converted for hybrid working?
30. Who has been appointed as the new head coach of England’s Test cricket men’s team?