MASTERMINDS
1. Top Gun: Maverick is officially Tom Cruise’s fastest selling film since what 2005 movie? 2. Which famous piano player entertained guests at a Highgrove tea dance this week attended by Prince Charles? 3. Which city has been named the UK City of Culture 2025?
4. Which former Great British Bake Off champion has cooked the world’s largest Jaffa Cake?
5. Which Chinese city has eased Covid restrictions after a two month lockdown? 6. New Love Island contestant Gemma Owen is the daughter of which former England striker?
7. Grenfell Tower survivors have crafted what at a west London library?
8. Which TV soap closed with a royal adaptation of the show’s theme tune on Thursday?
9. Lester Piggott, who has died at the age of 86, won champion jockey how many times?
10. Sir Sean Connery’s Aston Martin DB5 is expected to fetch up to how much at auction in August?
11. How many years ago were the first Premium Bonds drawn?
12. Which driver won his first race of the 2022 Formula One season in Monaco on Sunday?
13. Who is the late actress who became well-known for playing Ronnie Barker’s on-screen daughter Ingrid Fletcher in the
BBC sitcom Porridge in the 1970s?
14. Who has become the first Indian winner of the International Booker Prize?
15. Which Olympic gold medallist is to release a practical guide to knitting called Made With Love?
16. When will the new Indiana Jones film be seen in cinemas?
17. Why have Ukranian band Kalush Orchestra auctioned off their Eurovision Song Contest trophy for £712,000?
18. Where will Disney’s Star Wars Celebration take place next year?
19. British Transport Police has become the first force in the UK to arm volunteer officers with what weapon?
20. How long did a group of university friends take to ride a seven-seater bike from John O’Groats to Land’s End, setting a new record for a conference bike?
21. Who have been have confirmed as hosts of The Big Breakfast when it returns to Channel 4 this summer?
22. What is the name of the new book by Dame Deborah James which will be published on August 18?
23. In which country will the 2023 Ryder Cup be held?
24. Whitby Abbey celebrated the 125th anniversary of Bram Stoker’s Dracula by breaking the world record for what?
25. Jude Law is to appear in which new Star Wars spin-off series?
26. The Victoria and Albert Museum in London will stage the first UK exhibition next year showcasing the work of which French fashion designer?. 27. What is the name of the new BBC psychological competition to be hosted by Claudia Winkleman? 28. Amir Khan has announced his retirement from boxing, but how many defeats did he suffer in his career?
29. Which popular exhibit has returned to the Natural History Museum following a four-year tour of the UK?
30. What does the royal family’s Platinum Jubilee emoji depict?
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