MASTERMINDS
1. Which international organisation this week elected South Korean Kim Jongyang as its president?
2. Foo Fighters, The 1975, Post Malone and Twenty One Pilots are to headline which festival next year?
3. Who was the only British player to win a title at any of the Grand Slam tennis events in 2018?
4. In November, New Caledonia held an independence referendum at which a majority voted against independence. Which country were they voting to become independent from?
5. Who was the leading goal scorer at the 2018 FIFA World Cup?
6. A school mass shooting in February took place at which High School with the initials MSD?
7. In May, President Trump announced his intention to withdraw from the nuclear agreement with which country?
8. Which country hosted the 2018 Winter Olympic Games?
9. Women were officially allowed to drive in which country (the last in the world to do so) this year?
10. Scott Morrison succeeded who as Prime Minister of Australia in August?
11. Businessman Jack Ma founded which Chinese e-commerce company in 1999?
12. Which US comedian became the first person since Billy Crystal to host two Academy Award ceremonies in consecutive years in 2018?
13. Which is the third sign of the Zodiac to be associated with water, the other two being Pisces and Cancer? 14. Which tennis playing sister is oldest; Venus or Serena Williams? 15. Marais, the Latin Quarter and Saint Germain are areas within which European capital city? 16. The phrase ‘Eddie Ate Dynamite, Good Bye Eddie’ is a mnemonic for helping to remember how to play which instrument?
17. Which British musician is well known for the songs The Changingman, I Walk on Gilded Splinters and You Do Something to Me?
18. William Railton is best known as the designer of which London monument? 19. Which Beatles song contains the line: “When I was younger, so much younger than today”?
20. Which Formula 1 racing team is known as ‘the Prancing Horse’?
21. The 2018 Eurovision Song Contest was held in which city?
22. The Wiltshire city of Salisbury was brought to a standstill by which poisonous substance earlier this year?
23. The FIFA 2026 World Cup hosting rights were awarded in June to which combined bid of countries? 24. The Supreme Court of which Asian country de-criminalised homosexuality in September? 25. The separatist group ETA announced its dissolution after 40 years of conflict and more than 800 deaths in which country?
26. This year, cinemas opened in Saudi Arabia for the first time since 1983, but which was the first film to be shown? a) Black Panther; b) Wonder Woman; c) Spiderman Homecoming. 27. Which company launched its rocket, the Falcon Heavy, on its maiden flight? 28. In March, the first non-stop service from Perth, Australia to Heathrow, UK was launched by which airline? 29. Which is the UK’s deepest lake? 30. When is ‘stir up Sunday’ this year?