MASTERMINDS
1. Which Top Gear presenter has broken the Guinness World Record for the top speed reached in an ice-cream van?
2. Argentinian football star Maradona has undergone what surgical operation?
3. Which famous historical site in Peru has re-opened after nearly eight months closure because of the pandemic?
4. How many times did James Bond actor Sir Sean Connery appear as 007?
5. Where is city-wide Covid testing being piloted?
6. Name the US state where the next Ryder Cup is scheduled to take place.
7. Who was the first celebrity to waltz off Strictly Come Dancing?
8. Which award-winning American actor who appeared in The Hunger Games, The Devil Wears Prada and The Lovely Bones turns 60 next week?
9. Who has been banned from Twitter for Covid misinformation?
10. A Manchester United fan has had which footballer tattooed on his back?
11. Where has fast food chain McDonald’s finally opened a branch in England?
12. Which Chelsea player is known to his team-mates as “Captain America”?
13. Funeral homes in which European country went on strike?
14. What is the name of the painting which Ed Sheeran has donated to the Made In Suffolk Legacy charity auction?
15. Rylan Clark-Neal is to return to the kitchen for a second series of what BBC cookery contest?
16. Bruce Springsteen has scored his 12th UK number one album. What is it called?
17. How old is Reading woman Ruth Saunders who has completed a charity marathon a day before England went into a second national lockdown?
18. Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech is also a semi-professional player in which other sport?
19. What saved an Australian man from a night-time house fire in Brisbane?
20. Golfer Tiger Woods shares the record for most PGA Tour wins with which other player?
21. What was the name of the storm that battered much of the UK over the Halloween weekend?
22. Who is starring as Ebenezer Scrooge in the Old Vic’s online festive performance of A Christmas Carol?
23. Which horse won the Grand National in 2009 at 100-1?
24. Sky History axed what programme after a Nazi tattoo controversy?
25. The Owls is the nickname for which English football club?
26. Which Welsh castle is the setting for the new series of I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!?
27. What was comedian Bobby Ball’s real name?
28. A group of peacocks has avoided a death sentence after a new home was found for them in which West Sussex village?
29. A portrait of which Star Wars character was unveiled at a National Portrait Gallery pop-up in London?
30. What is considered the national sport of Taiwan?