MASTERMINDS
1. What is the title of former US president Barack Obama’s memoir?
2. Who has become the first woman to have had a number one album in the UK in five consecutive decades?
3. What did Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer choose as his luxury item on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs?
4. With which team did Lewis Hamilton win his first Formula One title?
5. Why did ITV daytime show Loose Women rebrand as Loose Men and feature an all-male panel for one day only this week?
6. What was the late entertainer Des O’Connor’s only chart-topping single?
7. Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney have become the owners of which Welsh football club?
8. Who is to host the Royal Variety Performance in Blackpool this month with a virtual audience?
9. In golf, who holds the record for most appearances at The Masters?
10. How is Queen Elizabeth planning to mark her platinum Jubilee next year?
11. What did mourners wear to the funeral of comedian Bobby Ball this week?
12. Who are the two newcomers who have joined ITV reality show I’m A Celebrity ... Get Me Out Of Here?
13. What BBC programme was hit by a technical glitch on Monday?
14. Harry Potter star Rupert Grint has beaten whose record for the fastest time to reach one million followers on Instagram?
15. What are the world’s three most expensive cities according to a new cost of living report?
16. In what event did Sally Gunnell win gold at the 1992 Olympics?
17. What is the name of rapper Megan Thee Stallion’s debut album?
18. Dawn French is reprising which famous TV character for Christmas?
19. How long was ex-leader Jeremy Corbyn suspended from the Labour party before he was reinstated?
20. Which horse has won the past two Cheltenham Gold Cups?
21. What has been named the greatest British radio comedy?
22. A 43ft Christmas tree due to stand in Parliament Square over the festive season grew in which North East forest?
23. When will a ban on new diesel and petrol cars in the UK come into force?
24. Who has become the first man to appear solo on the front cover of fashion magazine Vogue?
25. When did Scotland last appear in the World Cup?
26. England’s largest grey seal colony is expected to welcome a record baby boom of how many new arrivals this year?
27. Which MP tested positive for coronavirus after meeting Boris Johnson, forcing the Prime Minister into self-isolation?
28. Who is the first musician chosen to write and record an original song for the John Lewis Christmas advert.
29. Which high-profile broadcaster will leave BBC Radio 2 at the end of the year after a decade on air?
30. Who will host the 2023 Rugby World Cup?