MASTERMINDS
1. How is the Royal Mint planning to mark Queen Elizabeth’s 95th birthday next month?
2. Where have glow-in-the-dark sharks been discovered?
3. What new lyrics did Dolly Parton give to her hit song Jolene when she had her Covid jab?
4. Which television channel which produced Normal People and Fleabag will return to broadcast television next year?
5. What is the name of the next SpiderMan movie starring Tom Holland?
6. Which royal has called on the nation to have a Big Curry Night In to raise money for charity?
7. Six books by which famous children’s author will no longer be published because of racially insensitive imagery?
8. How long is the furlough scheme to be extended?
9. George Clooney and Julia Roberts are to reunite for what film?
10. What is the title of Sir Billy Connolly’s autobiography which will be published this autumn?
11. The Isle Of Man Festival has been moved to which month this year?
12. What trip is Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezewa inviting eight members of the public to join him for?
13. Which former French president has been found guilty of corruption and influence peddling and sentenced to one year in prison and a two-year suspended sentence?
14. Which Premier League football team was formed under the name St Domingos FC? 15. Who accepted her Golden Globe for best supporting actress wearing pyjamas?
16. Which former Soviet Union president turned 90 this week?
17. What is the name of American actor Alec Baldwin’s new baby daughter?
18. Which American singer hit out at the Netflix show Ginny and Georgia after it featured what she described as a “lazy” and “deeply sexist” joke about her?
19. Who has announced they are taking a break from BBC medical drama Casualty after playing the same character for seven years?
20. Cyclist Chris Froome has won how many Tour de France titles?
21. How long did long did Johnny Briggs play businessman Mike Baldwin in Coronation Street?
22. Officials at the Pompeii archaeological site in Italy have announced the discovery of what?
23. Thousands of residents in which UK city were evacuated from their homes after a Second World War bomb was discovered on a building site?
24. The Calcutta Cup is associated with which sport? 25. Gordon Ramsay will be joined by which fellow TV chef for a special episode of game show Bank Balance for Red Nose Day?
26. What shirt number was worn by Manchester United greats Cristiano Ronaldo, David Beckham and George Best?
27. Who has been elected leader of Scottish Labour with more than 57% of the vote?
28. Rail fares in England and Wales increased by how much this week?
29. Which Britain’s Got Talent judge and author has partnered with the BBC to launch a series of free writing lessons for schoolchildren?
30. In which year was badminton officially included in the Olympic programme?