MASTERMINDS
1. According to the Office for National Statistics, wage growth is lagging behind inflation for the first time since mid-2014. By what percentage is it behind?
2. Percy Shaw famously invented which safety feature?
3. Who first introduced into Europe, a practical system that allowed the mass production of printed books?
4. What title did Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympics hold?
5. Brazil was previously a colony of which European country?
6. Prince Buster was a pioneer of which type of music?
7. Sir Edmund Hillary who, along with his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay, became the first to climb Everest, was born in which country?
8. What is the technical name for the windpipe?
9. Tony Warren was the creator of which long running television series?
10. In the nursery rhyme Sing a Song of Sixpence what was the Queen doing whilst the King was in his counting house?
11. Munich is the capital of which German state?
12. Who has been released from prison after serving seven years for leaking files to Wikileaks?
13. Court of Appeal judges in London have not allowed which chocolate bar’s shape to be trademarked this week?
14. This follows which company’s attempt to trademark the shade of purple it uses? 15. Which football team beat Tranmere at Wembley to claim a league place for the first time last weekend?
16. What is unusual about the team’s diet?
17. How many more people voted in the EU referendum than the general election in 2015?
18. In Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, Liam Neeson played which character?
19. Which British actor died while still filming his supporting role in Ridley Scott’s Gladiator?
20. The Godfather was released in 1972; who played the title role
21. What is the name of the villain in the first Superman film, played by Gene Hackman?
22. Which British actor won a Golden Globe and an Emmy for his work in the HBO drama series Homeland?
23. Who plays a predatory femme fatale and the FBI agent tracking her down in the 1987 thriller Black Widow? 24. God Bless America was a 2012 movie made by which comic film-maker and actor?
25. Which film concerns the declaration of war by Freedonia against neighbouring Sylvania?
26. Who starred in the 1958 Hammer Horror version of Dracula as the Count, and who played his nemesis, Van Helsing?
27. What is the name of the possessed girl played by Linda Blair in The Exorcist?
28. Which influential and controversial 1970s thriller starring Clint Eastwood featured a serial killer called Scorpio?
29. Who won an Oscar nomination for his portrayal of American activist Malcolm X? 30. Which two actors have played Spider-Man in Hollywood versions of the story in the 21st century?