MASTERMINDS
1. How much additional funding will Northern Ireland receive over the next two years as part of a deal announced this week?
2. Travis Kalanick this week resigned as CEO of which company?
3. Which Arsenal player has become top scorer for the Chilean national side?
4. Alexis Bledel’s character Emily will take a more prominent role in the second series of which television show?
5. Mohamed Salah joined Liverpool from Roma. With which Premier League side did he make 13 appearances prior to joining the Italian club?
6. Who was this week added to the Hollywood Walk of Fame?
7. Fallen Kingdom is the subtitle for the sequel to which 2015 film?
8. How many years ago was the original The Karate Kid movie released? a) 29 years b) 31 years c) 33 years
9. Which cryptocurrency suffered its first ‘flash crash’ this week
10. Which Test Match Special cricket commentator has called time on his career?
11. Users of which internet service provider have been advised to change their router password following a massive data leak?
12. Which health food retailer is being bought by a Russian billionaire for £1.8bn?
13. This week sees 20 years since which book was published?
14. Which film starring Ryan Reynolds is based on a comic by Fabian Nicieza and Rob Liefeld?
15. What is the real name of rocker Alice Cooper?
16. Edina and Patsy starred in which BBC comedy television series?
17. In which year did Great Britain join what would become the European Union?
18. Which female singer’s middle and surnames are Laurie Blue Adkins?
19. Which singersongwriter is best known for his single Hold Back the River?
20. Who played OJ Simpson in the television drama The People vs OJ Simpson?
21. Who was the creator of Coronation Street?
22. Who captained Australia to victory in the 2015 Cricket World Cup final win over New Zealand?
23. Which Grade 1 National Hunt horse race takes place each March during the Cheltenham Festival?
24. In which sport did Liam Heath win Olympic gold for Great Britain in 2016?
25. Which breed is predicted to become the top pedigree dog in Britain, outrunning the Labrador?
26. Which former Australian test cricketer, known as ‘Mr Cricket’ played for Northamptonshire, Gloucestershire and Durham?
27. Vince McMahon is the chairman and CEO of which American wrestling company?
28. Who scored England’s only goal in the 2-1 defeat by Uruguay at World Cup 2014 in Brazil?
29. Which English fly half scored 69 points as England completed the Grand Slam at the 2016 Six Nations Championship?
30. Which Yorkshire-born English cricketer made his Test debut versus India in 2012?