MASTERMINDS
1. What was significant about Hattie McDaniel’s performance as “Mammy” in Gone with the Wind?
2. Dawn Frazer was an Olympic freestyle swimmer from which country?
3. What record does the Boeing Everett Factory hold?
4. How many children did Queen Victoria have?
5. The Bechuanaland Protectorate in southern Africa became what on September 30, 1966?
6. Brimstone is an old common name for what?
7. What was built as the entrance to the 1889 World’s Fair?
8. The USA bought what are now known as the United States Virgin Islands for $25m from which European country?
9. In Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves, what sort of work did Ali Baba do?
10. Which country launched the first space probe to orbit the moon in 1966?
11. Between 2006 and 2012, Mick McCarthy was in charge of which English football club?
12. Which former Tottenham Hotspur left-back left Newport County to take charge of Gillingham in February 2015?
13. Slaven Bilic played English football for West Ham United and which other English club?
14. What could be outlawed under government plans on property law, subject to public consultation?
15. According to the Bank of England, what have increased by 10% over the past year?
16. A nursery has closed this week, blaming which new initiative?
17. Which former Nottingham Forest attacking midfielder made 14 appearances for England, and is in his second spell as manager of Burton Albion?
18. Between spells in charge of Chelsea and Real Madrid, Rafa Benitez took charge of which Italian club?
19. Black lead is a common name for which substance?
20. Henry IV was the first king of which royal house?
21. From which film does the following quote come? “It’s 106 miles to Chicago, we’ve got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it’s dark, and we’re wearing sunglasses.” 22. The system of civil registration of births, marriages and deaths was established in England and Wales in what year? a) 1817 b) 1837 c) 1857
23. Mackenzie King, the then Canadian Prime Minister, became the first what in 1947?
24. The British railway network was nationalised to form British Railways in which year? a) 1838 b) 1948 c) 1958
25. The World Trade Organisation is headquartered in which European country?
26. For how many years was J Edgar Hoover the Director of the FBI? a) 18 b) 28 c) 37
27. Christine Lagarde has been managing director of what since July 2011?
28. The Battle of George Square took place in 1919 in which British city?
29. Following his departure from Old Trafford, David Moyes had a spell in charge of which Spanish club?
30. Jaap Stam became manager of which English Championship club in June 2016?