MASTERMINDS
1. Which English actress plays Dr Gemma Foster in the BBC TV drama Doctor Foster?
2. Which US politician was the first woman to become US Secretary of State?
3. Which ‘D’ is a type of medicine often used to relieve blocked noses?
4. Who replaced Sir Alex Ferguson as manager of Manchester United?
5. Which now-deceased world leader was born in Cape Province, South Africa in 1918?
6. Which ‘L& C’ were the first men to lead an American expedition into the western section of the United States?
7. Dogs Max and Duke star in which 2016 animated film with voices provided by Louis C.K. and Eric Stonestreet?
8. Which 2017 song became the first to rack up over three billion views on YouTube?
9. Which Charles Dickens novel begins ‘Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.’?
10. Which British Tudor monarch reigned from 1491 to 1547?
11. Which policeman was at the centre of the Pink Panther movies?
12. Which musical instruments are also called Kettledrums?
13. Some Enchanted Evening, Happy Talk and There is Nothing Like a Dame are songs from which musical?
14. Which long-running Australian series is set in Summer Bay?
15. In which film does a farmer played by Kevin Costner build a baseball diamond in his cornfield?
16. Fox Mulder and Dana Scully were the main characters in which television series?
17. Which former schoolteacher from Neath became a topselling classical singer?
18. Who played Maximus Decimus Meridius in a 2000 Ridley Scott film?
19. “Who loves ya, baby” was a catchphrase of which lollipopsucking detective?
20. How many red balloons did Nena take into the pop charts?
21. “Well, here’s another nice mess you’ve gotten me into” is a quote associated with which duo?
22. Which of the Muppets did a stand-up comedy routine which tended not to be particularly good?
23. Which film character said: “My momma always said life was like a box of chocolates… you never know what you’re gonna get”? 24. In what sort of music might you hear scat singing? 25. Which television series is set in William McKinley High School, Lima, Ohio? 26. With which band did Pete Doherty come to fame? 27. Which soap opera started in 1972, and lost a word from its title in 1989? 28. What started with Sergeant in 1958 and ended with Columbus in 1992? 29. What is the name of the character played by Michael Douglas in the Wall Street films? 30. From which opera does the March of the Toreadors come?