MASTERMINDS
1. According to a report out this week, which group struggles to tell the time with traditional analogue clocks?
2. A shopkeeper saw off three armed robbers with the help of a tub of which spice mix this week?
3. Who is depicted in the new statue in Parliament Square?
4. An independent coffee chain is believed to be the first in the UK to ban what?
5. What is the Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland?
6. William Jefferson Blythe III is the birth name of which former US president?
7. Paul Merton and Ian Hislop are long term team captains on which British satirical quiz show?
8. What is the name of the branch of medicine that specialises in the study and treatment of disorders of the nervous system?
9. Which actress won the 2013 Best Actress Oscar for her performance in the film Silver Linings Playbook?
10. Which festival is observed on the 15th day of the month of Kartika in the Hindu calendar?
11. What is the typical par score on a championship golf course?
12. What is the name of the treatment derived from ancient Chinese medicine in which fine needles are inserted at certain sites in the body? 13. Nirvana Day is a festival in which religion? 14. The Third of May 1808 and La maja desnuda are works by which Spanish romanticist painter? 15. Which British band released the album ‘Different Class’ in 1995? 16. What is the name for a female fox? 17. How old was Bruce Lee when he died? 18. In Britain, the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is better known by which acronym? 19. How many states are there in the United States of America? 20. Douglas is the capital of which self-governing crown dependency in the Irish Sea?
21. Which English comic actor did Charlie Chaplin call his ‘favourite clown’?
22. Which 1990 film starring Patrick Swayze has the tagline: “Before Sam was murdered, he told Molly he’d love and protect her forever.”?
23. The Bone Clocks is a 2014 book from which English novelist?
24. Triglav is the highest mountain in which southern Central Europe country?
25. Joey Dunlop, John McGuiness and Ian Hutchinson are famous names from which motorsport?
26. Which Manchester born comedian presented TV’s Blankety Blank between 1984 and 1990?
27. Which plant did Popeye eat to gain superhuman strength?
28. Which is the most common name in the history of British monarchs?
29. Actress Salma Hayek was born in which country?
30. Which colour flag indicates that it is not safe to swim on a British beach?