MASTERMINDS
1. What type of musical instrument, worth more than £250,000, is believed to have been stolen on a London train?
2. Who has had to pull out of Strictly after a knee injury?
3. Which food product was recalled by most major supermarkets this week after a salmonella scare?
4. Which Royal oversees the Duchy of Cornwall?
5. A beach in which UK county was dyed orange by heavy rainfall on nearby cliffs?
6. Which rugby team has been hit with a fine over its response to the New Zealand team’s hakka display?
7. A Welsh council has cancelled a performance by which controversial comic?
8. Tana French wrote the books on which what BBC mystery series is based?
9. A prequel series to which global TV phenomenon has been axed?
10. Bernard Arnault is which country’s richest man?
11. What type of vehicles are set to display green number plates?
12. Which TV historian received an apology from Heathrow airport over a strip search?
13. David Atherton has been crowned winner of which TV culinary contest?
14. Which online retail firm has been slammed by regulators for ‘misleading’ ad campaigns?
15. Scientists have traced the origins of modern humans to which African country?
16. Who has turned down an environmental award from the Nordic Council?
17. Richard Braine has just stepped down as leader of which party?
18. Wildfires are currently affecting which US state?
19. Which social media company has agreed to pay a £500,000 fine levied by the British data watchdog?
20. Sebastian Pinera is president of which country?
21. Which football club has won a legal battle with sportswear manufacturer New Balance?
22. Which TV judge has revealed she has had her breast implants removed?
23. Which football club is sponsored by Jeep?
24. Which musician’s autobiography is entitled Me?
25. Who has been forced to deny claims she plans to emigrate to America?
26. What is Jeremy Corbyn’s middle name?
27. What will take place in the UK on December 12 this year?
28. Which singer performed with band The New Power Generation?
29. Which former wrestler says he was nearly killed in a recent private jet incident?
30. Bristol University has appointed the UK’s first professor of which subject?