The Chronicle

MASTERMIND­S

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1. Where has the world’s first case of Covid-19 reinfectio­n been reported?

2. Which historic shipyard is to reopen under a new owner?

3. Which actor is the latest star to take on the role of Bruce Wayne in new film The Batman?

4. Which British rock band is to open a flagship store in London’s Soho selling clothing and merchandis­e?

5. How much has social networking giant Facebook agreed to pay France in back taxes?

6. Sebastian Coe won gold for Britain at which two Olympics?

7. How much did a guitar belonging to Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner raise in a charity raffle for grassroots music venues?

8. What music video by Korean boy band BTS has smashed YouTube records?

9. Who is to be Simon Cowell’s stand-in on the Britain’s Got Talent semi-finals while he recovers from back surgery?

10. How old was Mike Tyson when he won his first heavyweigh­t title?

11. Which is the last African country to be declared free of wild polio?

12. Which Scottish actor is to narrate Channel 4’s new reality TV show The Bridge?

13. Which Kate Winslet film, in which she plays palaeontol­ogist Mary Anning, has been chosen to close the 2020 BFI London Film Festival??

14. Which dog breed has been revealed as the nation’s most popular pooch on Facebook?

15. Which 1980s soul singer is joining EastEnders?

16. How many league goals did footballer Jack Charlton score for Leeds?

17. Which popular computer operating system was launched 25 years ago?

18. Rugby union’s Vunipola brothers were born in which city?

19. Who will be missing from the Strictly Come Dancing judging panel for Saturday night shows when the series returns later this year?

20. Which All Black has the record of being the youngest player to appear in a Rugby World Cup final?

21. What was the name of the storm which hit the UK this week?

22. Which supermarke­t has created 16,000 new jobs thanks to booming online trade?

23. Which actress and model will front a BBC Three documentar­y “exploring the biggest questions in human sexuality”?

24. What year did footballer Alan Shearer make his debut for England?

25. What has been voted the most uplifting song on the Disney+ streaming service.

26. Jedward became involved in a Twitter spat with which musician after he backed anti-face mask protesters in Dublin?

27. Which long-running cooking competitio­n is moving from BBC2 to BBC1?

28. What term is used when a golfer uses three strokes to complete a par-five hole?

29. Which subject was the most popular in this year’s GCSE exams with 814,708 entries?

30. The Melbourne stadium which hosts the Australian Open men’s and women’s finals is named after which former Australian player?

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