MASTERMINDS
1. What is the UK’S fastest-selling album of 2023 so far?
2. A new group of butterflies has been named after which Lord Of The Rings character?
3. What airline has ordered 300 new Boeing 737 Max aircraft?
4. Actor Terrence Hardiman, who has passed away at the age of 86, was famous for which CBBC show?
5. Broadcaster Stephen Fry and artist Tracey Emin are among dozens of public figures and conservationists urging Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove to prevent development of which major London railway station?
6. How many young people started their Duke of Edinburgh’s Award in the past year?
7. Which airport has been named the worst in the UK for flight delays for a second year in a row?
8. What will patients be able to get from pharmacies under a planned new scheme?
9. Which Hollywood star is set to drive at this year’s British Grand Prix to film scenes for his upcoming Formula One blockbuster?
10. What is the name of Ukraine’s Eurovision act who have described the UK as “family” after arriving in Liverpool to the sight of sunflowers and their national flag?
11. Which UK building society has launched a deposit-free mortgage aimed at renters?
12. Which zoo has welcomed its first penguin chick of the year – an endangered 16 northern rockhopper?
13. Former prime minister Liz Truss is to visit which selfgoverned island next week to give a speech to show “solidarity”?
14. When does this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show start?
15. Which New Zealand city declared a state of emergency after widespread flooding?
16. Why has Oscar winner Nicole Kidman’s American Film Institute lifetime achievement award tribute been postponed?
17. Which supermarket chain has cut the price of its own brand bread and butter?
18. Who was the host of the star-studded coronation concert at Windsor Castle?
19. Hotel company Travelodge has announced it is planning to recruit how many new staff over the summer?
20. Which drought-stricken European country said last month was the hottest and driest April since records began in 1961?
21. What social media network is cutting more than 700 jobs?
22. Which sportswear firm saw a drop in earnings in the first three months of the year following a split with rapper Ye?
23. Who was awarded best performance in a movie at the MTV Movie & TV Awards?
24. Which rock band adorned the denim apron of The Archbishop of Canterbury as he served lunch at a homeless charity as part of the Big Help Out?
25. Channel 4 is broadcasting its nightly news programme from a new permanent headquarters in which northern city?
26. On which US TV show did King Charles and Queen Camilla appear as surprise guests last Sunday?
27. Which father and son are to host BBC’S revival of Gladiators?
28. How much has the cost of fish and chips risen by, according to the Office for National Statistics?
29. Which British singer, whose song Running Up That Hill found a return to fame last year, has been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?
30. Health experts have voiced fears about rising levels of which disease?