MASTERMINDS
1. Which Dundee factory announced its intention to close this week, with the loss of all 845 jobs?
2. Primark has blamed what for low sales this year?
3. Lulu, the Scottish singer-songwriter and actress was born in which decade?
4. What was the name of the female American sharpshooter and exhibition shooter who died in November 1926?
5. The first section of the M1 motorway was opened in which decade?
6. In November 1960, Penguin books was found not guilty of obscenity in a case about which book?
7. Born in November 1934, in what field of activity did Ken Rosewall achieve fame?
8. Who had a 2018 hit with Better Now? a) Lil Peep b) Justin Bieber c) Post Malone.
9. With which American singer did Clean Bandit team up with on their single Solo? Demi Lovato b) Cardi B c) Iggy Azalea.
10. Egyptian striker Mo Salah joined Liverpool from which Italian club?
11. Which Argentinian defender scored the winning goal for Manchester City in the December 2017 Manchester derby at Old Trafford?
12. A bill creating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day was signed by which US President in November 1983?
13. Acker Bilk, who died in 2014, was famous for which musical instrument?
14. In which country would you find the largest circulation English language daily newspaper originally founded in 1838?
15. In 1973 as part of the Mariner Program, NASA launched Mariner 10 towards which planet?
16. Born in November 1933, Jeremy Brett is perhaps best remembered for playing which fictional detective?
17. In 2018 music, what does ‘ntltc’ stand for?
18. Guy James Robin is the real name of which English DJ known for Fast Car and Rise?
19. Which Argentine coach replaced Claude Puel as manager of Southampton in June 2017?
20. Which Premier League striker scored three separate hat-tricks during the 2017-18 season, against Watford, Newcastle United and Leicester City?
21. Which Juice World song features a sample of Sting’s Shape of my Heart?
22. Kamikaze is the tenth studio album of which American rapper?
23. This week, North Korea has unveiled what’s thought to be the first official painting of who?
24. Billionaire philanthropist and Microsoft founder Bill Gates had his hands full on-stage in Beijing on Tuesday, showing a jar of which substance?
25. Which TV series showed its final commissioned episode this week?
26. Which singer sent a cease and desist letter to Donald Trump this week after her music was used at his rally for the mid-term elections?
27. Which actress has said she is “deeply sorry” after claiming she was the “first ever plus-sized girl” to star in a romantic comedy?
28. UK holidaymakers are delaying booking Channel crossings for next summer amid concerns about which political change, according to Brittany Ferries?
29. Claimants of which controversial benefit will be given more time to switch, the government has announced?
30. According to new research, seven in every eight children given which operation were unlikely to see a benefit?