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MUTC Masterminds

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Round 1 News

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) launched its first spacecraft several months ago and it has now reached Mars, but what is the name of the spacecraft?

a)

Hope

b)

Ambition

c)

Aspiration

d)

Expectation

2.

Round 1 News

This month, Larry the cat is celebrating a 10 year anniversary, living at which famous building?

a)
b)
c)
d)
3.

Round 1 News

During recent court case proceedings being held over video link on Zoom, a lawyer was disguised as an animal due to a filter he had selected but could not remove! What was the animal in the filter?

a)

Dog

b)

Horse

c)

Rabbit

d)

Cat

4.

Round 1 News

A student was left hungry after receiving a message from an Uber Eats food delivery driver saying.....

a)

Sorry love, ate your food.

b)

I've been lost for 6 hours

c)

Your food got run over

d)

A dog nicked your food

5.

Round 1 News

Elon Musk's company, Tesla, invested $1.5 billion into what?

a)

Bitcoin

b)

Gold

c)

Robotics

d)

Property

6.

Round 2 Food

Cheddar cheese originated in the English village of Cheddar. What county is Cheddar in?

a)

Bedfordshire

b)

Dorset

c)

Devon

d)

Somerset

7.

Round 2 Food

Which nut is in the middle of a Ferrero Rocher?

a)

Almond

b)

Brazil

c)

Hazelnut

d)

Walnut

8.

Round 2 Food

In 1991, a court ruled that Jaffa Cakes were officially....?

a)

Cake

b)

Biscuit

c)

Disgusting

9.

Round 2 Food

What type of pasta has a name meaning 'little worms'?

a)

Spaghetti

b)

Fettucini

c)

Vermicelli

d)

Tagliatelle

10.

Round 2 Food

Which fast-food franchise has the largest number of restaurants in the world?

a)

KFC

b)

Burger King

c)

Subway

d)

McDonald's

11.

Round 3 Entertainment 2020

Which film made history by winning best picture at the 2020 Oscars?

a)

One Upon a Time in Hollywood

b)

Parasite

c)

The Irishman

d)

1917

12.

Round 3 Entertainment 2020

Which rapper won album of the year at the Brit Awards?

a)

Stormzy

b)

Kano

c)

Dave

d)

Harry Styles

13.

Round 3 Entertainment 2020

Where was the filming of I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here moved to, after it was deemed unsafe for the ITV show’s contestants to travel to the usual Australian jungle?

a)

A castle in Wales

b)

The Scottish Highlands

c)

A cave in Kent

d)

The Tower of London

14.

Round 3 Entertainment 2020

Who broke Jennifer Aniston's record for the fastest time to reach a million followers on Instagram.?

a)

Sir Tom Jones

b)

Dame Judy Dench

c)

Sir David Attenborough

d)

Sir Paul McCartney

15.

Round 3 Entertainment 2020

A star-studded performance by which pop star broke global livestream records?

a)

Lewis Capaldi

b)

Gorillaz

c)

Billie Eilish

d)

Dua Lipa

16.

Round 4 UK Geography

What is the oldest recorded town in the UK?

a)

Cirencester

b)

Colchester

c)

Carmarthan

d)

Whitby

17.

Round 4 UK Geography

Near which city is the Neolithic site Stonehenge located?

a)

Bath

b)

Salisbury

c)

Coventry

d)

Edinburgh

18.

Round 4 UK Geography

What is the second largest city of the United Kingdom?

a)

Manchester

b)

Leeds

c)

Birmingham

d)

Liverpool

19.

Round 4 UK Geography

In which part of England does the River Avon (the Lower Avon) rise?

a)

South Downs

b)

Cotswolds

c)

The Fens

d)

Brecon Beacons

20.

Round 4 UK Geography

What is England's highest mountain?

a)

Ben Nevis

b)

Broad Crag

c)

Slieve Donnard

d)

Scafell Pike

21.

Round 5 History

Which two of Henry VIII’s wives were executed?

a)

Anne Boleyn and Kathryn Howard

b)

Anne of Cleves and Jane Seymour

c)

Anne Boleyn and Katharine Howard

d)

Catherine of Aragon and Catherine Parr?

22.

Round 5 History

How many children did Queen Victoria have?

a)

7

b)

8

c)

9

d)

10

23.

Round 5 History

What was the first name of the doctor who invented the Heimlich manoeuvre?

(Fun fact - In 2016 he used it for the first time, aged 96, in his residential care home on another resident who was choking.)

a)

Bobby

b)

Henry

c)

Thomas

d)

Gilbert

24.

Round 5 History

Who was the first leader of the Soviet Union?

a)

Joseph Stalin

b)

Leonid Brezhnev

c)

Nikita Khrushchev

d)

Vladimir Lenin

25.

Round 5 History

9. How was New York known prior to 1664?

a)

New England

b)

New Amsterdam

c)

New London

d)

Newfoundland