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1.

What’s the name of the region (divided into north and south parts) which straddles the Caucasus Mountains and whose northern part is in the Russian Federation and whose southern part is formally part of Georgia (though it has declared independence)?

2.

Which TV personality is introduced daily as “my Pointless friend”?   (surname gives the anagram letter)

3.

Which chemical element derives its name from the Greek work meaning ‘smell’ and is the densest of all the metallic elements?

4.

In 1982 this well known TV presenter and keen amateur yachtsman set sail with his wife for the West Indies.  They ran into trouble and were forced to detour to Majorca where they built their own house which they have lived in ever since.  Who is the presenter?  (surname gives the anagram letter)

5.

In literature who is the blacksmith who is brother-in-law of the book’s hero and nephew of a Mr Pumplechook?  (surname gives the anagram letter)

6.

Which song starts with the line: “I've heard there was a secret chord”?

7.

What brand of confectionery has a shape that might be described thus: 'truncated-cone-shaped or frustum-shaped resembling a shallow inverted bucket or tub, or a traditional lampshade'?

8.

Which leader lives in the Potala Palace but hasn’t spent a night there since 1959?  (first word of name gives the anagram letter)

9.

Habilis, rudolfensis, erectus, ergaster, heidelbergensis and neanderthalensis are all past versions – but what name is given to the current version?

10.

Which Football League club play their home games at Huish Park?

...and now identify the celebrity whose first name and surname make up an anagram of the first letters of the 10 answers