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I'm a Celeb - 30/07/12 - Questions & Answers

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30/07/2012 I'm a Celebrity.... 10 general knowledge questions alongside a part-picture of a celebrity.  The celebrity's first name and surname is formed from an anagram of the first letters of the 10 answers.

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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)?

Ossetia

2.

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

Richard Osman

(by Alexander Armstrong on the quiz show Pointless)

3.

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

Osmium

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)

John Noakes

(of Blue Peter fame)

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)

Joe Gargery

(in Great Expectations)

6.

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

Hallelujah

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'?

Rolo

(chocolates)

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)

Dalai Lama

9.

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

Sapiens

(they are all species of the genus Homo)

10.

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

Yeovil Town

 

 

 

and the celebrity is the football manager...

Roy Hodgson