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29/10/2012 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.

The latest team to join the Scottish Football League are based in Dumfries & Galloway.  What are they called?

Annan Athletic

2.

On February 23rd 1945 Ira Hayes, Franklin Sousley, Michael Strank, John Bradley, Rene Gagnon and Harlon Block were famously depicted by Joe Rosenthal struggling with a flagpole.  Where were they?

Iwo Jima

3.

Which star from The Lord of the Rings film trilogy also played Captain Haddock in Steven Spielberg’s The Adventures of Tintin(surname required for the anagram)

Andy Serkis

4.

On what TV series did Jeremy Spake become a familiar face on the box?

Airport

(documentary about Heathrow)

5.

In 1962/63 an Australian recording artist had 3 consecutive number one hits in the UK charts.  Lovesick Blues and The Wayward Wind were the second and third.  What was the first of the sequence?

I Remember You

(by Frank Ifield)

6.

The King of Cambodia died earlier this month (October 2012). What was his name?  (first name provides the anagram letter)

Norodom Sihanouk

7.

After the Colombian golden poison frog which fish are believed to be the world’s second most poisonous vertebrates?

Pufferfish

8.

Which 1978 song is often danced to with a group dance featuring the following hand/arm movements:

• arms outstretched and raised upwards
• made by bending the elbows from the previous pose so that the fingertips meet over the chest
• arms extended to the left
• hands held together above head?

YMCA

9.

Which is the most populous landlocked country in the world?

Ethiopia

10.

Which Mancunian wrote this poem called The Gift of Cain:

“Cash flow runs deep but spirit deeper
You ask am I my brother’s keeper
I answer by nature, by spirit, by rightful laws,
My name, my brother, Wilberforce.”?

(first name required for the anagram)

Lemn Sissay

 

 

 

and the celebrity is the cleric and politician...

Ian Paisley