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1.

In 2001 the Conservative party elected a new leader.  The contenders were Iain Duncan Smith, David Davies, Ken Clarke, Michael Portillo and which other MP – who the winner, Iain Duncan Smith, subsequently appointed as Deputy Leader and Shadow Foreign Secretary?  (surname required for the anagram)

2.

Which system of calibration derives from the French words meaning ‘to have some weight’?

3.

In Sweden what would you be about to eat if you liked the characters Piff! Paff! and Puff! and bought the product they advertised?

4.

Which part of the body gets its name from being the breadth of 12 fingers?

5.

Which Lake District fell has the same surname as the MP who represented the City of Chester between 1992 and 1997 and is now ubiquitous on TV?

6.

What is the acronym that stands for the Greek words that mean ‘National Organisation of Cypriot fighters’?

7.

In the language spoken by the people of Malawi what is the word for lake?

8.

Which well-known nonsense song was originally released as the ‘B’ side of the song Bloodnok’s Rock and Roll Call?

9.

The tree Myristica Fragrans provides two spices.  Mace is one, what is the other?

10.

Which novel is being described here: “Historical fiction - it is set around 18th-century Scottish events, notably the Appin Murder, which occurred near Ballachulish in 1752 in the aftermath of the Jacobite Rising.  Many of the characters, and one of the principals, Alan Breck Stewart, were real people.”?

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