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27/05/2013 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.

In reverse date sequence from David Cameron who was the last but one British Prime Minister to regularly sport hair on his face (either a beard or a moustache)?  (surname required for the anagram)

Sir Anthony Eden

2.

In the children’s song Oranges and Lemons, the bells of which place ask “When will you pay me”?

Old Bailey

3.

In sport what French word meaning literally ‘fishing out again’, applies to a stage in a tournament when previously eliminated contestants compete again?

Repêchage

4.

Ignoring the regnal number Kings with what name have collectively ruled for the longest period since 1066 in England and (after the Act of Union) the UK?

Henry

5.

London postal districts start with one or other of 6 of the 8 points of the compass (as in SW14 for example). Apart from ‘S’ which other point is missing?

NE

6.

Which best-selling book, first published in 1972 and billed as a ‘gourmet guide’, was originally divided into three sections called: ‘Starters: the Basic Ingredients’, ‘Main Courses Which Everyone Needs’ and ‘Sauces and Pickles for Special Occasions’?  (ignore the definite article for the anagram)

The Joy of Sex

7.

Who was the first black MP to become a cabinet minister?  (surname required for the anagram)

Paul Boateng

8.

Which Christian name is shared by a legendary soul singer of the 1960s, and the son of rock star Bryan Ferry who was arrested in 2004 when protesting against the abolition of fox-hunting?

Otis

9.

The first was Vic Oliver, a comedian, in 1942 and there have been well over 2,500 more since. What?

Castaways on Desert Island Discs

10.

In which northern town was a synod held in AD 664 at which it was decided that England would follow the Roman rather the Celtic form of Christianity?

Whitby

 

 

 

and the celebrity is the politician...

John Bercow