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28/04/2014 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 word in current usage is derived from the Greek custom of scratching the name of a person they wished to exile from the city on a broken piece of pottery?

Ostracism

(a broken piece of pottery was called an ‘ostrakon’)

2.

The ‘Avocet’ railway line in Devon connects Exeter to which other Devon town?

Exmouth

3.

Of which orchestral instrument was Paul Tortelier a renowned exponent?

Cello

4.

What does the banking acronym LIBOR stand for?

London Interbank Offered Rate

5.

For which 1970s/1980s Northern Irish band was Feargal Sharkey the lead singer?

Undertones

6.

Who is currently Minister of State for Faith and Communities in the UK government?  (surname required for the anagram)

Baroness Warsi

7.

Dr Roger Bannister was the first man to run a mile in under 4 minutes.  Who was the second?  (surname required for the anagram letter)

John Landy

8.

In 1959 the winner of the Men’s Singles at Wimbledon was Alex Olmedo.  He is the only person from his nation to win Wimbledon.  What nation is this?

Peru

9.

In the parliamentary constituency of Torridge and West Devon where do the most remote voters live?

Lundy Island

10.

What is the name of the heroine in Gilbert and Sullivan’s operetta The Mikado?

Yum-Yum

 

 

 

 

and the celebrity is the politician...

Lucy Powell