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27/10/2014 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.

Who wrote the musical We Will Rock You in collaboration with Brian May and Roger Taylor?  (surname required for the anagram letter)

Ben Elton

2.

Which country has its capital on the island of Bioko (formerly known as Fernando Po) off its Atlantic coastline?

Equatorial Guinea

3.

Which US State has the capital with the highest population?

Arizona

(Phoenix has a population of approximately 1.5 million)

4.

Which 19th century English folk song about a housewife carrying out her linen chores was adapted by Donald Swann in 1953 for the comedy song The Gasman Cometh?

Dashing Away with the Smoothing Iron

5.

Which Manchester rock band consists of vocalist/guitarist John Bramwell, bassist Peter Jobson and drummer Andy Hargreaves?

I Am Kloot

6.

Which chemical element is the lightest metallic element and the least dense of all the solid elements?

Lithium

7.

Which river rises in the Czech Republic and flows into the North Sea at Cuxhaven north of Hamburg?

Elbe

8.

Who trained the Grand National winner that was the 1965 offspring of the stallion Quorum and the mare Mared?  (surname required for the anagram letter)

Ginger McCain

(the horse was Red Rum)

9.

The World Championships of which woman’s sport have been won every year since their inauguration by New Zealand or Australia apart from 1979 when Trinidad & Tobago shared the title with these two countries?

Netball

10.

What is the name of the musical produced by former Monty Python member Eric Idle which is based on Monty Python and the Holy Grail?

Spamalot

 

 

 

and the celebrity is the singer...

Emeli Sande