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1.

What substance used widely in the brewing industry was originally obtained from the swim bladders of sturgeon?

2.

Reading clockwise from the north which US State borders just 4 other States whose initial letters read in order ‘W’, ‘I’ ‘N’ and ‘C’?

3.

The name of which type of sauce comes from the Provencal word for ‘garlic’?

4.

Which 1965 UK number 3 hit for The Animals - originally written for, and recorded by, Nina Simone - has a title based on the composer’s falling out with his girlfriend?

5.

Which annual Scottish pop music festival has been held in Kinross-shire since 1997 but is moving this year to a venue in Perthshire?

6.

Where, in 2020, will approximately 2,000 people take part in a play that celebrates a village’s deliverance from the bubonic plague in 1634?

7.

What was the original name of Birmingham FC taken from the area of Birmingham in which the team first played?

8.

Which comedian featured in 162 episodes over 19 series of a BBC TV comedy show between 1963 and 1981.  His ‘elegant tramp’ character is said to bear a strong resemblance to Sir Digby Chicken Caesar of the Mitchell and Webb comedy sketches.  (surname gives the anagram letter)

9.

Which 1986 film about an Italian artist featured Noam Almaz, Dexter Fletcher and Nigel Terry in the role of the eponymous lead character at various stages of his life?

10.

As at May 2014 which FTSE 100 company based at Crawley in West Sussex had the most employees?

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