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1.

What is the name of the South American city district that means ‘stinky lake’, whose beach is thought by many to be the sexiest in the world?  It is probably best known as a result of a song written by Antônio Carlos Jobim and Vinícius de Moraes.

2.

In which German city did the Krupps family iron and steel business start, and is still based?

3.

What is the name of the official currency of Malaysia?

4.

Which major UK company currently sponsors Luton Town FC, and co-sponsors Manchester Pride Festival.  Both locations are important centres for this company’s operations.

5.

What was the name of the TV series made by Peter Firmin and Oliver Postgate between 1959 and 1965?  It’s said that Peter Firmin thought of the name when travelling on the London Underground and passing through Neasden station.

6.

Which celebrated film tells the story of the groundwater contamination caused by Pacific Gas & Electric Company at Hinkley in California and its consequences? (first word of the film title provides the anagram letter)

7.

What was the name of the 19th century German geologist who gave his name to a scale used in materials science to describe hardness?  (first letter of the surname gives the anagram letter)

8.

What was the biggest selling hit single released by Bobby Hatfield and Bill Medley?

9.

What single word links the following: Red No. 5 - Paul Gilbertson and Jim Glennie - South African born entertainer Solomon Joel Cohen who died in 1976?

10.

Which character from Dickens’ Barnaby Rudge gave her name to a style of 19th century dress that is brightly patterned, flowered with a polonaise overskirt gathered up and draped over a separate underskirt? (first letter of the surname gives the anagram letter)

and now identify the celebrity whose 10-letter name makes up an anagram of the

first letters of the 10 answers