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29/06/2015 I'm a Celebrity.... 10 general knowledge questions alongside a part-picture of a celebrity.  The celebrity's surname is formed from an anagram of the first letters of the 10 answers.

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1.

Which 19th century novel, partly set in Bath, features the adventures of 17 year-old Catherine Morland, one of ten children of a country clergyman?

Northanger Abbey

2.

At only 32 km long the River Onyx is the longest river in which continent?

Antarctica

3.

What’s the name of the bridge that crosses the river Tees near Stockton and is used by both pedestrians and cyclists?  It was opened in 2009 and was given its name because of the shape it forms in conjunction with its reflection.

Infinity Bridge

4.

Which song, which has become closely associated with a particular sport, has entered the UK top 40 singles chart on four separate occasions, each time with a different recording artist, reaching number 16 in 1991; number 15 in 1995; a lowly number 38 in 1999; and finally in 2003 when it yet again peaked at number 15?

Swing Low Sweet Chariot

(England Rugby Union team’s anthem)

5.

Which 1980s Number One single contains the line “With you in that dress my thoughts I confess verge on dirty”?

Come on Eileen

(by Dexy’s Midnight Runners)

6.

What was introduced to the British public in 1910, weighs less than 6 grammes and is missing from this list of the British Army’s Standard Iron Ration of 1914: bully beef, cheese, biscuit, tea, sugar, salt and….?

Oxo cube

7.

What 1985 film, starring Madonna and Roseanna Arquette, took its title from an advert in the ‘Personal’ adverts section of a New York tabloid that so very much intrigued the unfulfilled suburban housewife played by Arquette?

Desperately Seeking Susan

8.

On the cover of which album do the letters N-U-J-V appear in coded form?

Help

(by the Beatles – the semaphore demonstrated on the cover spells N-U-J-V and not H-E-L-P as urban myth would have it)

9.

Which is the most populous city in the French region of Brittany (Bretagne)?

Rennes

10.

To whom were John Garner, Henry Wallace and Harry S Truman second in command?  (first letter of the surname gives the anagram letter)

Franklin D Roosevelt

(all Vice Presidents during FDR terms in the White House)

 

 

 

and the celebrity is the actress...

(Miranda) Richardson