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1.

Which Hull-born milling magnate is, nevertheless, best remembered for a totally different sort of business he developed at Heatherden Hall near Iver Heath in Buckinghamshire, a property he acquired in the 1930s?  (surname provides the anagram letter)

2.

Which Scottish town, designed in 1788 as a fishing port by Thomas Telford, is now an important transport terminus and sits on the eastern shore of Loch Broom?

3.

Lying second in the American Film Institute’s 100 Greatest Movie Quotes what does Marlon Brando (as Vito Corleone) say in The Godfather?

4.

During and just after World War 2 former Newcastle boxing promoter Soloman Sheckman, with his wife Esther and his daughter Dorothy bought up a number of old cinemas and rebranded them with a new name that was to become familiar across the nation throughout the post war years. What was this new name?

5.

There are two famous single malt distilleries next to each other on the southern coast of the Isle of Islay, both of which start with the same letter.  Name either.

6.

In 1930 US food magnate, Frank Mars, was looking for a name for a new product.  He decided to name it after the Mars family’s favourite horse.  What was the horse called?

7.

Which broadcasting journalist, widely regarded as the man who ended the 1950s McCarthy anti-communist purges in the US, made his name during World War 2 with his bulletins from London which always ended with the phrase “Good night and good luck.”? (surname provides the anagram letter)

8.

Which is Australia’s largest inland city?

9.

Which 1964 hit single, with the alternative title C’Est La Vie, starts with these lyrics: “It was a teenage wedding and the old folks wished them well / You could see that Pierre did truly love the Mademoiselle / And now the young Monsieur and Madame have rung the chapel bell…”?

10.

What mythical creature is defined as an antelope- or goat-like four-legged creature with large horns that it can swivel in any direction?  It also happens to be the name of an American Ivy League University?

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

first letters of the 10 answers