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28/12/2015 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 owns and uses the ‘swoosh’?

Nike

(it’s the official name for their ‘tick’ brand logo)

2.

Rated by Rolling Stone magazine the fifth greatest Beatles song ever after: Hey Jude, Yesterday, I Want to Hold Your Hand and Let It Be, which composition started life as a gentle recollection by John Lennon of his childhood years going on to include a reference to the death of his friend Stuart Sutcliffe?

In My Life

(“Some are dead and some are living/In my life I've loved them all”)

3.

Which of the Great Train Robbers gang was widely regarded as the mastermind behind the robbery?(surname gives the anagram letter)

Bruce Reynolds

4.

Which is the most southerly of all the UK Horse racing venues?

Newton Abbott

5.

Merida is the capital of which of Spain’s Autonomous Communities?

Extremadura

6.

In which Scots county is Lewis Grassic Gibbon’s classic novel (now a Terence Davis film) Sunset Song set?

Aberdeenshire

7.

Torchon, Mechlin, Valenciennes and Carrickmacross are all types of what?

Lace

8.

Which band (still performing after nearly 50 years) had an original 1968 line-up that included: Jon Anderson, Chris Squire, Peter Banks, Tony Kaye and Bill Bruford?

Yes

9.

Where is the eponymous Bridge of Spies referenced in the current film on general release?

Berlin

(the Glienicke Bridge where the Soviet/Western spy exchanges used to take place in the Cold War)

10.

On May 10th 1941 who was apprehended by local ploughman David McLean at Eaglesham just south of Glasgow?  (surname gives the anagram letter)

Rudolf Hess

(Deputy Führer to Adolf Hitler after parachuting from his plane)

 

 

and the celebrity is the politician...

Hilary Benn