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31/07/2017 I'm a Celeb.... 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.

In which 2007 animated film do characters called Remy, Linguini, and Colette cook a meal to impress a restaurant critic?

Ratatouille

2.

How were Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield better known? (for the purposes of the anagram ignore the definite article)

The Righteous Brothers

3.

What type of business was run in Oil Drum Lane, Shepherd's Bush, London?

Rag-and-Bone

(it was the fictional location for the 1960s/1970s sitcom Steptoe and Son)

4.

Which 1982 UK and US number one hit song was banned from being played in South Africa by the South African Broadcasting Corporation during the Apartheid era?

Ebony and Ivory

(by Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney)

5.

Russia has a border with 14 other countries. The furthest north-west of these 14 and the furthest south-east both start with the same initial letter.  What are they?

Norway and North Korea

6.

Consisting of just 21 verses which is the shortest book of the Old Testament?

Obadiah

7.

Which famous gay San Francisco politician was assassinated on November 27th 1978?  (first name provides the anagram letter)

Harvey Milk

8.

Which Greek mythological figure was punished by being made to stand in a pool of water beneath a fruit tree with low branches, with the fruit ever eluding his grasp, and the water always receding before he could take a drink?

Tantalus

(hence the word ‘tantalise’)

9.

As of the end of the 2016/17 football season which player had recorded the second highest number of Premier League appearances after Ryan Giggs? (surname provides the anagram letter)

Gareth Barry

10.

Formed in late 1981 what was the name of the British synthpop duo from Basildon consisting of Vince Clarke and Alison Moyet?

Yazoo

 

 

 

and the celebrity is the politician....

(Emily) Thornberry