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30/10/2017 I'm a Celebrity.... 10 general knowledge questions alongside a part-picture of a celebrity.  The celebrity's first initial and surname is formed from an anagram of the first letters of the 10 answers.

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1.

The 3-word title of which Flanagan and Allen song was used to mock the Luftwaffe at the outbreak of World War 2?  Barring the first word it is also the title of a 1960 John Updike novel?

Run, Rabbit Run

(the Updike novel is Rabbit, Run)

2.

Which well-known 1964 pop song starts with these lyrics:

“Oh when the sun beats down and burns the tar up on the roof,
And your shoes get so hot you wish your tired feet were fire proof.”

Under the Boardwalk

(by The Drifters)

3.

Which country is known as Lloegr in Welsh and Sasainn in Scots Gaelic?

England

(hence Sassanach)

4.

Which Birmingham-based company formed in the 19th century developed a virtual monopoly in the wood-screw market and then went on, through takeover in 1902, to become the third element in what is today one of Britain’s largest automotive and aerospace components companies headquartered in Redditch, Worcestershire?

Nettlefolds

(of Guest, Keen and Nettlefold, or GKN)

5.

What is the administrative centre for the Lancashire borough of Hyndburn?

Accrington

6.

Which Asian city is the largest city lying on the Taedong river?

Pyongyang

7.

What is the name of the longest UK river that doesn’t flow out directly into the sea?  (the river name rather than the word ‘river’ provides the anagram letter)

River Trent

(after the Thames and the Severn, the third longest UK river)

8.

What musical term is defined as ‘A style of music whereby the beats or accents are displaced so that strong beats become weak and vice versa.’?

Syncopation

9.

Which well-known former Tory politician is Baron of Thenford in the County of Northamptonshire?  (surname provides the anagram letter)

Michael Heseltine

10.

What is the name of the popular frozen dairy dessert often described as 'traditional Indian ice cream'?

Kulfi

 

 

and the celebrity is the Suffragette leader...

E(mmeline) Pankhurst