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29/01/2018 I'm a Celeb.... 10 general knowledge questions alongside a part-picture of a celebrity.  The celebrity's name is formed from an anagram of the first letters of the 10 answers.

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1.

Who wrote the music for the film The Wizard of Oz – including Over the Rainbow, ranked by the American Film Institute as the greatest film song of all-time? (first letter of the surname provides the anagram letter)

Harold Arlen

2.

Which Gilbert and Sullivan opera includes a Chorus of Dukes, Marquises, Earls, Viscounts, Barons and Fairies in the cast list?

Iolanthe

(subtitled The Peer and The Peri)

3.

Which long-running Scott Adams cartoon features characters called Ted, Asok, Alice, Wally and Pointy-haired Boss?

Dilbert

4.

Whitendale Hanging Stones are reckoned to be the exact geographical centre of Great Britain. This spot lies 4.5 miles north of which Lancashire village?

Dunsop Bridge

5.

In 1996 Kenneth Branagh produced a film version of Hamlet which included the character of Yorick, the former court jester to the King of Denmark, in flashback. Which well-known English comedian played the role? (first letter of the surname provides the anagram letter)

Ken Dodd

6.

Dumfries is the largest town in the Scottish region of Dumfries and Galloway. Which is the second largest and Scotland’s most southerly town?

Stranraer

7.

Which actress plays Sister Julienne, the Sister-in-Charge at the convent, in the BBC drama Call the Midwife? (first letter of the surname provides the anagram letter)

Jenny Agutter

8.

Which US State has a capital supposedly named by a French guide who cried out in delight when seeing a verdant wood-lined river valley after days of trekking through a barren landscape?

Idaho

(he cried out “Les Bois!” and the city which grew up there was called Boise)

9.

What was the better known name of François-Marie Arouet, the French philosopher who, amongst many other works, published Lettres Philosophiques sur les Anglais in 1734?

Voltaire

10.

Which football stadium has stands known as The Rookery and the Grahame Taylor stand?

Vicarage Road

(home to Watford)

 

 

and the celebrity is the politician....

David Davis