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1.

Which US town features in a 2017 film starring Frances McDormand and Woody Harrelson?

Ebbing

(the film is Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)

2.

The village of Arkholme-with-Cawood in North Lancashire sent 59 men off to fight in WW1.  At the end of the war 59 returned.  Far from joyous such village communities were often filled with shame for not having paid a price.  What is the popular title given to such villages?

Thankful villages

3.

Which common grocery product is advertised with a logo which includes an ancient long blowing horn instrument?

Lurpak

(the instrument is the lur formerly used in Denmark)

4.

In chemistry and physics what is the term that defines the number of constituent particles - usually atoms or molecules - that are contained in the amount of substance given by one mole?

Avogadro’s constant

5.

Which Cole Porter song includes references to: Plymouth Rock, Mae West, Rockefeller, the Vanderbilts and Sam Goldwyn?

Anything Goes

6.

Which metalloid chemical element (atomic number 52) derives its name from the Latin word meaning ‘earth’?

Tellurium

(‘tellus’ is the Latin word for ‘earth’)

7.

What is the name of the Government’s official country residence (until a few days ago) available for use by Liam Fox, Boris Johnson and David Davis?

Chevening

8.

Which national capital has a name meaning ‘Blackpool’?

Dublin

9.

Which American effectively started the downfall of Senator Joseph McCarthy through a series of reports on his television program See It Now? (the first letter of his surname provides the anagram letter) 

Ed Murrow

10.

In Warner Brothers famous Looney Tunes series of cartoons which character was constantly chased by Wile E Coyote?

Road Runner

and the celebrity is ....

Matt Cardle