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I'm a Celeb - 27/08/18 - Questions & Answers

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27/08/2018 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.

Which band’s original line up consisted of vocalist Axl Rose, lead guitarist Slash, rhythm guitarist Izzy Stradlin, bassist Duff McKagan, and drummer Steven Adler?

Guns N’ Roses

2.

The TV crime drama Trapped broadcast on the BBC in 2015 was made in which country?

Iceland

3.

The English National league (i.e. the fifth tier) football club formerly known as Gravesend & Northfleet is now known by what name?

Ebbsfleet United FC

4.

Which model of car was famously described in the 1970s by Car magazine as a "Cortina in drag"?

Capri

(made by Ford)

5.

Lanfranc was the first Archbishop of Canterbury following the Norman invasion in 1066. Which celebrated theologian, philosopher and Benedictine monk succeeded him? He was later canonised.

Anselm 

 

6.

The former Labour government minister Peter Mandelson is the grandson of which politician who was leader of the London County Council between 1934 and 1940? (surname provides the anagram letter)

Herbert Morrison

7.

German East Africa was a colony of Germany between the 1880s and the end of World War One. It consisted of mainland Tanzania, Burundi and which other modern day African nation?

Rwanda

8.

16th century French writer François Rabelais wrote a series of novels about a pair of giants. One was called Pantagruel. What was the name of the other?

Gargantua

9.

Which 1977 hit song contains the lyrics: “No more carefree laughter / Silence ever after / Walking through an empty house, tears in my eyes / Here is where the story ends, this is goodbye”?

Knowing Me, Knowing You

(by Abba)

10.

What word, meaning a chauvinistic sabre-rattling patriotism, derives from a 19th century music hall song about the British reaction to the Russo-Turkish war of 1877-78?

Jingoism

(the song contained the phrase “We don't want to fight but by Jingo if we do”)

 

 

and the celebrity is ....

Mick Jagger