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29/04/2019 I'm a Celebrity.... 10 general knowledge questions alongside a part-picture of a celebrity.  The celebrity's name (first name and surname) is formed from an anagram of the first letters of the 10 answers.

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1.

"It’s been 7 hours and 13 days" is the first line from which hit song?

Nothing Compares 2 U

(by Sinead O’Connor)

2.

Which prominent Conservative politician did Iain Duncan Smith succeed as sitting MP in 1992? (surname provides the anagram letter)

Norman Tebbit

3.

The internal angles of a hexagon add up to how many degrees?

Seven hundred and twenty

4.

“Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health!” are words spoken by Romeo in Romeo and Juliet. What form of speech is Shakespeare using here?

Oxymoron

5.

What condition was Viagra originally developed to treat?

Angina

6.

After Arabic which is the second most commonly spoken semitic language in the world? Most speakers live on the eastern side of the African continent.

Amharic

(the official language of Ethiopia) 

7.

In a game of ten pin bowling, what would be your score after bowling your first 3 balls if you had bowled a strike, followed by a 5, then a 2?

Twenty-four

(10+5+2+5+2) 

8.

Two English cathedrals are designated World Heritage sites. One is Canterbury which is the other?

Durham

9.

Of all the Soviet leaders from Lenin through to Gorbachev who ruled for the shortest period? He was in power for just 6 months between the death of Stalin and the accession of Khrushchev. (surname provides the anagram letter)

(Georgy) Malenkov

10.

The former Labour MP Tam Dalyell was well known for raising the constitutional issue of Welsh, Scottish and Northern Irish MPs voting on internal matters that purely affected England whereas, post-devolution, English MPs could no longer vote on similar matters affecting Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. For the first half of his political career which constituency did Dalyell represent?

West Lothian

(hence the issue became known as the ‘West Lothian Question’)

 

 

and the celebrity is the former England Rugby International...

Matt Dawson