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1.

What was the name of the stave carried by Moses’s brother which, according to the Torah, gave him magical powers during the Plagues of Egypt?

2.

Which pop song contains the following lines:

“Ooh you know a man ain't suppose to cry / But these tears I can't hold inside / Losing you would end my life you see / Because you mean that much to me / You could have told me yourself / That you've gone and found someone else.”?

3.

Which is the only Manchester Metrolink stop named after a former Lord Mayor?

4.

What was the surname of the notorious Polish-born landlord who was referred to in the recent TV drama The Trial of Christine Keeler as having a relationship with both Mandy Rice-Davies and Christine Keeler?

5.

John Sentamu, Archbishop of York has the middle name ‘Mugabi’ – i.e. almost the same as the surname of the late ruler of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe.  In 2007 when Black Sheep Brewery named Sentamu their ‘Yorkshireman of the Year’ he jokingly wondered whether in naming him his parents had combined some foresight that he would have the opposite views to those of Mugabe and that he would end up in Yorkshire.  To what local phrase was he referring?

6.

What was the name of the film nominated for a ‘Best film’ Oscar in 2018 which told the story of the live-in housekeeper of a middle class family in a suburb of Mexico City in the 1970s?

7.

In 1992 the football club based in the small Northamptonshire town of Irthlingborough merged with that of a nearby town.  The second word of the Irthlingborough club name became the last word of the name of the new ‘merged’ club.  Between 2001 and 2006 the new club played in Football League Division 2 prior to relegation back to the Conference then, in 2011, dissolution.  What was the second word of the Irthlingborough club name?

8.

Which region of Frank Baum’s fictional Land of Oz was ruled by the Wicked Witch of the East?

9.

Which geological period spanned the 60 million year interlude between the Silurian and the Carboniferous? It takes its name from an English place name.

10.

In 1991 Annie Leibovitz took a famous photo of a naked and heavily pregnant Demi Moore.  In which publication did it first appear?

...and now identify the celebrity whose first name and surname makes up an anagram of the first letters of the 10 answers