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Each answer contains 2 words which start with the official 2-letter postal abbreviation for a US State (so, for instance, an answer of Hayling Island would stand for Hawaii, since Hawaii has the postal code HI).

Starting from New York and ending in Los Angeles the answers track a journey through 10 adjacent States (excluding the journey start and end States of New York and California).

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1.

In the hit song Magic Moments which two words precede “…the games that we played, the fun and the prizes”?

Penny Arcade

(PA = Pennsylvania)

2.

Which American-born actor starred in the films The Music Box, Way Out West and Sons of the Desert?

Oliver Hardy

(OH = Ohio)

3.

In 2008 who replaced Fiona Bruce as presenter of BBC’s Crimewatch programme?

Kirsty Young

(KY = Kentucky)

4.

Which British composer wrote the theme music for the film The Killing Fields and had his most famous tune featured as part of the soundtrack to The Exorcist?

Mike Oldfield

(MO = Missouri)

5.

Which American actor starred in LA Confidential and The Shipping News and in 2008 was the artistic director of the Old Vic?

Kevin Spacey

(KS = Kansas)

6.

In which part of Lancashire’s county town is Deepdale?

North End (Deepdale is home ground of Preston North End FC)

(NE = Nebraska)

7.

Three players with the same surname have dominated the World Snooker Championship winning it 29 times in all.  Who was the most recent winner with this surname?

Steve Davis

(6 times winner; before him Joe Davis, 15 times winner, and Fred Davis 8 times winner)
(SD = South Dakota)

8.

Which group had a number one hit in 1977 with Chanson d’Amour?

Manhattan Transfer

(MT = Montana)

9.

Which punk rock musician wrote and performed Sex and Drugs and Rock ‘n Roll and, appropriately, Spasticus Autisticus?

Ian Drury

(ID = Idaho)

10.

What was the name of the Archbishop of San Salvador murdered in his cathedral in 1980?

Oscar Romero (OR = Oregon)