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Each answer contains either the surname or the occupation of one of the 6 mechanicals in Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream.  In some answers the theme is evident through sound rather than spelling.  The surname and occupation omitted are respectively Starveling and Bellows-Mender.

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1.

What joins Nantwich, Winsford, Northwich and ends up near Runcorn?

2.

Which body of water lies to the north of Australia in the gulf between the Northern Territories and Queensland?

3.

In a traditional 19th century Irish bar what name was given to a small, private room that had a frosted glass window, set above head height, accessing the bar in which you usually paid a higher price for your beer, but could not be seen by the other patrons (the name was later adopted by pubs across the UK)?

4.

What links Hilton, Wilding, Todd, Fisher and Warner (amongst others)?

5.

The word ‘marmelo’ is Portuguese for which fruit?

6.

Which BBC TV drama series of 1979 had an opening sequence featuring a Russian matrioshka doll?

7.

Which US athlete won 3 Gold medals in the 1988 Seoul Olympics but then died in her sleep in 1998 at the age of 38?

8.

The name of the German breed of dog, the Schnauzer, is derived from which part of its anatomy?

9.

Which modern orchestral instrument does the ocarina most closely resemble?

10.

Which Lancashire town lying on the East Lancashire railway line between Rawtenstall and Heywood, hosts the annual World Black Pudding Throwing competition (the puddings are thrown underarm in an attempt to dislodge a pile of Yorkshire puddings)?