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26/04/2010 Labour's Out

The first and last letters of each of the 10 answers provide 20 different letters of the alphabet.  The letters L-A-B-O-U-R are not used.

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1.

What was the name of the sporting cockney grocer who was the hero of a series of books by 19th century novelist Robert Surtees?

2.

Of what elementary item are there varieties known as Up, Down, Top, Bottom, Charm and Strange?

3.

What German city on the Rhine is capital of the German Federal State of Rhineland-Palatinate?

4.

What genus of animal has the scientific name vulpes?

5.

In the John le Carré novel The Honourable Schoolboy what is the surname of the eponymous hero who also appears in le Carré’s previous novel Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy?

6.

An entertainer who literally ‘speaks from their stomach’ is better known as what?

7.

What driving technique was essential before the introduction of the synchronized gearbox?

8.

Which modern day capital city was planned by the 20th century English architect Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens?

9.

Which Caribbean island with a capital of Basse-Terre has as its unit of currency the euro?

10.

In 1970 the company Eli Lilly discovered Fluoxetine.  As what is it better known in the marketplace?