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1. ODD ONE OUT - Malcolm McDowell, Robbie Fowler, Vivienne Westwood, Isla Fisher

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Answer: Robbie Fowler - The others share surnames with members of the victorious European Ryder Cup team, whilst Robbie shares his surname with a member of the US Ryder Cup Team.
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2. MISSING LINK - Loyd; Nadia; Michel; Gary; John; ?

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Answer: Gregg - They are the names of the presenters who have fronted the different incarnations of Masterchef. Loyd Grossman, Nadia Sawalha, Michel Roux Jr., Gary Rhodes, John Torode, Gregg Wallace.
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3. NEXT IN LINE - Victoria, Kuala Lumpur, Manchester, Melbourne, ?

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Answer: Delhi - They are the most recent host cities of the Commonwealth Games
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4. INITIALLY SPEAKING - RB, GWTW, "FMDIDGAD"

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Answer: RHETT BUTLER, GONE WITH THE WIND, "FRANKLY MY DEAR I DON'T GIVE A DAMN"
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5. WORD CONNECTIONS - What word links P.G.Wodehouse; Fruit; Cluedo; Ball; Choice

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Answer: Plum - P.G. Wodehouse was known as Plum, a nickname derived from his first name Pelham; Plum; Professor Plum; Plum; Plum, as in 'a plum job'
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6. LETTERMORPHOSIS - cup; magazine; free; straddle; crest; perineum; shorten; fictional town; university town

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Answer: d; id; rid; ride; ridge; bridge; abridge; ambridge; cambridge
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7. MAGIC NUMBER - moon; X; rabbit; Nigel Tufnel

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Answer: 11 - Apollo 11 space flight landed the first men on the moon; the letter X is derived from the Ionian letter xi, which is identical to the roman numeral for 11; The 11th member of a cricket team is known as the rabbit; Nigel Tufnel had amps that turned up to 11.
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8. CODEBREAKER - If orange is 2, green is 4, violet is 7, what is blue?

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Answer: 5 - They are the order of the most commonly cited sequence of the 7 colours of the rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet.
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9. QUIZINE - What wood is most often used to make wooden spoons?

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Answer: Beech
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10. SPELLBOUND - Switzerland + Bay + Festival + Fronts + Mel + Bomb + Byatt + Mail= hilarious car pursuit

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Answer: CH+E+V+Y+C+H+AS+E = Chevy Chase
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