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1. Missing Link: Graham, Eric, Terry, Michael, John

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Answer: Terry. They are the first names of the members of Monty Python (Graham Chapman, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin, John Cleese, Terry Jones)
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2. Next In Line: France, Norway, Japan, USA, Italy, Canada, ?

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Answer: Russia. They are successive hosts of the Winter Olympics in recent years, with Russia next to host the Winter Olympics in Sochi in 2014.
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3. Word Connections: What word connects The Smiths; taxis; hierarchy; a unfancied contender; something disgusting; a Jamaican reggae fusion artist?

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Answer: Rank (The Smiths released the album Rank; a taxi rank; rank is a level of hierarchy; rank outsider; e.g. your mouth tastes rank; Shabba Ranks)
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4. Odd One Out: Sofia Loren; Victoria Beckham; Lewis Hamilton; Paris Hilton; Alex Kingston

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Answer: Lewis Hamilton. All the others have capital cities of countries in their name, whilst he only has the capital of a UK Overseas Territory - Hamilton, Bermuda. The others are Sofia, Bulgaria; Victoria, Seychelles; Paris, France; Kingston, Jamaica.
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5. Magic Number: lubricant; sleep; an Arabic tale; Steve Carell; a British reggae band

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Answer: 40 - WD-40; 40 winks; Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves; The 40yr Old Virgin; UB40
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6. You Do The Math: Snow leopard + A film director + A trendy area of Paris + a lack of mercy + an American poet + a US Coin + Keith Richards + a Staffordshire Village + an ISO country code = ?

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Answer: 1 ton 7 stone 1 pound and 1 ounce. The theme is imperial weights - A snow leopard is also known as an ounce; Oliver Stone; Latin Quarter of Paris (a quarter is 2 stone); no quarter (is nothing); Ezra Pound; a quarter; a Rolling Stone; Stone; TON is short for Tonga.
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7. Initially Speaking: WD, RA, "TPWO"

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Answer: Watership Down, Richard Adams, "The primroses were over".
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8. On The Job: Which actor's 1990's films saw him play a police detective; a software executive; a US President; a hunter; an investment banker; a hedge fund manager?

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Answer: Michael Douglas (Basic Instinct 1992; Disclosure 1994; The American President 1995; The Ghost and the Darkness 1996; The Game 1997; A Perfect Murder 1998)
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9. Lettermorphosis: Vitamin; Car; Comedian; Rene Artois; Rapper

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Answer: K; KA; KAY; KAYE; KANYE
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10. Codebreaker: If Lindsay Lohan is 24097527, Nelson Mandela is 46664, Jean Valjean is 24601, what is Andy Dufresne?

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Answer: 37927. They are their prisoner numbers.
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Friday 23rd July

1. Missing Link: Graham, Eric, Terry, Michael, John

2. Next In Line: France, Norway, Japan, USA, Italy, Canada, ?

3. Word Connections: What word connects The Smiths; taxis; hierarchy; a unfancied contender; something disgusting; a Jamaican reggae fusion artist?

4. Odd One Out: Sofia Loren; Victoria Beckham; Lewis Hamilton; Paris Hilton; Alex Kingston

5. Magic Number: lubricant; sleep; an Arabic tale; Steve Carell; a British reggae band

6. You Do The Math: Snow leopard + A film director + A trendy area of Paris + a lack of mercy + an American poet + a US Coin + Keith Richards + a Staffordshire Village + an ISO country code = ?

7. Initially Speaking: WD, RA, "TPWO"

8. On The Job: Which actor's 1990's films saw him play a police detective; a software executive; a US President; a hunter; an investment banker; a hedge fund manager?

9. Lettermorphosis: Vitamin; Car; Comedian; Rene Artois; Rapper

10. Codebreaker: If Lindsay Lohan is 24097527, Nelson Mandela is 46664, Jean Valjean is 24601, what is Andy Dufresne?

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