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[cinelli]

All the answers are linked in some way. Once you have spotted the link, any you didn’t know the first time around should become easier.

1. This paralympic athlete won ten grand slam tennis titles between 2007 and 2012.
2. It is reported that Mr H performed ten of these on solid ground
3. The fourth son of King George V.
4. Carroll’s grinning animal.
5. A luxury apartment on west 90th Street in Manhattan, built in the art nouveau style.
6. This actress won an Emmy for the Forsyte Saga.
7. He sang the lead vocal for an enormous hit record in the summertime of 1970.
8. His best bowling analysis was nine wickets for 57 against South Africa.
9. She has won several Sony awards for various radio programmes.
10. “Rock on” was one of his biggest hits.

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[UncleEbenezer]

All the answers are linked in some way. Once you have spotted the link, any you didn’t know the first time around should become easier.
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Sorry, can't deduce the link from just the cheshire cat (well, unless it's totally cheesy). Googling for this kind of thing is ... not my cup of tea.

I guess you need a pub quiz team to pool trivia knowledge.

[mc2fool]

Once you have spotted the link, any you didn’t know the first time around should become easier.

Yes, pretty easy with a quick bit of googling ... although number 2 is a bit corny!

[redsturgeon]

Knew the cat
The Rock On singer gave me the link
Still don't know them all

John

[panamagold]

... although number 2 is a bit corny!

I think that description would be better applied to #5

#2? ..a bit of a stretch really.

[cinelli]

Here are the answers to the links puzzle:

1. Peter Norfolk
2. Somerset (a fragment from the Beatles song “Being for the Benefit of Mr Kite”)
3. Duke of Kent
4. Cheshire cat
5. The Cornwall
6. Susan Hampshire
7. Ray Dorset
8. Devon Malcolm
9. Victoria Derbyshire
10. David Essex

The link was English counties

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