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1.   Who was rebranded as an entrepreneur this week? 
2.   Also this week, what milestone was reached by the FTSE 100?
3.   What four letter word links an Irish county with a common sauce?           
4.   Name the band.   

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5.   What general name is given to any tree that produces its seeds in cones?                                                                     
6.   What word for a nickname comes from an early French word for ‘a playful tap under the chin’?
7.   Which rare, bearlike mammal has an enlarged wrist bone that functions rather like a thumb, enabling it to handle food?   
8.   What was the name of the puppet who was eventually granted his wish to be ‘a real boy’ ? 
9.   What links these pictures?     

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10.   Name the mini series 

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11.   The name of which online reference work comes from the Hawaiian for ‘fast’ and the classical Greek for ‘education’? 
12.   Which famous street in New York is named after an embankment built by Dutch settlers to repel attacking forces?   
13.   Name the game 

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14.   An oxide of which heavy metal is used to make crystal glass? 
15.   Which breed of duck gives its name to a shade of greenish-blue resembling the coloured patches over its eyes? 
16.   The trademark of which company was a radio tower on top of the Earh, transmitting rhythmic signals?
17.   In English verse, what name is given to a pause in the middle of a metrical line?   
18.   I wish to buy a canoe.  The price is 11 dollars, but I only have local currency.  The exchange rate is  11 acorns = 15 dollars, 11 shells = 16 dollars and 11 beads =17 dollars.  How many of each currency unit should I pay?
 
19.   What links these pictures:

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20.   Unscramble the two words:  A A A B H I J M O S S

3. mayo
9 balboa
11 wikipaedia
19. is maybe grey  as in greystoke grey friars and grey havens
5 conifers....but seems a bit easy
7 panda
8 Pinocchio
15 teal
16 RKO

Can't believe I couldn't get mayo, the missus is from there and I've been there loads of times!  :-[

4 is Arcade Fire.

12. Wall Street

18. 1 shell, 0 beads and 7 acorns

19. Plus Grey skull reg

Confirmation then  :)....didn't know that one. 

10. Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit.

20. Samosa & Bhaji

2. There is now at least one female board member on every FTSE 100 company.
6. Sobriquet?
13.  Not sure but could be Moshi Monsters.

14. Lead?

Without checking:
6. Moniker?
7. Sloth?
14. Lead?
17. Caesura?

Ah yes sobriquet. Good thinking.

5. coniferous?

8. Pinocchio

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He man - Masters f the Universe
Tarzan - Lord of the Jungle
Bilbo - Lord of the Rings

What Billy Bunter has to do with it I have no clue

I think we're only missing the answer to No 1.  I don't know the answer but am just wondering if it could be Michael Eavis?

It's a grey area,  Audrey

Billy Bunter went to Greyfriars school

How about Russell Brand, based on a pun worthy of the TEF; he addressed the 50,000 strong anti-austerity march, last weekend....maybe he said somethingabout being an entrepreneur.  Interestingly the march started at the BBC in protest about them being the mouthpiece for the Tory government....strangely there was no mention of the march on BBC news  :)

1 is Barbie.

Could be, Reg.

Oh, OK.  Good shout.  Missed that one.

Said with the type of certainty I like....all done now then.

Well done TEF

1.   Who was rebranded as an entrepreneur this week?  Barbie 
2.   Also this week, what milestone was reached by the FTSE 100?  All 100 companies now have at least one female board member
3.   What four letter word links an Irish county with a common sauce?  Mayo           
4.   Name the band.     Arcade Fire

5.   What general name is given to any tree that produces its seeds in cones?  Conifer                                                                     
6.   What word for a nickname comes from an early French word for ‘a playful tap under the chin’? Sobriquet
7.   Which rare, bearlike mammal has an enlarged wrist bone that functions rather like a thumb, enabling it to handle food?  (Giant) Panda   
8.   What was the name of the puppet who was eventually granted his wish to be ‘a real boy’ ?  Pinocchio 
9.   What links these pictures?       Balboa – the currency of Panama, and Rocky’s surname
 
10.   Name the mini series    Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit

11.   The name of which online reference work comes from the Hawaiian for ‘fast’ and the classical Greek for ‘education’?  Wikipedia
12.   Which famous street in New York is named after an embankment built by Dutch settlers to repel attacking forces?  Wall Street 
13.   Name the game    Moshi Monsters
14.   An oxide of which heavy metal is used to make crystal glass?  Lead 
15.   Which breed of duck gives its name to a shade of greenish-blue resembling the coloured patches over its eyes?  Teal 
16.   The trademark of which company was a radio tower on top of the Earth, transmitting rhythmic signals?  RKO Film Studios
17.   In English verse, what name is given to a pause in the middle of a metrical line?  Caesura   
18.   I wish to buy a canoe.  The price is 11 dollars, but I only have local currency.  The exchange rate is  11 acorns = 15 dollars, 11 shells = 16 dollars and 11 beads =17 dollars.  How many of each currency unit should I pay?  7 acorns and 1 shell
 
19.   What links these pictures:  Fictional GREY places (He-Man lives in Castle Grayskull; Billy Bunter went to Greyfriars School;  Taran aka Lord Greystoke; the Grey Havens from Lord of the Rings)

         

20.   Unscramble the two words:  A A A B H I J M O S S  BHAJI & SAMOSA