Following on from this introductory piece, here is another “oven-ready quiz round”.

10 questions with alliterative answers

The answers to the following questions are people or characters with alliterative names: in each case the first name and surname both begin with the same letter.

1 Which composer and songwriter, who died in 2023, wrote hits such as “Anyone who had a heart?” and “Raindrops keep falling on my head” with lyricist Hal David?

2 Who is my favourite “Friend”? Or, if you prefer, which actress played the part of Monica in the US sitcom “Friends”, still one of the most popular shows on Netflix?

3 Which singer had a #1 hit in 1979 with “I Will Survive”? (Gloria Gaynor)

4 Which Conservative MP was Chancellor of the Exchequer for most of Liz Truss’s brief spell as prime minister in 2022? (Kwasi Kwarteng)

5 Who is the current host of long-running Radio 4 programme “Desert Island Discs”?

6 Which TV presenter, and now musical theatre star, won the 2016 series of “Strictly Come Dancing” in partnership with Joanne Clifton? (Ore Oduba)

7 In the “Spider-Man” comic books and films, what is the super-hero’s secret identity, the name of the high school student who becomes Spider-Man? (Peter Parker)

8 Name the German football manager who was in charge at Chelsea FC between January 2021 and September 2022. (Thomas Tuchel)

9 Who was the poet laureate from 1843 to 1850, author of “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” (also known as “Daffodils”)?

10 Name the French footballer who scored twice in the FIFA World Cup Final of 1998, helping France to win the trophy; he went on to play for, and later manage, Real Madrid. (Zinedine Zidane)Not used

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