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1. The purportedly deaf, donut snatching, four-legged partner of Canadian Mountie Benton Fraser, in the TV series Due South, was named after a Canadian prime minister. What was his name?
2. In the Bible, the Book of Judges, she was a Prophetess and Judge of Israel, the only woman to hold that office. What was her name?
3. Which singer won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1988 representing Switzerland?
4. In Greek mythology, he was a craftsman and inventor, said to have built the labyrinth for King Minos of Crete in which the Minotaur was kept. What was his name?
5. "My fun days are over" were reputedly the dying words of whom?
6. Which infectious disease, transmitted by the bite of a mosquito, is also known as 'breakbone fever'?
7. Which actor's surname means 'spiritual' in Russian?
8. Which 7th century BC Athenian legislator's name has become synonymous with harsh legislation?
9. Which composer, despite going blind and losing the use of his limbs, continued to compose by dictation until his death in 1934?
10. What is the name of the housekeeper in Daphne Du Maurier's classic novel 'Rebecca'?
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