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1. Many Terry Fords I found on my Internet trawls were involved in management and in public service. One was a senior management consultant for IBM. What, for many years, was the IBM's nickname?
2. "Whenever I get a job, people think they're hiring Indiana Jones on the cheap," quipped a Terence Ford I found a record of at IMDb. Who was his famous brother?
3. The next Terry Ford revealed by an Internet search was in fact a Terri Ford, a native of California and an award-winning painter. Her particular genre was pastels. One of the main differences between pastel paintings and oil paintings was that in pastels, colors are mixed on the paper rather than on a palette.
4. Another Terry Ford I found on my trawl of the Internet was an official of the Department for Works and Pensions in the United Kingdom. The DWP had administrative buildings in many towns and cities. Working in the Leeds offices might have left employees feeling rosy. Which of these was a nickname for their building?
5. In Dallas, Texas I found an Internet record of a Terry Ford who was a "DVM". That's a medical term. What kind of specialty does a DVM have?
6. Another Terry Ford that I found on the Internet was a sportsman. The website told me he was a 'southpaw'. Which of these sports was he involved in?
7. Those of you with an interest in literature may well have heard of the poet Terri Ford. Her publisher's website told me she hailed from the State of Minnesota where "she laughs at the weather". Which of these was a nickname of Minnesota?
8. I was very impressed to learn that another Terry Ford I found on the Internet was deeply committed to building energy-efficient houses from his base in Flagstaff, Arizona. Which US highway, much famed in song, ran through Flagstaff from the Windy City bound for the promised land?
9. In Marlborough, New Zealand, I learned from the Internet that a farmer by the name of Terry Ford had spent a lifetime growing tomatoes. That's a long way from the place tomatoes were first discovered. From which part of the world was the tomato a native?
10. One of the busiest radio and internet sports presenters/commentators around in the opening years of the 20th century was a Baltimore native called Terry Ford. In 1996, the city got a new National Football League franchise named in honour of a famous literary figure associated with the city. What was it called?
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