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Thomas Eaton

1 Which stereotypical accent is based on a Robert Newton film role?

2 Which structure used to supply Nîmes with water?

3 Baker Thomas Dagger is said to have raised the alarm about what?

4 Who studied chimpanzees in Gombe?

5 Which Gulf sport uses robot jockeys?

6 The European “snake in the tunnel” was an agreement on what?

7 Severn is the largest class of boat in whose fleet?

8 Which fast food chain began life as Pete’s Super Submarines?

What links:

9 St Martin’s, Canterbury; Bevis Marks, Aldgate; Shah Jahan, Woking?

Alcuin; Guy Fawkes; WH

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