The Saturday Quiz: Weekly brain teaser

1. On television, which three words precede: New York, Miami, New Jersey, Atlanta, Beverly Hills, Orange County, Dallas, Melbourne and Cheshire?
2. The name of which field of mathematics derives from the Arabic for 'reunion of broken parts'?
3. What is musician Steveland Judkins better known as?
4. Which sport is practised by apneists?
5. According to 1920s MI5 files, several Eton boys were expelled for 'breaking bounds', to spend time with which infamous actress?
6. Held to be the work of Lao Tzu, which book's title translates as 'The Great Book of the Virtuous Way'?
7. What name links an Olympic protester, an international terrorist and a composer of electronic music?
8. Examples of what can be found in the library of the Dollar Academy in Scotland, the entrance of Aston Webb Great Hall at Birmingham University, and St Paul's Cathedral?
9. In 2008, which fictional character was named as a Japanese ambassador for tourism?
10. Sales of James Bond books soared in the US in the early 1960s when 'From Russia With Love' was included in whose list of top 10 favourite books?
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