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From: The Independent - London
Date: 20070908
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1. What links: Edward II, Richard II, Henry VI, Edward V and James II?

2. Which father links: Oscar Wilde, Jim Morrison, Frederic Chopin, Gioacchino Rossini, Sarah Bernhardt, Georges Bizet, Honore Balzac, Isadora Duncan, Gertrude Stein, Edith Piaf?

3. What was Alfred Hitchcock's first colour film, famous for using just 10 shots - three lasting around 10 minutes, five between seven and eight minutes, and the two final shots lasting only about four-and-a-half and five-and-a-half minutes respectively?

4. What are the next three numbers: 3, 2, 4, 5, 6, 4, 5?

5. What links: Charlotte Rhodes to Aram ...

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