- Which fictional wild west hero has been played in film and TV by Clayton Moore and Arnie Hammer?
- What title character appears in the second longest running musical in the West End, and has been played in the musical by Michael Crawford and in film by Lon Chaney?
- Who famously ate the liver of his census taker with some fava beans and a nice chianti?
- Who is the superhero alter ego of Peter Parker?
- What is the Spanish word for fox, also the name of a famous fictional swordsman created by Johnston McCulley?
- Which American heavy metal band’s nine members include Corey Taylor and Shawn Crahan, and have had hits with Wait and Bleed and Spit it Out?
- Which superhero’s name is also the name of a city and province in Southeastern Turkey?
- Which film character was played physically by David Prowse and in voice by James Earl Jones?
- Which first name is shared by the director of Its a Wonderful Life, the 1995 WBC Heavyweight champion, and Chelsea’s all-time leading scorer?
- What links the above 9 answers?
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- Which fictional wild west hero has been played in film and TV by Clayton Moore and Arnie Hammer?
A: The Lone Ranger - What title character appears in the second longest running musical in the West End, and has been played in the musical by Michael Crawford and in film by Lon Chaney?
A: The Phantom of the Opera - Who famously ate the liver of his census taker with some fava beans and a nice chianti?
A: Hannibal Lecter - Who is the superhero alter ego of Peter Parker?
A: Spiderman - What is the Spanish word for fox, also the name of a famous fictional swordsman created by Johnston McCulley?
A: Zorro - Which American heavy metal band’s nine members include Corey Taylor and Shawn Crahan, and have had hits with Wait and Bleed and Spit it Out?
A: Slipknot - Which superhero’s name is also the name of a city and province in Southeastern Turkey?
A: Batman (and they seem reasonably keen to cash in on the connection in quite an inventive way, as you can read here) - Which film character was played physically by David Prowse and in voice by James Earl Jones?
A: Darth Vader (though apparently Prowse is not that happy about it as you can read here) - Which first name is shared by the director of Its a Wonderful Life, the 1995 WBC Heavyweight champion, and Chelsea’s all-time leading scorer?
A: Frank (the rabbit from Donnie Darko) - What links the above 9 answers?
A: All famous for wearing masks
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