Take a letter: 10 questions

Each question has two parts. The second part is the first part with the first letter removed.

Example: US President and a type of steak = Trump/rump

1. A military duke and a jazzy duke
2. An old German and a part of a nerve cell
3. An Arabian country and a British island
4. A former European country and a modern-day country
5. The Latin for “nobody” and a character from a famous novel, and a kind of music popular with goths
6. A big cat and a charged atom
7. The Japanese Prime Minister and the chemical symbol for Beryllium
8. Payment made for the temporary use of real estate, and a three letter abbreviation for the section of a hospital dealing with otorhinolaryngology
9. A cut of meat and an expensive hardwood
10. Someone who lives away from the mainland, and defamation in writing

Answers below (scroll down)

1. A military duke and a jazzy duke
   A: Wellington/Ellington
2. An old German and a part of a nerve cell
   A: Saxon/Axon
3. An Arabian country and a British island
   A: Oman/Man
4. A former European country and a modern-day country
   A: Prussia/Russia
5. The Latin for “nobody” and a character from a famous novel, and a kind of music popular with goths
   A: Nemo/Emo
6. A big cat and a charged atom
   A: Lion/Ion
7. The Japanese Prime Minister and the chemical symbol for Beryllium
   A: Abe/Be
8. Payment made for the temporary use of real estate, and a three letter abbreviation for the section of a hospital dealing with otorhinolaryngology
   A: Rent/ENT
9. A cut of meat and an expensive hardwood
   A: Steak/Teak
10. Someone who lives away from the mainland, and defamation in writing
    A: Islander/Slander