ANSWERS

1. The Emancipation Proclamation

2. ITV. The first advert was for Gibbs SR toothpaste.

3. Iraq

4. Friends. The coffee shop is Central Perk.

5. Michael Faraday

6. U-9

7. Düsseldorf (she was Anne of Cleves)

8. Andrea Bocelli. The song is "Time to Say Goodbye" ("Con te partirò").

9. It is the shared birthday of Bilbo and Frodo Baggins.

10. Rosamunde Pilcher