(1) Let's start with some people who have eight-letter names; four in the first name and four in the surname each time.

ENTREPRENEUR WHO LIKES TRYING TO GO TO OUTER SPACE

ELON MUSK

STRICTLY HOST WITH 12 FEWER LETTERS IN HER NAME THAN CLAUDIA WINKELMAN

TESS DALY

POLITICAL PHILOSOPHER BURIED IN HIGHGATE CEMETERY

KARL MARX

M*A*S*H STAR WHOSE STAGE SURNAME IS AN ABBREVIATION OF ALPHONSO D'ABRUZZO

ALAN ALDA

SHE LOVED ROCK 'N' ROLL IN 1982

JOAN JETT

ONLY MEMBER OF TAKE THAT ELIGIBLE TO APPEAR IN THIS QUESTION

MARK OWEN

POP DIVA WHOSE NAME MEANT THAT SHE ALSO FEATURED IN OUR '9' QUIZ

LADY GAGA

MONTY PYTHON MEMBER WHO WROTE THE ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE THEME

ERIC IDLE

HEARTTHROB ACTOR WHOSE BREAKTHROUGH WAS THELMA AND LOUISE

BRAD PITT

1995 OPEN GOLF CHAMPION QUITE RIGHTLY NICKNAMED 'WILD THING'

JOHN DALY

(2) Next, some milk. These words come from recipes on the BBC website which use milk, condensed or otherwise. What are the recipes for?

SLICE THE BANANAS AND LAYER THEM OVER THE SET CARAMEL

BANOFFEE PIE

REPEAT THE LAYERS OF BREAD AND SULTANAS, SPRINKLING WITH CINNAMON

BREAD AND BUTTER PUDDING

WHISK THE RESTED BATTER AND POUR IT OVER THE BROWNED SAUSAGES

TOAD IN THE HOLE

(3) Time for my regular ramble. My itinerary was decided very simply: I will only visit towns, rivers, mountains and so on with eight-letter names.

HIGHEST MOUNTAIN IN THE BRITISH ISLES

BEN NEVIS

CITY THAT JOSEPH AND MARY TOOK JESUS TO AFTER HIS BIRTH

NAZARETH

CAPITAL OF THE 50TH STATE TO JOIN THE USA

HONOLULU

ISLAND THAT GAVE US SIR GARFIELD SOBERS AND RIHANNA

BARBADOS

MOST WESTERLY MAJOR TOWN OF CORNWALL

PENZANCE

NOT CONSTANTINOPLE

ISTANBUL

WELSH ISLAND WHERE YOU CAN VISIT LLANFAIRPWLLGWYNGYLLGOGERYCHWYRNDROBWLLLLANTYSILIOGOGOGOCH

ANGLESEY

TWO EUROPEAN COUNTRIES WHOSE NAMES DIFFER BY ONLY TWO LETTERS (TWO POINTS)

SLOVAKIA AND SLOVENIA

(4) Now, some movie franchises which did what Police Academy has been trying to do since 1994: reach eight movies. I'll take out the key bits from titles, you give me the name of the series for a point each time.

____ II; ____ BALBOA

ROCKY

____: THE FINAL CHAPTER; JIG____

SAW

____: A VERY MINTY CHRISTMAS; ____: THE RUNAWAY RAINBOW

MY LITTLE PONY

____ AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE; ____ AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS

HARRY POTTER

(5) Who is the go-to English quiz monarch? Henry VIII, of course. Which leads us to this. A selection of monarchs with regnal number VIII. Five really existed, five did not. So, a point each time you can tell me: Ruler or Fooler?

CHARLES VIII a.k.a. CHARLES THE AFFABLE OF FRANCE

RULER!

FERDINAND VIII a.k.a. FERDINAND THE BASHFUL OF SPAIN

FOOLER!

ERNEST VIII a.k.a. ERNEST THE RICH OF THE NETHERLANDS

FOOLER!

NEFERKARE VIII a.k.a. NEFERKARE THE BEAUTIFUL OF EGYPT

RULER!

ABGAR VIII a.k.a. ABGAR THE GREAT OF OSROENE

RULER!

ALBERT VIII a.k.a. ALBERT THE FORGETFUL OF BELGIUM

FOOLER!

ALFONSO VIII a.k.a. ALFONSO THE NOBLE OF CASTILE

RULER!

ALEXANDER VIII a.k.a. ALEXANDER THE FELON OF RUSSIA

FOOLER!

CLAUDE VIII a.k.a. CLAUDE THE INSATIABLE OF FLANDERS

FOOLER!

CONSTANTINE VIII a.k.a. CONSTANTINE THE PURPLE OF THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE

RULER!

(6) Finally, the remaining part of our theme.

WHICH NICKNAME FOR JOAN OF ARC PROVIDED THE TITLE FOR AN OPERA BY TCHAIKOVSKY AND A SONG BY ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK?

MAID OF ORLEANS

IN WHICH ROMCOM DOES A HOTEL EMPLOYEE PLAYED BY JENNIFER LOPEZ FALL IN LOVE WITH A SENATORIAL CANDIDATE PLAYED BY RALPH FIENNES?

MAID IN MANHATTAN

WHICH COMPANY PIONEERED THE DISTRIBUTION OF FROZEN ORANGE JUICE CONCENTRATE?

MINUTE MAID

WHICH CHARACTER FROM FOLKLORE HAS BEEN PLAYED BY UMA THURMAN, AUDREY HEPBURN AND CATE BLANCHETT?

MAID MARIAN