seven swans a-swimming!
(40 points total)

(1) First up, some people. They all have seven-letter names. They are also all known by a SINGLE name. Who are they?

IT EATS PEOPLE AND IT HAS ONE EYE
CYCLOPS
POP DIVA WHO PHOTOGRAPHED HERSELF BATHING IN ROSE PETALS TO SHOW HOW WE WERE ALL EXPERIENCING THE SAME THING IN 2020
MADONNA
POSSESSOR OF HIPS WHICH ARE INCAPABLE OF DECEPTION
SHAKIRA
WIDOW TWANKEY'S WISH-SEEKING, GENIE-GREETING SON
ALADDIN
SHE RECORDED A SONG WITH THAT JAY-Z FELLA-ELLA-ELLA
RIHANNA
WINNER OF THE BALLON D'OR IN 1997 AND 2002
RONALDO
SHABBY LOS ANGELES POLICEMAN WITH CATCHPHRASE 'JUST ONE MORE THING'
COLUMBO
MANAGER OF CENTRAL PERK COFFEE HOUSE
GUNTHER
WHAT THE ROMANS CALLED ODYSSEUS, ALSO THE NAME OF A LONG BOOK BY JAMES JOYCE
ULYSSES
SHE MARRIED THAT JAY-Z FELLA
BEYONCE

(2) I've chosen some IMDb keywords which they use to describe certain movies. Which movies are we talking about?

PALE SKIN / MAGICAL MIRROR / BASHFUL CHARACTER (1937)
SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS
MEXICAN BORDER / COWBOY HAT / OUTLAW GANG (1960)
THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN
WEDDING BOUQUET / MUSICAL / REPETITION IN TITLE (1954)
SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS
SCREWBALL COMEDY / AIR VENT / SKIRT (1955)
THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH
MYSTERIOUS MURDERER / BOX / ONE WORD TITLE (1955)
SE7EN

(3) Will you join me, at a safe distance, on my ramble? Everywhere we will visit has seven letters.

CITY THAT GIFTED US MANY COMEDIANS INCLUDING LIMMY, KEVIN BRIDGES AND FRANKIE BOYLE
GLASGOW
COUNTRY THAT'S HOME TO EYJAFJALLAJOKULL, THE VOLCANO THAT GROUNDED PLANES IN 2010 (again with the fuckin missing characters why did i pick this font)
ICELAND
HOME TOWN OF BARNEY AND BETTY RUBBLE AND THEIR FRIENDS
BEDROCK
HOME CASTLE OF LANCELOT, GALAHAD AND THEIR FRIENDS
CAMELOT
AFRICAN COUNTRY THAT'S ANOTHER AFRICAN COUNTRY WITH TWO EXTRA LETTERS AT THE END
NIGERIA
FICTIONAL EAST LONDON BOROUGH WITH POSTCODE E20
WALFORD
CAPITAL WHICH WE NOW CALL BY THIS NAME EXCEPT WHEN ORDERING DUCK
BEIJING
YOU COULD FIT ELEVEN EARTHS ACROSS ITS EQUATOR
JUPITER
ITS FORMER STUDENTS INCLUDE OBAMA, KENNEDY AND BOTH ROOSEVELTS
HARVARD
COUNTRY, NOT A UNITED NATIONS MEMBER IN ITS OWN RIGHT, HOME TO NODDY
TOYLAND

(4) It is well known that our planet has precisely seven seas. But the moon has many more. Five of them are included in the list below. The other five are lunar seas I've just made up. One point each time you can tell me: Moon or Loon?

SEA OF COLD
MOON!
SEA OF INVISIBILITY
LOON!
SEA OF TRANQUILITY
MOON!
SEA OF NECTAR
MOON!
SEA OF NOTHING
LOON!
SEA OF TROUBLE
LOON!
SEA OF CLEVERNESS
MOON!
SEA OF MYSTERY
LOON!
SEA OF HONEY
LOON!
SEA OF MOISTURE
MOON!

(5) He took 255 Test wickets and was voted off Strictly in Blackpool week.
GRAEME SWANN

(6) Finally, I'll give you the Olympic year and the initials; you give me the British swimming medallist.

2012, LONDON: R.A.
REBECCA ADLINGTON
1988, SEOUL: A.M.
ADRIAN MOORHOUSE
1980, MOSCOW: D.G. and S.D.
DUNCAN GOODHEW AND SHARRON DAVIES