six geese a-laying!
(40 points total)

(1) Let's kick off with some people who have six-letter names. Again, they are all known by a single name. Who are they?

HE'S APPARENTLY BEEN SPENDING MOST OF HIS LIFE LIVING IN A GANGSTA'S PARADISE
COOLIO
WIZARD WHO HAS BEEN PLAYED BY JOSEPH FIENNES, JOHN GIELGUD AND COLIN MORGAN
MERLIN
IT WAS HIS REAL NAME, THEN IT WAS FORMERLY HIS REAL NAME, BUT HE WASN'T REALLY ROYAL
PRINCE
THE MOST EXPENSIVE FOOTBALLER IN HISTORY
NEYMAR
VOGUE AND TATLER COVER STAR WHO RETIRED FROM MODELLING IN 1970
TWIGGY
LOVER OF APHRODITE WHOSE NAME IS NOW USED TO MEAN 'A HANDSOME FELLOW'
ADONIS
RAPPER WHOSE REAL NAME'S INITIALS ARE M AND M
EMINEM
HE HAS A MAGICAL PENN FRIEND
TELLER
GREEK GOD OF MUSIC WHOSE NAME IS USED FOR MUSIC VENUES FROM HAMMERSMITH TO HARLEM
APOLLO
WORLD'S RICHEST SPRAY-PAINTER
BANKSY
70 YEAR-OLD BEAGLE
SNOOPY
FORMER FIREFIGHTER, PALAEONTOLOGIST AND PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, FULL NAME BARBARA MILLICENT ROBERTS
BARBIE

(2) The following sentences are taken from the Wikipedia pages about animals with six-letter names. In fact, they're all mammals this time. But which ones?

'SHELTERS UNDERGROUND, IN A BURROW CALLED A SETT, WHICH MAY BE VERY EXTENSIVE'
BADGER
'HAND-LIKE FRONT FEET PERFECT FOR CONSTRUCTION TASKS'
BEAVER
'NOT A BAT, DESPITE THE NAME'
WOMBAT
'TUSKS ARE ALSO USED TO FORM AND MAINTAIN HOLES IN THE ICE'
WALRUS

(3) Time for my regular ramble. All my destinations have six-letter names. Where am I headed this time?

WHAT WE CALL BOMBAY NOW
MUMBAI
FRENCH PORT THAT'S CLOSEST TO THE UK
CALAIS
SITE OF KUBLA KHAN'S STATELY PLEASUREDOME AND THE ONLY UK NUMBER ONE SINGLE THAT BEGINS WITH AN 'X'
XANADU
REALM OF MIDDLE EARTH THAT IS INACCESSIBLE TO PEDESTRIANS
MORDOR
COUNTRY WHERE YOU CAN VISIT THE MUSEUM ABBAMUSEET
SWEDEN
COUNTRY WHOSE BORDER WITH ENGLAND IS IN A WARDROBE
NARNIA
CITY IN GWYNEDD WITH THE SAME NAME AS THE NEXT ANSWER
BANGOR
TOWN IN COUNTY DOWN WITH THE SAME NAME AS THE PREVIOUS ANSWER
BANGOR

(4) Now, it's the 'a-laying' bit. Here are the initials of five songs with 'Lay' in the title. Full titles please.

[ABBA, 1980] L. A. Y. L. O. M.
LAY ALL YOUR LOVE ON ME
[Eric Clapton, 1977] L. D. S.
LAY DOWN SALLY
[Pixie Lott, 2014 / Avicii, 2013 / Sam Smith, 2013] L. M. D.
LAY ME DOWN
[Marvin Gaye, 1962 / Paul Young, 1983] W. I. L. M. H. (T. M. H.)
WHEREVER I LAY MY HAT (THAT'S MY HOME)
[Bob Dylan, 1969] L. L. L.
LAY, LADY, LAY

(5) Next, brought to us by the number six and the Six Nations, are a collection of names. Half of them are genuine rugby players of past and present. The other half exist only in my imagination. A point each time you can tell me: Try or Lie?

SONNY 'BILL' WILLIAMS
TRY!
TONY TORTELLONI
LIE!
DUNCAN GROWL
LIE!
BRIAN O'BRIEN
TRY!
JEFFERSON POIROT
TRY!
WILLEM ADJ-HOHG
LIE!
CHRISTIAN POPE
LIE!
BILLY TWELVETREES
TRY!
VALERIE COCHONNE
LIE!
DAI YOUNG
TRY!

(6) Finally, our goose. In Top Gun, Radar Intercept Officer Nick Bradshaw is nicknamed Goose. What is the nickname of his best friend Pete Mitchell?

MAVERICK