(1) As in recent editions, all the answers are people known by a single name, this time of three letters. Since I suspect this is the last time we can do this in the current iteration of the quiz, good luck.

FRIEND OF WINNIE-THE-POOH, OF ANTIPODEAN ORIGIN

ROO

HAIRY, HORNY GREEK FIGURE WHO GAVE HIS NAME TO THE PIPES HE PLAYED

PAN

FICTIONAL CAT WHO WILL RE-APPEAR IN A CARTOON/LIVE-ACTION HYBRID MOVIE NEXT YEAR

TOM

SOUTH KOREAN WITH OVER THREE BILLION YOUTUBE VIEWS

PSY

THE ACTUAL FIRST LADY?

EVE

LOVE INTEREST PLAYED BY GABRIELLE GLAISTER IN BLACKADDER

BOB

IN THE BIBLE, HIS WIFE WAS TURNED INTO A CONDIMENT

LOT

HE ROARS AT THE BEGINNING OF MGM MOVIES

LEO

SOCK-LIKE IRISH EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL PUPPET AND POP STAR, PARTNER OF ZAG

ZIG

CONCEIVED OF AS THE SUPREME BEING AND DEITY IN MONOTHEISTIC THOUGHT

GOD

(2) From 'three' to 'French'. These words are all taken from Wikipedia pages for things with 'French' in the title. Which pages?

'TYPICALLY A TENNIS BALL, BOWLED UNDERARM'

FRENCH CRICKET

'FEATURES PROMINENTLY IN THE WORK OF HANDEL AND IN BACH'S "BRANDENBURG CONCERTO"'

FRENCH HORN

'WON THE OSCAR FOR BEST PICTURE AT THE 44TH ACADEMY AWARDS IN 1972'

THE FRENCH CONNECTION

'BORN ON 11 OCTOBER 1957 IN HOLYHEAD, WALES, TO ENGLISH PARENTS'

DAWN FRENCH

(3) Since we're staying outside, you can imagine you're walking alongside me - but not too close to me - on a ramble that takes in only three-letter destinations.

MOROCCAN CITY THAT GAVE ITS NAME TO A FLAT-TOPPED HAT

FEZ

ISLAND WITH TAILLESS CATS AND FAST MOTORBIKES

MAN

INDIAN STATE POPULAR WITH WESTERN TOURISTS

GOA

CATHEDRAL CITY WHERE THERE GENUINELY ARE LOTS OF EELS

ELY

LAND CAIN WAS SENT TO AFTER KILLING ABEL; NOW ALSO A EUPHEMISM FOR SLEEP

NOD

RIVER THAT OFTEN FORMS THE WELSH-ENGLISH BORDER

WYE

DEVON RIVER THAT SOUNDS LIKE IT JUST PRECEDES THE PREVIOUS ANSWER

EXE

TOWN ON THE SOUTH WEST COAST OF SCOTLAND, WITH A RACECOURSE AND A PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM

AYR

COCKNEYS ARE BORN WITHIN EARSHOT OF BELLS WITH THIS NAME

BOW

MEDITERRANEAN ISLAND WITH DISTINCTIVE LETTUCE

COS OR KOS

(4) Ah, le francais. The French tongue. An expressive language of great beauty. Below are ten expressions. Five are genuinely used in France; the other five I've just made up. A point each time you can tell me: idiom or idiot?

TO MAKE A BIG CHEESE OF THINGS

IDIOM!

LIKE TEACHING A TOAD TO SMOKE CIGARETTES

IDIOT!

HAPPIER THAN A SHOE

IDIOT!

HE'S WEEING IN A VIOLIN

IDIOM!

GO AND MIND YOUR OWN ONIONS

IDIOM!

AS USEFUL AS UNDERPANTS MADE OF BRIE

IDIOT!

I COULD DO THAT WITH MY FINGERS UP MY NOSE

IDIOM!

SHARP AS GRANDMA'S CIDER

IDIOT!

AS CONFUSED AS A SNAKE IN A BIDET

IDIOT!

WE'VE GOT A TESTICLE IN THE SOUP HERE

IDIOM!

(5) My playlist this time is sometimes festive; sometimes not - but all the songs have the word 'three' in the title.

CHRISTMAS CAROL WHOSE 'TRAVERSE AFAR' IS USUALLY NOW SUNG 'TRAVEL AFAR'

WE THREE KINGS

NUMBER ONE IN 1996, AND A TOP-10 HIT IN VARIOUS WORLD CUP YEARS

THREE LIONS

IT'S NOT A LIONEL RICHIE SOLO SONG BUT HE PUT IT ON HIS GREATEST HITS ANYWAY

THREE TIMES A LADY

CHRISTMAS CAROL WHICH CONFUSINGLY SUGGESTS THAT BETHLEHEM IS NAVIGABLE BY WATER

I SAW THREE SHIPS

NUMBER ONE SINGLE FOR THE KLF

3AM ETERNAL

NURSERY RHYME CELEBRATING THE MUTILATION OF RODENTS

THREE BLIND MICE