Start with the name of a well-known children’s character, which contains 9 letters. For every letter that appears twice in the character’s name, remove one of the duplicated letters so that each letter now appears once. By anagramming the resultant letters, you can form the surname of a famous classical composer. What is the character’s name and what is the composer’s name?
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Clue: The children’s character’s name begins with P.
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Answer: PINOCCHIO and CHOPIN.
PINOCCHIO has the repeated letters I, O and C. Removing one of each of the duplicated letters leaves: PNCHIO. Anagramming these letters forms the composer’s name, CHOPIN.
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