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You can't put 'spy' on your income tax form. Okay, you can, but somebody will probably ask embarrassing questions.

So what did these spies do when they weren't spying? Name their day jobs.

1. Mata Hari was a famous spy. What was her day job?
2. What did Paul Revere do when he wasn't riding his horse?
3. Julia Child's day job is well-known. During World War II, she was too tall to enlist in the US Women's Army Corps. What organisation did she work for instead?
4. Chuck Barris claims he worked for the CIA. (They deny this, but then, they would.) What was his day job at the time?
5. Harry Gold of Philadelphia spied for the USSR. What was his occupation?
6. Jonathan Pollard spied for Israel. What was his job for the US government?
7. Ninian Cockburn (d.1579) was a Scotsman who spied for the English during a dodgy episode called the Rough Wooing. (Don't ask.) What was his day job?
8. Sandy Glen (oh, come on, these names) is cited as one of the inspirations for James Bond. What official job did he have for the British government?
9. Eddie Chapman was a double agent in World War II – codename 'Zigzag'. What was his dodgy prewar 'day job'?
10. Merlin Minshall was another 'inspiration for James Bond'. (How many were there?) Minshall liked to race and try for records – with what two forms of transportation?

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Dmitri Gheorgheni

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