Easy one this one

1. Identify

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3. Connect:

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4. Simple one Connect:

5. Connect:

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6. Identify the Place at the center of the map  (forget the flag/marker A):

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People Who got #8:

Ha looks like this one was easy; Ani, DS, Diwi and Abhinav all seem to have cracked it without considerable effort.

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Answers of #8.

1.  Coat of Arms of Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe was known as Rhodesia before named after its founder Cecil Rhodes

2. All recipients of the Rhodes Scholarship instituted by Cecil Rhodes

3.  The chronology is the order for the Titles of the Bond Films and their OST - Artists. _____ = Shirley Bassey who sang Diamonds are Forever.
Diamonds are Forever is a modified version(for copyright reasons) of the slogan of the Diamond giant DeBeers - "A Diamond is forever" created by Frances Gerety for the N.W. Ayers Ad agency in 1947. DeBeers was founded by Cecil Rhodes

Stage 2: Cecil Rhodes

BTW the title "Gentlemen prefer Blondes" refers to the movie where Marilyn Monroe sang the famous Carol Channing song "Diamonds are a girls best friend"

So there ye go...