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The titular bad monkey is a nappy-wearing, virtually hairless capuchin with an "unnerving resemblance to a psoriatic human delinquent", who may or may not have starred in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies. The "hero" is a former detective reluctantly downgraded to assiduous restaurant inspector, after very publicly sticking the end of a vacuum cleaner

Chris Haney, who has died aged 59, following kidney and circulatory problems, co-created one of the most successful board games in history, Trivial Pursuit. More than 100m copies of the game, which is available in around 20 languages, have been sold, generating sales of more than $1bn. Time magazine has called it "the biggest phenomenon

They give Action Man a certain ruggedness and bestow instant testosterone on movie heroes, and according to British psychologists, facial scars can also make men more attractive to the opposite sex. Men with mild facial scars were typically ranked as more appealing by women who were looking for a brief relationship, though they were not

No matter what roles she played in films, on stage or on television throughout the rest of her career, the German actor Karin Dor, who has died aged 79, was labelled a Bond girl. Her induction as a member of this exclusive group of beautiful women who have provided James Bond with a love interest

Plus: the tallest strike partnership ever, father and son (refs) and a knockout follow-up Udinese have a player named Kevin Lasagna, notes Yuval Hyman. Do you know of any other players with a tasty dish as a surname?