1) about 3 times as long as a USA presidential campaign
2) Liechtenstein
3) the shrew
4) May
5) polypropylene copolymer
6) the moose
7) Alfonse
8) puce
9) the upper Amazon
10) long enough to enable Duncan Entwhistle to escape Loch Tibald in western Scotland and launch his tragically unsuccessful bid to assume the throne of Portugal.