-1. Dorabella, Guglielmo, Ferrando and Don Alfonso are characters in which of Mozart's operas?
-2. Jomo Kenyatta was Prime Minister and president of which African country?
-3. Which tree has the Latin name Fagus sylvatica?
-4. Which of Shakespeare’s plays is set in Elsinore Castle?
-5. Which spice is the flavour of aioli sauce?
-6. What is the abnormal enlargement of the thyroid gland due to deficiency of iodine called?
-7. According to Christian tradition, which Saint was the mother of the Virgin Mary?
-8. What was the name for a Roman marketplace that was the civic centre of the town?
-9. What is the official name of New York's Sixth Avenue?
10. Marshall Bruce Mathers III is the real name of which singer?
-11. Discovered by Gallileo in 1610, Europa is the second largest moon of which planet?
-12. Who is this?

12. Charlie Watts

1. I think they are from The Marriage of Figaro

Good call, jb!

Mad - a rare thumbsdown, I'm afraid

6. A goiter

Bernie

OK then, what about "Così fan tutte" for No. 1 ??

5. I wouldn't call it a spice, but Garlic ?

Yes, yes and yes!

As a total cookery klutz, I bow to your superior knowledge, oldbroad . Would "herb" be any better?

4. Hamlet

4. Hamlet

Hamlet it was

Try another, michele?

11. Jupiter

Rog, although garlic is often referred to as a spice or herb, like onions or leeks, it's really just a vegetable.

9. Avenue of the Americas

Good ones, ladies!

Thanks Cheryl. I will add to my "Rog's Cookery Knowledge Book" (a slim volume...)

2. Jomo Kenyatta was Prime Minister and president of which African country? Kenya

8. forum (I've heard that a funny thing happened on the way to one of them.)

7. St. Ann

All spot-on!

10. Eminem

Indeed!

3. Beech

Thanks, Koala!