-1. In Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf, the oboe represents what animal, which is eaten by the wolf?
-2. Mace grows around the outside of which fruit?
-3. In which year did the Hotel California stop serving wine?
-4. What is the capital of Costa Rica?
-5. Which art movement took its name from a childish French word for hobbyhorse?
-6. What name was given to the German government from 1919 to 1933?
-7. Which sporting venue was known as “The House That Ruth Built'?
-8. What is the 16th century geographer Gerardus Mercator best known for?
-9. Of what is pedology the study?
-10. In which fictional city is Family Guy set?
-11. Which blood type is the rarest in humans?
-12. Part of a still from a 1999 movie. The title?

2. An allspice berry

Not what I 've got oldbroad, but I'm not quite sure what an all-spice berry is

I'm sure I've got the answer somewhere hidden in my head .

11. AB negative

1. The duck

4. San Jose

Bernie

3. 1969

Bernie, jb - both good!

michele - that's correct for the three major groups (about 1 person in 160), but the rarest group has only one person in 6 million with it

Marian - you know your lyrics!

Okay, I see what you're getting at....that would be Rhnull blood meaning there is a total lack of Rh antigens

Perfect!

8. Mercator was a cartographer who first used longitude and latitude on world maps.

Well, I know the answer for 2 now but I had to Google regarding nuts, seeds, and fruit because the "fruit" part wasn't sounding right to me. I don't know if I'm allowed to post the answer now though because of that help.

Indeed, SD!

Go for it, oldbroad, I'm all heart - my fault for using "fruit"

2. Nutmeg

7. Yankee Stadium (Babe Ruth baseball Great)

12. Galaxy Quest

10. Quahog

6. the Weimar Republic

Five answers, five winners!

9. Soil ??

5. the Dada movement

Good call, Mad - I assumed it was feet

You know your art, Lady K!

Koala - none left again, I'm afraid

Feet was my thought also Rog!