-1. Which M*A*S*H actor also appeared in E.R.?
-2. Who ruled the fictional planet Mongo?
-3. Which post impressionist painted poster designs connected with the Moulin Rouge?
-4. Who wrote the music for Showboat and the song Smoke Gets in Your Eyes?
-5. Which Roman Catholic order of friars is known as the Black Friars?
-6. The dogfish is a member of which order of fish?
-7. The reaction between an alcohol and a carboxylic acid produces water and what other type of compound?
-8. In which country is Transylvania?
-9. What is the name of the captain in the novel Moby Dick?
-10. What is the monetary unit of Guatemala?
-11. Who co-wrote “The Communist Manifesto”?
-12. This is the intro to which 1962 hit?

3. Toulouse-Lautrec

9. Capt Ahab

2. Who ruled the fictional planet Mongo? That'd be Ming the Merciless. Most excellently played by fellow Swede Max von Sydow.

8. Romania

4. Jerome Kern

[Don't know if I've spelt it correctly ]

11. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels

Bernie

What a start - 6 little gems!

7. an ester

Thought you might take that one!

1. Alan Alda

6. sharks

Both good solves!

5. Dominicans

Nice one, manxman!

12. I Can't Stop Loving You - Ray Charles

It was indeed, Cheryl!

One of my favourite tracks ("Sing your song, children")

10. a guess - the peso?

10. Quetzal

Koala wins the clash of the Antipodeans!