One answer per person for the first 24 hrs, please. Thanks!

-1. What was the name of the first Space Shuttle to go into space?
-2. From which country does Valpolicella wine originate?
-3. What name was given to the Chinese students organised to eliminate revisionism during the Cultural Revolution?
-4. George, Bob, Tom, Roy and...?
-5. In Holst's The Planets, who is the Bringer of Old Age?
-6. Who wrote The Tale of Jemima Puddleduck?
-7. Of which Caribbean island is Port-au-Prince the capital?
-8. According to Greek legend, which fire-breathing monster had a lion's head, a goat's body and a serpent's tail?
-9. Which US actress was known as The Sweater Girl in the 1940s?
-10. How many chromosomes has a normal human body cell?
-11. Who invented the hot-air balloon, leading to the first manned flight in 1783?
-12. This is a detail taken from which painting?

7. Haiti (I think)

9. Lana Turner

Both good, ladies!

8. Chimera

10. 23 pairs which is 46 total

I knew what #4 was. Couldn't think of it until now

...and another two!

It's the one that everybody forgets, jb

11. The Montgolfier brothers but can't recall their first names

Bernie

Good enough, Bernie!

1. Enterprise

Afraid not soot

...and it's tempting fate to use that name

4. The Traveling Wilburys

5. Saturn

2. Sounds like Italy

6. Beatrix Potter

He does it on purpose every once in a while.

1 - Columbia??

Lady K, manxman, Fil, OB - all good!

Mad - that's who they were, but who's missing?

Pandora - moi? Surely not...

3. The Red Guard

Good call, SD!

4. Jeff

Yes, Marian!

12. It's a train... It's amazing how some artists can create magic on canvas!

But don't know the artist or name...

So far, so good...

12. The artwork reminds me of Turner's style.