-1. In which part of the United States is the Zinfandel grape chiefly cultivated?
-2. Emerald City is the capital of which country ?
-3. Who was the British Prime Minister at the outbreak of the Second World War?
-4. Which name is missing: Roger, Freddie, John ?
-5. Which extinct animal has the Latin name Didus Ineptus?
-6. "Theirs not to reason why, theirs but to do and die" describes which battle in which war ?
-7. Apart from George Bernard Shaw, who was the only person to have won both an Oscar and a Nobel prize?
-8. What was the title of Beethoven's only opera?
-9. When served as a dish, how is the pancreas of an animal normally referred to?
-10. What is the correct name for a red blood cell?
-11. Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of what ?
-12. Where is this?

4. Brian

Queen, of course!

9. is it Tripe ?

3. Neville Chamberlain ...

10. Erythrocyte

I think that's cow's stomach, oldbroad

Good call, soot

...and likewise, michele

6. Crimean war

It was, manxman - the Charge of the Light Brigade

1. California

I used to work at a winery here in Cali, on the bottling line and also in the tasting room.

11. Hippos with large vocabularies?

That sounds like my sort of job, Marian

Sounds like it ought to be, but afraid not Sue. (And you'll kick yourself when you find out)

8. Fidelio

9. sweetbreads

I tried sweetbreads one time but I thought it was a *different* part.

11. Is it the fear of big animals?

Mad, flotsm - both good!

Afraid not Lady K, but "big" is sort of in the right area

5. The Dodo?

Kind of suits it somehow, Fil

12. They look like the Angel Falls, which I think are in South America, but I forget what country.

Good spot, Lady K - Venezuela

Thought they might be mistaken for Yosemite...

2. There was an 'Emerald City' in the Wizard of Oz ...

... and that's the one!

I did think of Yosemite at first, but I don't think it has falls.