-1. Which American Art Nouveau artist and designer is best known for his stained glass lamps and windows?
2. "Flemish Bond" and "English Bond" are two methods of doing what?
-3. Which US station and research centre, named after a Scottish Royal Navy officer, is the largest community in the Antarctic?
-4. What is the name of the salt flats near the Great Salt lake in Utah where land speed records were broken?
-5. Which singer, later a US congressman, had a number one hit song in both the US and UK charts?
-6. The world's largest nocturnal primate, the aye aye, is native to which country?
-7. Alphabetically-speaking, what are the first and last elements in the period table?
-8. Which French king built the palace of Versailles?
-9. Who voices Bart in The Simpsons?
-10. What does the Russian word 'Sputnik' mean?
-11. The name of which Italian pasta type stems from the word meaning a knot in wood?
-12. This is the alien from which film?

10. satellite

I'm really looking for a pre-space-age translation, jb. Have another go?

7. Actinium and Zirconium

1. Tiffany

Both good, ladies

10. traveling companion or fellow traveler

Near enough, jb!

8. King Louis the XIV

12. I think it’s Dark Star. I was coincidentally reading about it recently.

Marian, flotsam - spot-on!

5. Sonny Bono

It was, manxman!

6. Madagascar

4. Bonneville Salt Flats

11. Gnocchi

Lady K, SD, michele - three more knocked off!

3. McMurdo Station

Nice one, soot!

I know 9 is a woman but the name still isn't coming to me

Think of the old TV series "Bonanza"...

9. Nancy Cartwright ??

Had to dig very deep for THAT one so hope it's right !! 👀

I believe you've got it Mad! The Bonanza clue just made me think of Hoss and Little Joe. I didn't get the rest.

Nice one, Mad!

You gave me a big hint in saying it was a woman, oldbroad, and that got me thinking !!