-1. At the end of which opera does the central character, an Ethiopian princess who is taken as a slave girl, die in her lover's arms?
-2. Where is the smallest muscle in the human body located?
-3. In the Beatles song Penny Lane, who keeps a portrait of the Queen in his pocket?
-4. Virginia Woolf, John Maynard Keynes and E. M. Forster were all part of which group?
5. Dubbed 'the ice finger of death', what is an undersea icicle called?
-6. Which famous musician wrote the book titled A Spaniard in the Works?
-7. What is the name for the number 10100 ?
-8. The King of Spades, Diamonds and Clubs have one, but the King of Hearts doesn't. What?
-9. What is the only known food that keeps indefinitely in its raw form?
-10. What is the name of the principle which claims that, "in a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence."?
11. For which musical festival held in July is the town of Bayreuth in Germany famous?
-12. A simple rebus

2. the middle ear

12. diamond ring

10. the Peter Principle

Three excellent thumbsup!

9. Honey

It is, michele!

8. A mustache.

Yes, Remi!

7. a googol - a 1 followed by 100 zeroes

3. the fireman (who keeps his fire engine clean)

Good one Sue - I'd always assumed it was"google"

Strange lyrics, soot

4. Bloomsbury Group

Good one, Marian!

6. John Lennon

1. Aida

A very sad state of affairs indeed 😥

Yes UW ... but wonderful in Penny Lane!

Those four young men from Liverpool reminded us that music can be joyful and timeless.

And that sometimes ... all you really need is love.

manxman, Mad - good calls!

They certainly had some real crackers lyric-wise soot, plus the odd bummer