1. What is the name of the geological period that preceded Jurassic?
-2. What is the lowest number on the Beaufort Scale?
3. 2013 is the first year since 1987 in which there are no what?
-4. Which fictional male had the rare blood type T-negative?
-5. What company’s registered trademark is known as the “Swoosh”?
-6. What is a novel by Herman Melville and an opera by Benjamin Britten?
-7. Airstrip One is the new name for Britain in which book?
-8. Who had a cat called Mr Bigglesworth?
-9. Which islands inspired Charles Darwin to write his Origin of the Species?
-10. Which athlete broke three track and field world records and tied a fourth within 45 minutes on May 25th, 1935?
-11. Which famous film production company has searchlights bordering both sides of its logo?
-12. Name the film

5. Nike

The Goddess of victory...

9. Galapagos Islands

Spot on, michele!

4. Spock from Star Trek.

8. Dr. Evil in Austin Powers

12. animal farm

Hi Rog.

2. 0 or zero

Bernie

SQF, Marian, Bernie - all good!

Remi - it fits, but I have one that perhaps fits a little bit better

6. Moby Dick

10. Jessie Owens

12. Silence of the Lambs

Sneaky!

11. 20th Century Fox

7. Oceania

Mad - nice try. There was an opera based on Moby Dick (how on earth do you do that?), but it was written by Gene Scheer/Jake Higgins, not Benjamin Britain

Fil, soot, flotsam - all good!

oldbroad - my middle name

manxman - need something a bit more precise. As I understand it, Oceania was made up of the Americas, the British Isles, Australasia an South Africa

Ooooops .... Another stab then .... Billy Budd ??

7. 1984

Just saying hello to all and may the fourth be with you.

You too, Sue!

6. Billy Budd

Billy Budd and 1984 tick the right boxes!

...and to you, Sue!