-1. Which troubled fictional detective lives and works in and around the small town of Ystad?
-2. What are the names of the first five men Paul Simon gives advice to in 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover?
-3. The extinct Dodo bird was native to which island in the Indian Ocean?
-4. Which seemingly indestructible musician's autobiography is titled Life?
-5. On the 18th of March 1965 Aleksei Leonov became the first person in history to do what?
-6. What occupation was carried out in the Brill Building in New York?
-7. Gamophobia is the fear of what?
-8. Fuseki, Moyo, Seki and Sabaki are some of the terms used in which game?
9. In which geological period are we living today?
-10. What is the title of the famous Sandro Botticelli painting also known as the 'Allegory of Spring'?
-11. When translated, the name of which toy is a combination of the words 'egg' and 'watch'?
-12. This is the intro to which hit of the 70s? (Being all heart, I’ve given you a whole 630 milliseconds-worth )

12. Goin" Up the Country - Canned Heat

This is thanks to "The Blind Side"

1. Kurt Wallander great series

Good ones, chaps!

Are you referring to the original Swedish version or the British remake, manxman?

2. Jack, Stan, Roy, Gus, Lee

Five out of five, michele!

4. Keith Richards

"Mr Indestructible" himself!

11. Is it tamagotchi?

3. Mauritius (Madagascar).

Swedish version I think, UW.

On second thought I think it was the BBC version with Kenneth Branagh?

8. Go

Pandora, flotsam, Mad - all good!

5. Leonov was the first to take a space walk.

He (she?) was indeed, Lady K

7. Fear of commitment?

Good call, SQF!

Have seen it as fear of marriage, or more generally commitment

Rog,
Alexei Leonov was definitely a "he."

6. The Brill building was known for the pop songs composed and made there.

10. Is it Primavera?

Both good, which leaves just the one...