-1. What is the name of the well known American national detective agency founded in Chicago in 1852?
-2. Which famous song-writing duo sometimes produce albums under the pseudonym 'The Glimmer Twins'?
-3. Although it is never used for commercial flights, at 8.3 km in length the longest airport runway in the world is found where?
-4. According to the King James version of the Bible, what ripe old age does Methuselah reach? (plus or minus 10)
-5. in Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Books what happened to tigers when they became the first animals to kill man?
-6. Which US president does one associate with the expression "the buck stops here"?
-7. In French cuisine, any dish that incorporates a mixture of mashed potatoes and egg yolk is referred to by what name?
-8. Which famous musical work commemorates the Battle of Borodino?
-9. What name is given to the horsemen who carry a lance in Spanish bull fights?
-10. The name of which heavily built mammal with a 30 centimetre-long tongue is the Afrikaan word for "earth pig!? ‘
-11. Which European language is an official language in Angola?
-12. What is this called?

12. nunchaku aka nunchucks

Hi Rog.

8. 1812 Overture - Tchaikovsky

My favorite classical piece thanks to Arthur Fiedler

1. The Pinkertons

If I remember correctly, my paternal grandma's father was one.

11. Portuguese

Hi Remi

An excellent start, everybody!

Keep your nose clean then Bernie

6. The "buck stops" with Harry Truman

'twas he indeed, Dawn

9. Picador

2. Jagger and Richards

10. I’m guessing it’s an armadillo

3. Tibet

michele, manxman - thumbs up!

It's related to the armadillo, but not what I'm looking for, flotsam. The fact that the translation is two syllables long might help...

10. Then it must be an aardvark

4. My blurry memory of Sunday School lessons offers 969 ??

flotsam, Mad - both good!

SQF - not according to what I've got, I'm afraid. The key part of the question is that it's never used for commercial flights

3. Edwards Air Force Base, Mojave Desert, California.

Thanks, Koala!

(Including the runoff area a length of approximately seven and a half miles)

7. Pommes Duchesse

Hi Rog.

5. They got their stripes?

Good finish - winners both of them!

The term can be applied to any veg cooked that way Remi, not just potatoes

Spot on Sue - they were forced to wear stripes