-1. Basal, Reflex and Emotional are the three basic types of what?
-2. Chuuk, Yap, Pohnpei and Kosrae are also known as 'The Federated States of' what?
-3. GRB 080319 B is presently the furthest object observable with the naked eye. What does GRB stand for?
-4. Where were around 250 native American men, women and children massacred by the US 7th Cavalry on December 29, 1890?
-5. What is the name given to the broken rock debris found at the base of a mountain or cliff?
-6. The name of which US state stems from the Latin words for ‘hot oven’?
-7. Who shattered the world long jump record by 55cm in 1968, a record that stood for nearly 23 years?
-8. What nickname was given to the mafia boss Charles Luciano?
-9. Which famous gift did the Tsar of Russia and his family first receive at Easter in 1885?
-10. What kind of soup was a number one selling album on both sides of the Atlantic in 1973?
-11. From which play does the line "Now is the winter of our discontent" come?
-12. This is part of a poster for which film?

11. Richard III

Thank you to "The Goodbye Girl"

Good call, jb!

6. California

That would figure, you knowing that!

8 - Lucky

1. tears

Yes, ladies!

9. A Faberge egg?

5. talus

Both good, folks!

Would also have taken scree, but that tends to be smaller then talus

Breakfast at Tiffany's

10. Goats Head Soup ??

(The Rolling Stones)

7. Bob Beamon (gotta love altitude!)

Never seen it Cheryl, but recorded it a few nights ago. Worth watching?

Excellent solves, folks

flotsam -

Personally, I love it and I also love Audrey Hepburn. There was some controversy about it years after it came out because of Mickey Rooney portraying an Asian person. I think it's worth the rating it gets and who doesn't like a romcom?

4. Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota

Somber place to visit...

Can believe it soot. Must have felt like we felt visiting Yad Vashem

2. Micronesia

3. Gamma-ray burst

yes indeed UW...just like Yad Vashem.

ah... Koala beat me to #3

Space, the final frontier as Capt James T. Kirk starts the original series...

GRB 080319B was an exceptionally powerful gamma-ray burst (GRB) detected by NASA's Swift satellite on March 19, 2008.

Key Facts

Distance: Located roughly 7.5 billion light-years away from Earth.

Naked-Eye Visibility: It set a record as the farthest object ever observable with the naked eye, briefly peaking at a visual magnitude of about 5.3 to 5.7.

Duration: The flash remained visible to human eyes for roughly 30 to 60 seconds in the constellation Boötes.

Luminosity: Its optical afterglow was millions of times brighter than any standard supernova, earning it the nickname the "naked-eye burst".

Cause: Astronomers believe it was triggered by the collapse of a massive star forming a black hole, shooting a concentrated, blowtorch-like jet of energy directly toward Earth.

Glad I was not traveling next to it back then...

Lady K, Koala - nice finish!

soot - tyvm. The sort of thing that makes my brain rock on its bearings...