-1. Which English novelist wrote The Ipcress File?
-2. What is trepanation?
-3. Following what event did the Americans enter World War I?
-4. In Greek mythology, who was the only mortal gorgon?
-5. Founded in Moscow in 1780, what is the name of Russia’s principle ballet company?
-6. What was the name of the first US satellite, launched on 31 January 1958?
7. In which cult film does Bambi actually die?
-8. Auld Reekie is the nickname of which Scottish city?
-9. Which French monarch was known as ‘The Sun King’?
-10. Which 15th century polymath was famed for doing a lot of his writing as 'mirror writing', allegedly to stop people stealing his ideas?
11. Who killed Duncan I, King of the Scots from 1034 to 1040?
-12. On which continent are the McMurdo Dry Valleys to be found?

9. Louis XIV

3. Sinking of the Lusitania

Good calls, Marian and jb!

10. Leonardo DaVinci

I'd never heard of that before, Sue. Tried it myself a while back when I read that it was easier for left-handers and they're quite right...

8. Edinburgh

Bernie

4. Medusa

Two more goodies!

2. A surgical procedure which removes a circular piece of skull bone

Makes me ill just to think about it, michele!

1. Len Deighton.

(Although I think there might have been contributions from others ??)

Read the book and watched the film. And thought both excellent 👍

Thoroughly agrree, Mad. I've just finished reading his "SS-GB" - thoroughly enjoyed it. I gather they made a TV series on it quite a few years back, which I totally missed

With luck it'll still be rolling around on iPlayer or ITVX or somewhere...

6. Explorer 1

5. The Bolshoi?

Yes and yes!

12 - Antartica

That's the one, OB!