-1. What is the fastest bird in the world?
-2. Which city replaced Rio de Janeiro as the capital of Brazil in 1960?
-3. Which sweet yellow liqueur, consisting of brandy and eggs, originated in The Netherlands?
4. Many people believed that Lord Carnarvon's death in 1923 was due to what?
-5. A, C, and T, are three of the letters used to represent the base types in DNA. What's the fourth one?
6. What does the company Mikoyan-Gurevich build?
7. What is a falabella?
8. Newt Scamander is a penname of which author?
-9. By what name was Roman emperor Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus better known?
-10. Which Austrian city, twice the venue for the Winter Olympics, is the capital of the province of Tyrol?
-11. Who directed the films Lawrence of Arabia, The Bridge on the River Kwai and Dr Zhivago?
12. This is a detail from which painting?

1. peregrine falcon

Good one, jb!

2. Brasilia

Hi Rog.

Hi Remi - good cll!

5. G (guanine)

Oh yes!

11. David Lean

Indeed, Marian!

3. Advocaat

Bernie

Good one, Bernie!

10. They were held in Innsbruck (I didn’t know it was a provincial capital)

Me neither, flotsam!

9. Nero which is much easier to remember ... I wonder if he really did play his harp while Rome was burning

He did, soot - his band became known as the "Hot Club de Rome"

4. The curse of King Tut's tomb