ANSWERS

1. a: Barack Hussein Obama II, b: George Walker Bush, c: Joseph Robinette Biden, d: President of the USA.

2. c. Banana.

3. Africa

4. c. 600 litres.

5. Swear words.

6. 71%.

7. Parmesan cheese (Parmigiano-Reggiano).

8. Runic

9. Pancho Villa.

10. New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Colorado. (followed by Oregon and Wyoming).

11. (Baikal) Seal (a species of earless seal endemic to Lake Baikal in Siberia).

12. AC/DC and Metallica.

13. A University (The College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia).

14. I can't help myself (Sugar pie honey bunch) - The Four Tops.

15. Homer Simpson.

16. (Captain) Chesley B "Sully" Sullenberger III.

17. a. George Michael, b. Robert Maxwell, c. Joni Mitchell, d. Helen Mirran, e. Max Miller, f. Barry Manilow, g. Marilyn Monroe, h. Ray Milland, i. Dame Nellie Melba, j. Bill Maynard.

18. a. marble and b. glass.

19. a. Margaret Thatcher, b. King George V, c. Thomas Edison, d. Marie Antoinette, e. Abraham Lincoln, f. Henry Stanley, g. Karl Marx, h. Kenneth Wolstenholme, i. Mary I.

20. 2001 (launched on October 23, 2001).

21. Intelligence Officer (Not a Secret Agent as many think).

22. Damascus, Syria (Damask, Damascene, Damson, Damascene, Damask)

23. Physical aging is greatly accelerated

24. Google - together with Larry Page.