ANSWERS

1. Clove

2. 1949

3. Born Free

4. Violins

5. Shaft

6. Answer d. Blessing

7. Montevideo

8. Absinthe (artemisia absinthium)

9. Four answers. Afghanistan, Iran, India and China.

10. Four answers.
a. Early One Morning (trad)
b. Good Morning Starshine (Oliver)
c. Good Morning Good Morning (Beatles)
d. Wednesday Morning 3 am (Simon and Garfunkel) 

11. Riyal

12. Birmingham and Belgrade

13. Motion

14. Seven answers.
a. First Knight
b. The Wind and the Lion
c. Dr No
d. The Russia House
e. Meteor
f. Marnie
g. Zardoz 

15. Exempli Gratia

16. Denmark

17. Joni Mitchell

18. Five answers. Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri.

19. Vincent van Gogh (Douglas in Lust For Life and Roth in Vincent and Theo)

20. The moon (Perigee is the point in the moon's orbit where it is nearest the Earth, apogee is the point where the moon is furthest from the Earth)