ANSWERS

1. Abraham Lincoln's son Robert Todd Lincoln.

2. "Just like me, they long to be, close to you" - from the song Close to you. (D. Warwick, Carpenters and Richard Chamberlain).

3. a: Kgalema Motlanthe (South Africa), b: Stephen Harper (Canada, obviously), c: Saeb Erekat (aide to Palestinian president  Mahmoud Abbas), d: George W Bush (USA), e: Gordon Brown (UK), f: Nicolas Sarkozy (France), g: Silvio Berlusconi (Italy).

4. 1997 (Elected in 1996).

5. All are/were left handed.

6. Limoges.

7. Copenhagen.

8. Minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit.

9. A mouse(225), a human(206), a horse(205).

10. Apple (They all signed for the Beatles label Apple Records).

11. Backgammon (the answer is obvious to some, annoying to others).

12. Parsley (from Pars for Persia).

13. Springfield (as in The Simpsons), Illinois,

14. Plaster.

15. Honolulu, Hawaii (also schooled AOL-founder Steve Case and eBay-founder Pierre Omidyar amongst many others).

16. b: Architect.

17. Goldfinger, Thunderball, Moonraker, Octopussy and Goldeneye.

18. Paris.

19. David Ginola.

20. Lightweight.

21. Infanta.

22. Sebastian Coe and Steve Cram.

23. V (Typewriter/Keyboard).

24. Mick Jagger.

25. "Magical Mystery Tour".

26. Hale-Bopp.

27. Mozart.