ANSWERS

1. Ben Hur

2. Five Answers;
    a: Pearl Harbour, 
    b: Pitcaern Islands in the South Pacific, 
    c: Aukland New Zealand, 
    d: Portsmouth UK, 
    e: River Plate estuary, near Uraguay, South Atlantic

3. Rubicon

4. Stock exchanges - Hong Kong and South Korean

5. Nevada

6. The nine mega-cities in reverse order by size are:
    Mexico City, Mexico (24,340,000) 
    Seoul, South Korea (23,100,000) 
    New York City, USA (21,800,000) 
    Mumbai (Bombay), India (21,100,000) 
    Delhi, India (20,800,000) 
    Sao Paulo, Brazil (20,300,000) 
    Shanghai, China (18,600,000) 
    Los Angeles, USA (17,900,000) 
    Jakarta, Indonesia (16,900,000)

7. Kopi Luwak is coffee made from coffee cherries which have been eaten by and passed through the digestive tract of the Asian Palm Civet. The animals gorge on the ripe berries, and excrete partially-digested beans in their feces, which are then harvested for sale.

8. Canada and the USA

9. Joe Frasier

10. Four Answer
    a: It Never Rains In Southern California, 
    b: All Right Now, 
    c: Friday I'm In Love, 
    d: Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini