ANSWERS

1. Hotline (the hotline between the USA and the USSR)

2. Betelgeuse or (pronounced "Beetlejuice")

3. Billy Joel

4. Answer a. London-Capetown (9,634 km).   The others are London-Rio De Janeiro (9,249 km), London-Bombay (7,204 km)

5. 969

6. Three answers.
a. Fay Wray
b. Jessica Lange
c. Naomi Watts 

7. Answer c. bike

8. Karakoram

9. France

10. Four answers.
a. Goodbye Blue Sky (Pink Floyd)
b. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (Beatles)
c. Mr Blue Sky (ELO)
d. Sky Pilot (Eric Burdon) 

11. Netherlands

12. Mutually Assured Destruction

13. The Owl and the Pussycat (nonsense poem from Edward Lear)

14. Palme d'Or or Golden Palm

15. 1998

16. 38th parallel (north)

17. Seven answers. Lewis Hamilton, Damon Hill, James Hunt, Denny Hulme, Mike Hawthorn, Mika Hakkinen, Graham Hill.

18. Woody Guthrie

19. 11.40 pm or 23.40

20. George C Scott (for his role in Patton)