ANSWERS

1. The year of the Boar (accept also, year of the pig) - in Chinese culture, the pig is associated with fertility and virility. To bear children in the year of the pig is considered to be very fortunate, for they will be happy and honest

2. Two Answers:
    a. Bulgaria and Romania
    b. Slovenia, replacing the Tolar

3. South Korea

4. Somalia

5. Vietnam

6. Comet McNaught

7. Ex-British Prime Minister, Tony Blair

8. China - President Hu Jintao

9. The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu

10. Chlorine

11. Melbourne, Australian Grand Prix

12. Wales

13. 15 - they were seized from HMS Cornwall

14. Pakistan, Parachinar is a tribal area of Pakistan bordering the famous Tora Bora Heights

15. Zach Johnson

16. Nicolas Sarkozy - elected President of the French Republic

17. Florida

18. Serbia

19. Doping

20. b. Melon

21. Russia

22. Apple's iphone

23. Glasgow