Alrighty
Here are the answers
#1) Not too many rap fans out there. Only sz_matyas got this one right
Sugar Hill Gang and Rapper’s Delight
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_Hill_Gang
#2) Not too many jazz and barbecue fans out there. I give Meli and sz_matyas credit on this one.
Kansas City
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_City%2C_Missouri
#3) Was looking for the following films
Ben-Hur
Titanic
LoTR Return of the King
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben-Hur_%281959_film%29
#4) India’s movie factory is known as Bollywood.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bollywood
#5) Meli owns Charles Dickens. I think I shall go read David Coperfield, That’s Coperfield with one p. (or watch some Python)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dickens
#6) Hugo Award is what I was looking for.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_award
#7) Looking for Marx and Engles, Tolstoy and Doestoevsky in no particular order or spelling arrangement
#8) The full list of plays, I don’t even remember off hand, but they include, flea flicker, half-back pass, reverse, double reverse, hook and ladder, direct snap, fumblerooski, fake kick, fake punt, statue of liberty, double pass.
#9) I didn’t really know that much about Aussie rules football. The research scientist had to do some research. Going to have to give Digger his props on this one, and say Brisbane Lions.
#10) Was looking for Benjamin Disraeli. Kind of skunked people here as I got a lot of Churchills.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Disraeli
#11) Lots of answers on this one, in languages I can’t really pronounce. League of Nations in English.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_of_Nations
#12) Dry lightning or Heat lightning is the answer here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_lightning
#13) I was looking for Nature here but will accept Science.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_%28journal%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nature_%28journal%29