Q1: It's the rodent seen here, and, surprisingly, it's awake?

The crrect Answer is: a dormouse

Q2: A breed of dog: "CLL"?

The crrect Answer is: collie

Q3: Jerez de la Frontera is the center of trade in this Spanish wine?

The crrect Answer is: Sherry

Q4: A wave that dashes into foam?

The crrect Answer is: a breaker

Q5: "Look, mom -- no cavities!"?

The crrect Answer is: Crest

Q6: Yes, Miss Earhart, this 10-letter word means "to improve"?

The crrect Answer is: ameliorate

Q7: In John 17:12 this disciple is called "the son of perdition"?

The crrect Answer is: Judas (Iscariot)

Q8: "I see dead people"?

The crrect Answer is: <i>The Sixth Sense</i>

Q9: Queen Christina of Sweden converted to this religion secretly before her abdication?
 The crrect Answer is: Catholicism

Q10: These disease-causers have a nucleic acid in a protein shell, but not even a single cell?

The crrect Answer is: Viruses

Q11: This Spanish-born bandleader who died at age 90 in 1990 was a child concert
violinist?

The crrect Answer is: Xavier Cugat

Q12: Cordelia, Ophelia & Bianca are its 3 closest moons?

The crrect Answer is: Uranus