"Twelves"

[jane mark 2]

1.If its 12 noon BST in London, what time is it in Beijing?
2. If its 12 midnight BST in London, what time is it in Cape Town?
3. "12" in French (5 letters)
4. 12 apostles - though three are missing - found where in Australia? (8 letters)
5. There are 12 z...s in this number! (7) I thought the answer was 'trillion' but it has one too many letters.
6. You will (usually) find 12 keys on this. (9 letters)
Can you help please? J.

[MarkRae]

1 & 2 http://www.timeanddat...ifference.html?p1=136
3 Douze

[factor-fiction]

5) could be billion if it uses the old version of billion, but (although pedants will disagree) trilllion is now the accepted definition worldwide of 10¹²

[factor-fiction]

6) telephone?

[emeritus]

4 http://en.wikipedia.o...e_Apostles_(Victoria)

[jane mark 2]

Many thanks for all the help with these questions. J.