Input question: What conifer shrub is known traditionally and offensively as 'bastard killer', because its berries were used to procure abortion?

Output answer: juniper

Input question: Who was the only Crossroads character to appear in both the first and last episodes of the original series (1964-88)?

Output answer: jill

Input question: Dame Mary Lesley Perkins is a co-founder of which chain of UK opticians?

Output answer: specsavers

Input question: A week ago, Canadian officials announced that thieves had somehow made off with a quarter of Quebec's strategic reserve of what, valued at over $30 million?

Output answer:
maple syrup