How many start on
The Weakest Link?

1 — How many contestants start each game in The Weakest Link — seven, eight, nine or 10?
2 — Name three Shakespeare plays beginning with M.
3 — What’s the proper name for marsh gas?
4 — Offside is the theme tune for which popular BBC TV programme?
5 — At what sport did Britain win its first gold medal at the Olympics last year?
6 — What is the meaning of Sinn Fein?
7 — Who’s taller — Tony Blair or William Hague?
8 — Clyde Champion Barrow had a girlfriend called Parker. What was her first name?
9 — There are four Teletubbies. How many Tweenies are there?
10 — Which has more rooms — Buckingham Palace or the White House?
11 —What’s the name of — a) the police station in Heartbeat, b) the fire station in London’s Burning?
12 — What’s the link between singers Tom Jones, Shirley Bassey and Charlotte Church?
13 — Which Scottish football team are known as the Hoops and why?
14 — Name three London airports apart from Heathrow.
15 — How old do you have to be to qualify for a free TV licence — 65, 70 or 75?
16 — What would you NOT be able to do if you suffered from aphonia — dance, chew, play the piano or speak?
17 — A famous spy called Margarete Gertrude Zelle was better known as – who?
18 — Is George W. Bush, the new US President, a Democrat or Republican?
19 — In Scottish law, who has the last word to the jury in a court trial — prosecution or defence?
20 — Name three actors who have played Hamlet in film versions of the play.

Sunday Post Quiz Answers, April 1, 2001

1 — It varies — nine in the afternoon editions, eight in the evenings. 2 — Macbeth, Measure For Measure and Much Ado About Nothing. 3 — Methane.
4 — Match Of The Day.
5 — Cycling. It was won by Jason Queally.
6 — Ourselves alone.
7 — Tony Blair who’s six feet tall, an inch taller than William Hague. 8 — Bonnie.
9 — Four — Bella, Fizz, Jake and Milo. They’re looked after by Max and Judy and have a dog called Doodles.
10 — Buckingham Palace with over 600. The White House has 132 rooms.
11 — a) Ashfordly Police Station, b) Blackwall Fire Station.
12 — They are all Welsh.
13 — Glasgow Celtic, because of the green hoops on their jerseys. 14 — Gatwick, Stansted, London City or Luton.
15 — You qualify when you’re 75.
16 — Speak — it’s loss of voice.
17 — Mata Hari.
18 — He’s a Republican.
19 — Defence.
20 — Any three from Laurence Olivier, Mel Gibson, Kenneth Branagh, Nicol Williamson, Richard Burton.