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April 22, 2001


Rap star whose real
name is Marshall

1 — How is Marshall Mathers better known to pop fans?
2 — How many wives of Henry VIII were called Catherine?
3 — Unscramble NO BAN ON RESIN to reveal a TV quiz show host.
4 — Is the moon approximately 125,000, 250,000 or 375,000 miles away from Earth?
5 — How is the US game tic-tac-toe known to us?
6 — The following pop bands have a bird connection — a) golden or bald birds of prey, b) Mike Score sang lead, c) Mr Tambourine men, d) Maggie Bell’s band.
7 — Why do fish have scales?
8 — Which fruit has seeds on the outside?
9 — “You’re so hot, teasing me, So you’re blue but I can’t take a chance on a chick like you” is how which hit song begins?
10 — Served in an Italian restaurant, what type of food is mascarpone — ice cream, cheese, pasta or garlic bread?
11 — Name the cartoon villain in Wacky Races.
12 — We’ve all heard of Hollywood, but what is Bollywood?
13 — American Milton Hershey founded a company making what?
14 — The following are clues to dances — a) jumbled 60th of an hour, b) shaky insect, c) proceed twice, d) entwine.
15 — What is the origin of the name of the Scottish rock band Runrig?
16 — How many episodes of Coronation Street have been on TV — more than 3000, more than 4000, more than 5000 or more than 6000?
17 — Which is a real place in Sutherland — Teeth, Earlobe, Forehead or Tongue?
18 — Name three of the four US presidents whose busts are carved on the face of Mount Rushmore.
19 — What’s unusual about a butterfly’s feet?
20 — Name the baker in the card game Happy Families.


Sunday Post Quiz Answers, April 22, 2001

1 — As rapper Eminem.
2 — Three. Catherine of Aragon, Catherine Howard and Catherine Parr.
3 — Anne Robinson.
4 — About 250,000 miles.
5 — As noughts and crosses.
6 — a) The Eagles, b) A Flock Of Seagulls, c) The Byrds, d) Stone The Crows.
7 — As protection from predators, the cold water and to make them more streamlined.
8 — The strawberry.
9 — Does Your Mother Know? by Abba.
10 — It’s a soft, mild cream cheese.
11 — Dick Dastardly.
12 — A nickname given to the Indian film industry.
13 — Chocolate. 14 — a) Minuet, b) jitterbug, c) go-go, d) twist.
15 — Runrig was the name for a system whereby land was split into strips and apportioned in rotation each year to tenant farmers.
16 — More than 5000 episodes.
17 — Tongue.
18 — Any three from Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Roosevelt.
19 — They have tiny cells on them with which the insect can taste its food.
20 — Mr Bun.