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August 5, 2001


So what would you do with a Sally Lunn?

1 — If someone offered you a Sally Lunn, would you wear it, plant it in the garden, dance it or eat it?
2 — Sherbet is Australian slang for what — toothpaste, beer, barbecues or iced tea?
3 — Nimbostratus, cirrus and altostratus are all types of what?
4 — What are the two main towns on mainland Orkney?
5 — Strolling down Madison Avenue, you are in which New York borough?
6 — The following are clues to well-known films — a) Scottish city reptile, b) metal flowering shrubs, c) male with a precious firearm, d) witching hour rancher.
7 — Which top tennis player was stabbed in the back by a spectator during a match in Hamburg?
8 — Rearrange SEND ON TEA POTS to recall a classic BBC sitcom.
9 — What kind of creature is an onager?
10 — If you ordered pamplemousse in a Parisian restaurant what would you receive?
11 — Who would you expect to see wearing a biretta?
12 — Is an arctophile a lover of archery, cold climates, dried flowers or teddy bears?
13 — Which island is known as the George Cross Island?
14 — What animals have been adopted as symbols of the American Democrat and Republican parties?
15 — Can you think of a Scottish cheese that’s also a tyre?
16 — We’ve all heard of Big Ben, the bell in the House of Commons tower, but what is the name of the bell at York Minster?
17 — A green cross by a shop sign indicates it’s what type of business?
18 — Ian Hunter was a vocalist with which Seventies pop group?
19 — Do guinea pigs have tails?
20 — The International Vehicle Registration letter C represents which country?


Sunday Post Quiz Answers, August 5, 2001

1 — You’d eat it, it’s a slightly sweetened bun.
2 — Beer.
3 — Cloud.
4 — Kirkwall and Stromness.
5 — Manhattan.
6 — a) Crocodile Dundee, b) Steel Magnolias, c) The Man With The Golden Gun, d) Midnight Cowboy.
7 — Monica Seles.
8 — Steptoe And Son.
9 — A wild ass.
10 — Grapefruit.
11 — A clergyman, it’s a stiff square cap.
12 — Teddy bears.
13 — Malta.
14 — The donkey (Democrats) and elephant (Republicans).
15 — Dunlop.
16 — Great Peter.
17 — A pharmacy.
18 — Mott The Hoople.
19 — No.
20 — Cuba.