Why it’s lucky to have a
dark-haired first foot

1 — Why is a tall dark male said to be a lucky first foot?
2 — Which film was recently voted the greatest movie of all time in a Channel 4 poll?
3 — Can you think of a sugary cake topping with a large number name?
4 — Name the Foreign Secretary and his predecessor.
5 — Was there really a Dick Whittington or is it just a story?
6 — Why should the telephone number 09068 44 44 44 be familiar to most people?
7 — According to the Harry Potter novels which creatures run Gringotts, the wizard’s bank?
8 — What is tintinnabulation?
9 — In J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan what is Wendy’s surname?
10 — What size precedes Private Eye to complete a Hanna-Barbera cartoon character?
11 — Auld Lang Syne contains the lines, “And there’s a hand my trusty fiere, And gie’s a hand o thine.” What does fiere mean?
12 — In Roman mythology is Pax the goddess of spring, peace, the harvest or love?
13 — Crufts dog show is held annually in which British city?
14 — Rearrange I’M A DOT IN PLACE to find something this phrase is describing.
15 — Old Father Time is usually depicted as holding what kind of implement?
16 — “And the world is like an apple whirling silently in space” is a lyric from which 1969 recording?
17 — Daley Thompson was an Olympic gold medalist in which athletics event?
18 — The following clues are for “Inn” words — a) suggestive remark, b) public house host, c) bright idea, d) Austrian city.
19 — Which Teletubby has a circular antenna?
20 — According to the World War 2 slogan, what did careless talk cost?

Sunday Post Quiz Answers, December 30, 2001

1 — It’s thought to be from the days when Scots feared blond Viking raiders.
2 — Star Wars.
3 — Hundreds and thousands.
4 — Jack Straw, preceded by Robin Cook. 
5 — The panto is loosely based on Richard Whittington, son of Sir William Whittington of Pauntley, a textile dealer who was Lord Mayor four times between 1397 and 1420.
6 — It’s the number you dial to enter Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
7 — The Goblins.
8 — The ringing of bells.
9 — Darling.
10 — Inch High.
11 — Friend or companion.
12 — Peace.
13 —Birmingham, at the NEC.
14 — A Decimal point. 
15 — A scythe.
16 — The Windmills Of Your Mind, by Noel Harrison.
17 — Decathlon.
18 — a) Innuendo, b) innkeeper, c) innovation, d) Innsbruck.
19 — Po.
20 — Lives.