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February 18, 2001


Baffling lyric by The Beatles

1 — “I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together” is the start of which popular Beatles song?
2 — When a car tyre is worn down in the middle and like new at the edges, is it a sign that it’s over or under-inflated?
3 — William Shatner played Captain James T. Kirk in Star Trek. What did the T stand for?
4 — Name the first programme to go out on Channel 5 when it began on March 30, 1997.
5 — Which island is furthest west — Colonsay, Islay or Jura?
6 — In what year was Blue Peter first televised — 1958, 1960 or 1962?
7 — Can you think of a sauce named after a Mexican state?
8 — Short statements of wisdom, this is also a book of the Bible. Name it.
9 — Is amontillado something to drink, a burrowing mammal, a slimline cigar or a tropical storm?
10 — Eric Arthur Blair wrote political satire novels under which pen name?
11 — Which motor manufacturer produced the Samara model?
12 — Which North African city’s name translates from the Spanish meaning White House?
13 — According to the Book of Joshua, the walls of which city came down at the sound of trumpets?
14 — Unscramble PIN MY GOAL to find a well-known George Bernard Shaw play.
15 — Clarence Nash provided the voice for which cartoon character — Elmer Fudd, Foghorn Leghorn, Mickey Mouse or Donald Duck?
16 — Lake Bala is the largest lake in which country?
17 — What does ETD on a transport timetable stand for?
18 — What was Frank Sinatra’s middle name?
19 — Is a wimple something worn by a jockey, a nun, a cowboy or a scuba diver?
20 — Derringer, Luger, Hotchkiss and Winchester are all types of what?


Sunday Post Quiz Answers, February 18, 2001

1 — I Am The Walrus.
2 — Over-inflated.
3 — Tiberius.
4 — After half-hour introductory programme This Is Five, the first proper programme was Family Affairs.
5 — Islay.
6 — 1958.
7 — Tabasco.
8 — Proverbs.
9 — Something to drink — it’s a pale dry sherry.
10 — George Orwell.
11 — Lada.
12 — Casablanca.
13 — Jericho.
14 — Pygmalion.
15 — Donald Duck.
16 — Wales.
17 — Estimated Time of Departure.
18 — Albert.
19 — A nun — it’s a type of headcloth.
20 — Firearm.