You wouldn't believe the
speed of a cough

1 — The air expelled by a cough can reach a speed of up to 50, 100, 300 or 600 mph?
2 — If you’re served borscht in a restaurant what are you eating?
3 — Which fictional superhero feared the substance kryptonite?
4 — Which series of concertos has the same name as a link between East and West Germany?
5 — Cheviot, Shetland, Boreray, Hebridean and Orkney are all breeds of what?
6 — TISWAS was a zany children’s show starring Chris Tarrant. What did the acronym stand for?
7 — Which university city is further south — Cambridge or Oxford?
8 — Matthew Kelly is the host of TV show Stars In Their Eyes, but who was the original presenter?
9 — Can you think of a board game with a type of meat in its name?
10 — If paleology is the study of antiquities, what is paleontology the study of?
11 — Which popular song by Boney M was about the slave trade from Africa to the USA?
12 — If you saw a fritillary in the country would you have caught sight of a flower, a rock formation, a butterfly or a bird?
13 — If a stylus is used to play records, what is used on compact discs?
14 — The Tramontana is a feature of Mediterranean countries. What is it?
15 — If you’re sunbathing in Eilat, where are you on holiday?
16 — Mensa is an organisation for people of a high IQ. What does the name mean?
17 — “Tonight’s the night I’ve waited for, Because you’re not a baby any more” are lyrics from which popular song?
18 — What type of Indian cookery takes its name from the type of oven it’s cooked in?
19 — Hank is a form of — Hugh, Herbert, Harold or Henry?
20 — The Fujita Scale is used to measure world populations, ocean currents, tornadoes or newborn babies’ weights?

Sunday Post Quiz Answers, February 25, 2001

1 — 600 mph.
2 — Soup made with beetroot and/or cabbage.
3 — Superman.
4 — Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos and the Brandenburg Gate.
5 — Sheep.
6 — Today is Saturday wear a smile.
7 — Oxford.
8 — Leslie Crowther.
9 — Backgammon.
10 — Fossils of plants and animals, often dinosaurs.
11 — Rivers Of Babylon.
12 — A butterfly.
13 — A laser beam.
14 — A cold north wind from the mountains.
15 — Israel.
16 — Latin for table, Mensa is a round table organisation and mens is Latin for mind.
17 — Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen, by Neil Sedaka.
18 — Tandoori, from a tandoor clay oven.
19 — Henry.
20 — Tornadoes.