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July 1, 2001


She was America's
first First Lady


1 — What was the name of the first American First Lady — Margaret, Martha, Mary, Marlene?
2 — Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Carrick, Baron Renfrew and Lord of the Isles are whose titles?
3 — How many individual cubes make up a Rubik’s cube?
4 — When was the Highway Code introduced — 1921, 1931, 1941?
5 — How many times did Sean Connery play super spy 007 in feature films?
6 — Name the first ship to respond to the distress call of Titanic.
7 — Which literary genius wrote, “The female of the species is more deadly than the male?’’
8 — What was Tom Jones’ first hit single?
9 — What was the first Carry On film — Camping, Doctor, Nurse, Sergeant?
10 — How many feet above the River Thames is the London Eye — 300, 450, 600 or 750?
11 — Sesquicentennial refers to what
12 — Name the pop band who threw water over Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott at the Brit Awards — Culture Club, Chumbawumba, Deacon Blue, Sigue Sigue Sputnik?
13 — If you suffer from anuptaphobia are you afraid of — opinions, garlic, staying single or men?
14 — How many years has John Paul II been Pope?
15 — Where does the expression “in the doghouse” originate?
16 — Where is the longest pier in Britain?
17 — Name the first British footballer to break the £1 million transfer fee barrier.
18 — Name the first British sovereign to live in Buckingham Palace.
19 — Which Scottish politician has spent time in jail after being arrested at demonstrations?
20 — When did Lassie make her big screen debut — 1936, 1940, 1943 or 1946?


Sunday Post Quiz Answers, July 1, 2001

1 — Martha Dandridge Custis, George Washington’s wife.
2 — Prince Charles.
3 — 26 — two rows of nine and a row of eight.
4 — 1931.
5 — Seven times (Dr. No, From Russia With Love, Goldfinger, Thunderball, You Only Live Twice, Diamonds Are Forever, Never Say Never Again).
6 — The Carpathia.
7 — Rudyard Kipling.
8 — It’s Not Unusual, No. 1 in 1965.
9 — Carry On Sergeant. 
10 — 450 feet.
11 — A 150th anniversary.
12 — Chumbawumba. 
13 — Staying single.
14 — Almost 23 years. He became the 264th Pope on October 16, 1978.
15 — Dog kennels are kept outside, so it’s an analogy to a badly behaved dog being sent outside.
16 — Southend, where the pier is 1.33 miles long. 
17 — Trevor Francis, from Birmingham City to Nottingham Forest for £1,180,000 in February, 1979. 
18 — Queen Victoria in July, 1837.
19 — Tommy Sheridan of the Scottish Socialist Party.
20 — 1943, in Lassie Come Home starring Elizabeth Taylor and Roddy McDowell.