Louise is a miracle of
modern science

1 — Louise Brown created a stir when she was born in 1978. Why?
2 — Nipper the dog appears on which music store logo?
3 — If you went to see a trichologist what aspect of your health would you be concerned about?
4 — What is a gnomon on a sundial?
5 — Name the baby in the Popeye cartoons.
6 — Why is someone who is out of control and dangerous often called a “loose cannon”?
7 — Novelist George Orwell, comedian Spike Milligan and singer Sir Cliff Richard were all born in which country?
8 — Why does grass look greener if it’s cut regularly?
9 — What is kept in an apiary?
10 — In the popular song what comes after, “If I were a carpenter and you were a lady…”
11 — The following clues are to Biblical characters — a) Tom Jones song, b) Elton John song, c) baby basket, d) sounds like a high-flyer.
12 — Myanmar in south-east Asia was formerly known as what?
13 — What’s the most worrying part of a guitar?
14 — If you were served borscht in a restaurant would you eat it with a spoon or a fork and knife?
15 — Can you think of a Cornish resort made up of one consonant and three vowels?
16 — Who is the Queen’s second oldest grandchild?
17 — Can you get a suntan in a conservatory?
18 — Rearrange ELBOW LOOP TRACK to identify a famous British holiday resort landmark.
19 — Who portrayed the head teacher in BBC TV’s Hope & Glory?
20 — According to the saying, who never hear any good of themselves?

Sunday Post Quiz Answers, June 17, 2001

1 — She was the first test tube baby.
2 — HMV.
3 — Your hair and scalp.
4 — The bit that indicates the time by its shadow.
5 — Swee’ Pea.
6 — Cannons on ships had to be firmly secured because a heavy loose cannon could do a lot of damage.
7 — India.
8 — Because if you let it grow long before cutting, lower parts of the grass stalks are deprived of light and they fade.
9 — Bees.
10 — “Would you marry me anyway, would you have my baby.” It was a hit for The Four Tops and Bobby Daren in the 1960s.
11 — a) Delilah, b) Daniel, c) Moses, d) Pontius Pilate.
12 — Burma.
13 — The frets!
14 — Spoon, it’s a type of soup.
15 — Looe.
16 — Zara Phillips, born May 15, 1981.
17 — Probably not, glass cuts out most of the radiation which causes sunburn and tanning.
18 — Blackpool Tower.
19 — Lenny Henry.
20 — Listeners.