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March 11, 2001


So that's why we say
squeaky clean

1 — Why do we say squeaky clean?
2 — Which of the following is a French bagpipe — a bayette, chantette, dronette or a musette?
3 — Which member of the Royal Family has the other names Albert Christian Edward?
4 — The 60th anniversary of John Lennon’s birth was marked by the opening of a dedicated museum, but is it in London, New York, Liverpool or Tokyo?
5 — When might a corrugated iron structure remind you of a car company?
6 — In Arthurian legend, what was the Holy Grail?
7 — Rearrange HAIL SMART CHANT to discover a novel gardening presenter.
8 — Elvis Presley, Marlene Dietrich, Brooke Shields and Jack Warner starred in films with blue in the title. Name the films.
9 — What was the relationship between Winnie The Pooh author
A. A. Milne and Christopher Robin?
10 — In rhyming slang what are your saucepans?
11 — Small fry is a derogatory term for a small child or person. Why?
12 — What Perthshire town has a namesake in the Falkland Islands?
13 — Which artist learned about the workings of the human body by dissecting corpses?
14 — Which Beatles film was a cartoon — Help!, Magical Mystery Tour, A Hard Day’s Night, Yellow Submarine?
15 — What word can refer to both blood and a monkey?
16 — At a general meeting what’s meant by the letters AOB?
17 — According to the proverb, where should you never fish?
18 — What type of headgear is named after a Crimean battle?
19 — In which large European city DON’T you see streets jam-packed with slow moving cars?
20 — “You sigh, the song begins, you speak and I hear violins” is how which popular song begins?


Sunday Post Quiz Answers, March 11, 2001

1 — From newly-washed hair so clean it squeaks when you stroke it. 2 — A musette, an instrument with bellows.
3 — Prince Andrew.
4 — Tokyo.
5 — When it’s a Nissen hut, you might think of Nissan cars.
6 — The cup from which Christ drank at the Last Supper.
7 — Alan Titchmarsh.
8 — Blue Hawaii, The Blue Angel, The Blue Lagoon, The Blue Lamp.
9 — Father and son.
10 — Children, from saucepan lids, kids.
11 — Fry are small fish, which fishermen should throw back into the sea.
12 — Stanley.
13 — Leonardo da Vinci.
14 — Yellow Submarine.
15 — Rhesus.
16 — Any other business.
17 — In troubled waters.
18 — Balaclava.
19 — Venice, where most traffic is motor boats and gondolas.
20 — It’s Magic by Doris Day.