That Bond villain
with the white cat

1 — Which of James Bond’s enemies sat with a white cat on his knee?
2 — Where can you see a Snellen Chart — in a bookie’s, a garage workshop, a public library or optometrist’s shop?
3 — If David Soul was once TV’s Hutch, who was Starsky?
4 — In plural the name of this British knitwear company is also a potato snack. Name them.
5 — If someone gave you a burnet would you wear it on your head, wear it on your finger, plant it in your garden or eat it with
stir-fried vegetables?
6 — Rioja wine is produced in which country?
7 — Rearrange NO APT STAMP to find a favourite children’s character.
8 — Sabena is which country’s national airline?
9 — What’s the name for the bit of your nose that divides your nostrils?
10 — Which special edition Mini car had the same name as a late, great British comedian?
11 — Why do we have fingerprints?
12 — On birds, what’s the difference between a beak and a bill?
13 — The name of which peninsula in Massachusetts, USA, contains a fish?
14 — Which is further south — the Suez Canal or the Panama Canal?
15 — Is pecorino a breed of sheep, manufacturer of shoes, a woodwind instrument or an Italian cheese?
16 — Which of the following isn’t a real plant — Custardweed Pudding, Never-Never Plant, Jack-In-The-Pulpit, Adder’s Tongue, Skunk Cabbage?
17 — Which has the longer coastline — Scotland or England?
18 — Why do we say someone is sacked when they lose their job?
19 — In chess, how does a rook or castle move?
20 — What word can follow helicopter, writing and mouse?

Sunday Post Quiz Answers, May 20, 2001

1 — Ernst Stavro Blofeld, played by Donald Pleasence in You Only Live Twice.
2 — In an optometrist’s shop. It’s the eye test chart.
3 — Paul Michael Glaser.
4 — Pringle & Pringles.
5 — Plant it in your garden. It’s the name of two related plants.
6 — The Rioja region of northern Spain.
7 — Postman Pat.
8 — Belgium.
9 — Your septum.
10 — Mini Cooper and Tommy Cooper.
11 — When our hands are wet they help channel water away to improve grip, like tyres on a wet road.
12 — Beaks are generally smaller and pointed, bills larger and more rounded.
13 — Cape Cod.
14 — Panama Canal.
15 — It’s an Italian cheese.
16 — Custardweed Pudding.
17 — Scotland, with a coastline three times the length of the England and Wales coastline.
18 — From tradesmen gathering up their tools in a bag or sack before leaving.
19 — Forwards, backwards and sideways.
20 — Pad.