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May 6, 2001


Don't be caught out by a
Gatso at the roadside

1 — What is a Gatso at the roadside?
2 — Arrange the following Scottish bridges from north to south — Friarton Bridge, Erskine Bridge, Kessock Bridge, Kincardine Bridge.
3 — Deely boppers were a silly fashion accessory of the 1980s. Where did you wear them?
4 — Which Volkswagen car, if said twice, is the name of a South Pacific island?
5 — Sue Barker presents TV’s A Question Of Sport. Name her two predecessors.
6 — Is Lego an American, French, German, Danish or Dutch invention?
7 — Where are most oranges grown — USA, South Africa, Brazil?
8 — When might a tradesman use a bubble to determine whether a job has been done properly?
9 — Is the patron saint of police officers St Thomas, St Michael or St Paul?
10 — The new Scottish Parliament building can be found in which Edinburgh road?
11 — How does the Latin phrase non compus mentis translate into English?
12 — Which part of a car contains an inertia reel?
13 — Do you have to pay vehicle licence duty on a tractor?
14 — What were leeries in days gone by?
15 — The name of which Glasgow district means “place of the badger”?
16 — We’ve all heard of BAFTA awards, but what does it stand for?
17 — The fictional girl band Stinx feature in a TV commercial for what?
18 — Which washing machine manufacturer used the slogan “the appliance of science”?
19 — Which Scottish league club play home games at Strathclyde Homes Stadium — Airdrie, Clydebank, Clyde, Dumbarton?
20 — Rearrange GNOMES REQUEST TIRED IAN to discover
a long-running radio programme.


Sunday Post Quiz Answers, May 6, 2001

1 — A speed detection camera, invented by Dutchman Maus Gatsonides.
2 — Kessock, Friarton, Kincardine, Erskine.
3 — On your head. They were antennae attached by springs to a hairband.
4 — VW Bora & Bora Bora.
5 — David Coleman and David Vine.
6 — Danish.
7 — Brazil.
8 — When it’s in a spirit level.
9 — St Michael.
10 — Holyrood Road.
11 — Not of sound mind.
12 — The seatbelt.
13 — No, they’ve been exempt since the last Budget.
14 — Lamplighters, who went around with a long pole to light gas street lamps.
15 — Ibrox. From brock, an old word for badger.
16 — British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
17 — Anti-smoking, singing Why Do You Keep Running Boy? It’s put out by The Health Education Board for Scotland.
18 — Zanussi.
19 — Dumbarton.
20 — Gardeners Question Time.