That’s why it’s called your Achilles’ Heel

1 — Why is your weak spot your “Achilles’ Heel”?
2 — Name four well-known films with animals in their titles.
3 — The Burrell Collection in Glasgow’s Pollok Park was gifted to the city by Sir William Burrell. In what line of business was he?
4 — What is Little Nellie in the James Bond film You Only Live Twice?
5 — In which decade were postcodes introduced in the UK?
6 — Why might the first winner of The Grand National in 1839 remind you of Camelot?
7 — What’s the difference between an epicure and a manicure?
8 — Identify the Charles Dickens’ works — a) windswept lodge, b) trying moments, c) yuletide choral song, d) ancient inquisitive store.
9 — It’s rubbish in Britain and a flat-bottomed sailing boat in China. What is it?
10 — What would a lactometer measure?
11 — If you had a Black Bellied, a Golden and a Dwarf Campbells Russian what kind of animal are your pets?
12 — In 1865 Elizabeth Garrett Anderson qualified to become Britain’s first practising what?
13 — Aquarius is a song from which popular musical — Cats, Starlight Express, Jesus Christ Superstar or Hair?
14 — In pre-decimal Britain, how much was one third of a pound?
15 — The Chinese gooseberry is also known by which antipodean name?
16 — Name the world’s southern-most capital city.
17 — Did Beethoven write six, nine, 12 or 15 symphonies?
18 — If you’re served tostadas in a Mexican restaurant, what would you expect to receive?
19 — What’s the common name for the tree fungus Ceratostomella Ulmi ?
20 — Rearrange TIE LAID NEAT to reveal an EastEnders actress.

Sunday Post Quiz Answers, November 11, 2001

1 — In Greek mythology Achilles’ mother Thetis dipped him in the River Styx, which had protective powers, when he was a baby. She held him by the heel, so it was the only vulnerable part of his body.
2 — The Horse Whisperer, The Silence Of The Lambs, The Deer Hunter, Dances With Wolves, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, etc.
3 — Born into a ship-owning family he retired early to devote his life to his collection.
4 — A miniature helicopter equipped with various gadgets.
5 — The 1950s (October 3, 1959).
6 — The horse’s name was Lottery.
7 — An epicure is a lover of fine food and drink, a manicure is a beauty treatment for the hands and nails.
8 — a) Bleak House, b) Hard Times, c) A Christmas Carol, d) The Old Curiosity Shop.
9 — Junk.
10 — The density of milk.
11 — Hamsters.
12 — Woman doctor.
13 — Hair. 
14 — Six shillings and eight old pence.
15 — Kiwi fruit.
16 — Wellington, New Zealand.
17 — Nine symphonies.
18 — Unleavened bread, deep fried and topped with minced beef and vegetables.
19 — Dutch elm disease.
20 — Letitia Dean who plays Sharon.