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November 18, 2001


Everyone is going crazy about Harry

1 — Complete the title of the J. K. Rowling novel Harry Potter And The Goblet Of… what?
2 — Five letters of the alphabet aren’t used at the beginning of hurricane names. Which five?
3 — Is it more or less than 25 years since Elvis Presley died?
4 — Pick the odd one out — Dan Maskell, Murray Walker, David Coleman, George Alagiah, Peter O’Sullevan. 
5 — Solve the following clues to Scottish islands — a) mixed up tube, b) high above us, c) where there’s brass, d) tasty with bacon.
6 — In the 1960s, what were Caroline, London and Scotland?
7 — Name four films with compass points in their titles.
8 — What old Ford car is also a light wind?
9 — Fran Healy is the singer in which Scottish band — Del Amitri, Simple Minds, Travis or Marillion?
10 — Name the cartoon dogs in — a) Garfield, b) Peanuts, c) Wacky Races.
11 — Who said, “the British are a nation of shopkeepers”?
12 — How many horse racecourses are there in Scotland?
13 — The adjective glossal refers to which part of the body?
14 — How many stars are on the Australian flag — four, five, six or seven?
15 — If someone gave you a sampan would you sail in it, cook in it, wrap it around your shoulders or hang it on your wall?
16 — In TV’s Heartbeat, what was the name of Claude Greengrass’s dog?
17 — What term describes the weight of a motor car without occupants or baggage?
18 — What American city did Marc Cohn, Chuck Berry and Mott the Hoople all sing about?
19 — How many players are there in a baseball side — 9, 11 or 13?
20 — Rearrange TRIED WHICH RELAY to identify a television quiz show host. 


Sunday Post Quiz Answers, November 18, 2001

1 — Fire.
2 — Q, U, X, Y and Z.
3 — Less, 24 years. He passed away on August 16, 1977.
4 — George Alagiah, a BBC news journalist. The others are or were sports commentators.
5 — a) Bute, b) Skye, c) Muck, d) Eigg.
6 — Pirate radio stations.
7 — East Of Eden, North By Northwest, South Pacific, Westworld, etc.
8 — Zephyr.
9 — Travis.
10 — a) Odie, b) Snoopy, c) Muttley.
11 — Napoleon.
12 — Five. Ayr, Kelso, Hamilton Park, Musselburgh, Perth.
13 — The tongue. 14 — Six. 15 — You’d sail in it, it’s a small boat.
16 — Alfred.
17 — Kerb weight.
18 — Memphis — Walking In Memphis, Memphis Tennessee and All The Way To Memphis.
19 — There are nine.
20 — Richard Whiteley.