So that's why America is called Uncle Sam

1 — How did America’s nickname Uncle Sam originate?
2 — Name the Hollywood actor whose middle names are Columcille Gerard.
3 — What embarrassing condition did Marilyn Monroe, Winston Churchill, Charles Darwin, and George VI suffer from — dandruff, stammering, clicking knee joints or constant nose bleeds?
4 — Name three songs that have the word moon in the title.
5 — Name the first country to introduce a law to make euthanasia legal.
6 — Where was the Statue of Liberty built?
7 — Which university in the UK offers a Bachelor of Science degree in Science Fiction — Glasgow, Glamorgan, Greenwich or Greater Manchester?
8 — What is a traditional salute to announce a royal birth in the UK?
9 — Does a hedgehog have up to 1000, 4000 or 7000 spikes?
10 — How many barrels of gunpowder were stored in a cellar under the House of Lords when Guy Fawkes tried to blow up the Houses of Parliament — 16, 36, 35 or 76?
11 — Which American TV comedy about a weird family might remind you of an Irish province?
12 — What are Green Goddesses on the road?
13 — If you asked for eggs benedict in a restaurant what would come with your eggs?
14 — Albert Christian Edward are the other names of which member of the Royal Family?
15 — Which Hitchcock move was chiefly set in Bodega Bay — Marnie, The Birds, Psycho or North By Northwest?
16 — Which board game was invented by Charles Darrow of Pennsylvania, USA — Cluedo, Monopoly, Scrabble or Trivial Pursuit?
17 — Which fictional train travels through Grumbly Town — Thomas The Tank Engine or Ivor The Engine?
18 — We’ve all heard of German football team Bayern Munich, but what is Bayern in English?
19 — Which Dickens title gave its name to a rose voted the 2001 Rose Of The Year — Oliver Twist, The Old Curiosity Shop, A Christmas Carol, Great Expectations?
20 — What word links a summer sport with a noisy insect?

Sunday Post Quiz Answers, September 2, 2001

1 — From the letters US stamped on government supplies to the Army. The story goes there was someone known as Uncle Sam involved in their supply.
2 — Mel Gibson. 
3 — Stammering.
4 — Shine On Harvest Moon, Blue Moon, By The Light Of The Silvery Moon, Moon Shadow, etc.
5 — The Netherlands, in 2000.
6 — In France, as a gift to the people of the USA.
7 — The University of Glamorgan.
8 — A 41-gun salute.
9 — Up to 7000 spikes.
10 — 36 barrels.
11 — The Munsters. Munster is one of the four Irish provinces.
12 — Old fire engines kept in storage and brought out in emergencies, firemen’s strikes, etc.
13 — Usually eggs on ham served on a muffin and covered in hollandaise sauce.
14 — Prince Andrew.
15 — The Birds.
16 — Monopoly.
17 — Ivor the Engine.
18 — Bavaria. 
19 — Great Expectations. 
20 — Cricket.