Who has been top of the 
pops most times?


1 — Who holds the record for the UK’s most Number One singles in the pop charts? 
2 — Butterflies taste with their feet — true or false?
3 — Why do snakes shed their skins?
4 — What is a maitre d’ in a restaurant? 
5 — In 1986 the theme from TV’s EastEnders made it into the pop charts. Who was the singer?
6 — Which of the following is a real suburb of Calcutta — Mub Mub, Dum Dum, Bug Bug or Fop Fop?
7 — Who looks into the Mirror of Erised?
8 — Does Britain or the USA own the Virgin Islands?
9 — Why is colour blindness more common in men?
10 — Join the names of two Scottish football clubs to make an English football club.
11 — What is Britain’s highest civilian award for gallantry?
12 — What are singing hinnies? 
13 — By what name is the celebrity Katie Price better known?
14 — Why might 14 minutes to six in the evening remind you of a famous Scottish conflict?
15 — Which US state became the first to enter the union in 1787 — Colorado, New York, Georgia, Oregon or Delaware?
16 — Unscramble SEE YOUR HANDY POSE to locate a famous Australian landmark.
17 — Which Status Quo hit might remind you of the artist L.S. Lowry?
18 — Which traditional Scots song begins, “Oh the summer time is coming, And the trees are sweetly blooming . . . 
19 — Why are they called trade winds? 
20 — How are Chris Lowe and Neil Tennant better known on the pop scene? 

Sunday Post Quiz Answers, April 4, 2004

1 — Elvis Presley with 18. The Beatles had 17 and Cliff Richard has had 14. 
2 — True, they have sensitive taste organs on their feet. 
3 — The outer layer wears out as they outgrow it and a new skin forms underneath. 
4 — Short for maitre d’hotel, it’s the head waiter. 
5 — Anita Dobson, who played Angie Watts, sang Anyone Can Fall In Love.
6 — Dum Dum. 
7 — Characters in Harry Potter books. 
8 — Both. Some are British territories, others American. 
9 — The gene is carried by the X chromosome. Men have one and women two, so men don’t have a second unaffected X chromosome to cancel out the defect. 
10 — Queens Park and Rangers to make Queens Park Rangers.
11 — The George Cross. 
12 — Scones said to “sing” when baked on a griddle. 
13 — Glamour model Jordan. 
14 — Because 1746 is the date of the Battle of Culloden. 
15 — Delaware.
16 — Sydney Opera House. 
17 — Pictures Of Matchstick Men. Lowry is famous for his street scene paintings featuring matchstick figures. 
18 — Wild Mountain Thyme. 
19 — Comes from the nautical expression “to blow trade”, meaning to blow along a regular trading route. 
20 — The Pet Shop Boys.