Milestone birthday for 
the Iron Lady


1 — How old will Margaret Thatcher be on her next birthday?
2 — Who was Queen Elizabeth I’s mother?
3 — Which drug gets its name from the Greek god of dreams?
4 — Does a man’s beard grow faster than his hair?
5 — Solve the following clues to Rolling Stones hits — a) emulsion it very dark, b) small scarlet chicken, c) piano bar ladies, d) coffee sweetener.
6 — Complete the name of the children’s TV character, Spongebob . . . 
7 — How many members of the Dimbleby family have had successful careers in television journalism? 
8 — Make a connection between a mountain and the 1980 Grand National winner.
9 — Which vitamin helps improve your vision in poor light?
10 — Which of the following words can be typed using just the top line of a Qwerty keyboard — typewriter, poetry, question, weepy?
11 — In chess, which two words describe the vertical and horizontal lines of squares on the board?
12 — A small drink the morning after is called “a hair of the dog”. Why?
13 — Why do comets have tails? 
14 — What word can come before lamp, poodle and bearer? 
15 — What do they call jelly in the USA?
16 — Which butterfly is a sovereign?
17 — Name three plants that contain the name of an animal. 
18 — If you were served crowdie in a restaurant what would you be eating?
19 — Identify these Scottish towns — a) rock harbour, b) jackets of brine, c) toupee burgh, d) stronghold for Mr Tell. 
20 — What was the former name of the North Sea? 

Sunday Post Quiz Answers, December 5, 2004

1 — She’ll be 80 on October 13.
2 — Anne Boleyn. 
3 — Morphine, from the god Morpheus. 
4 — No, the growth rate is about the same. 
5 — a) Paint It Black, b) Little Red Rooster, c) Honky Tonk Women, d) Brown Sugar.
6 — Squarepants. 
7 — Three — Richard and his sons David and Jonathan. 
8 — Ben Nevis was the horse that won it that year. 
9 — Vitamin A. 
10 — All of them except ‘question’.
11 — Rank and file. 
12 — From the old belief that burnt dog hair cured all ills. 
13 — A mass of ice, gases and dust, when comets approach the sun, they start to heat up. The ice changes to a vapour, releasing dust and gases that sweep back making a tail. 
14 — Standard. 
15 — Jello.
16 — A monarch butterfly! 
17 — Any three from dog rose, foxglove, catmint, cowslip, dandelion, etc. 
18 — Cheese. 
19 — a) Stonehaven, b) Saltcoats, c) Wigtown, d) Fort William. 
20 — The German Ocean.