Do people really stand
taller in the morning?


1 — Are people really taller in the morning?
2 — What is the most popular vegetable in the UK after potatoes?
3 — Which country won this year’s Eurovision Song Contest? 
4 — The 1950 film The Blue Lamp was the inspiration for which long-running TV series?
5 — Why are they called tea roses? 
6 — The following clues give films with times of day in their titles — a) elevated midday, b) witching hour cattleman, c) early greeting Asian country, d) evening and sunrise inclusive. 
7 — Manchester, Border and Bedlington are all types of what?
8 — Which one of the following top athletes ISN’T a swimmer — Adrian Moorhouse, Nick Gillingham, James Hickman, Dwain Chambers?
9 — Why is your elbow better for testing a baby’s bath water than your hand?
10 — Why are salmon pink?
11 — Put the following record sizes in order, largest first — 45s, 78s, 331/3.
12 — In which sport might you use nymphs?
13 — Why is it called a drawing-room?
14 — When is electricity motionless? 
15 — Rearrange a word for a stand up funnyman to make a Balkan republic. 
16 — Name four non-metallic chains.
17 — Why do we have fingernails? 
18 — What is Britain’s most visited tourist attraction?
19 — Who would know most about a brickfielder — a cricketer, drystane dyker, meteorologist or dentist?
20 — Why do we ask for a “sub” meaning a loan? 

Sunday Post Quiz Answers, July 4, 2004

1 — Yes, slightly, because your spine is compressed during the day and elongates at night when there is no pressure put on it.
2 — Carrots. 
3 — Ukraine. 
4 — Dixon Of Dock Green.
5 — Their scent was said to resemble the inside of a wooden tea chest.
6 — a) High Noon, b) Midnight Cowboy, c) Good Morning Vietnam, d) From Dusk Till Dawn.
7 — Terrier. 
8 — Dwain Chambers, who’s a sprinter. 
9 — Your elbow is more sensitive because it has less padding. 
10 — Colour comes from the things they eat (crustaceans, plankton, etc) which contain carotenoids.
11 — 33 1/3, 78, 45. 
12 — Fly-fishing. 
13 — Originally a withdrawing room, where the gentlemen withdrew to smoke after dinner. 
14 — When it’s static! 
15 — A comedian to Macedonia.
16 — Chain gang, daisy chain, chain letter, chain reaction, chain store, etc. 
17 — They protect the ends of our fingers from knocks and damage and are involved in the sense of touch. 
18 — Blackpool Pleasure Beach, which draws over six million visitors each year. 
19 — A meteorologist. It’s a term for a hot scorching wind that originated in Australia. 
20 — It’s short for subsistence money.