When the Royals get together 
at Braemar


1 — In which month is the Braemar Gathering held?
2 — Which manufacturers produced the following cars — a) Ambassador, b) Oxford, c) Anglia, d) Dolomite? 
3 — Which British university has most students? 
4 — Where might you expect to find a postulant — in a theatre, in a convent, in a laboratory or in a mail sorting office? 
5 — To become a member of MENSA your IQ has to fall within the top two, four, six or eight per cent of the population? 
6 — What colour are newly-caught lobsters from British waters?
7 — What was the last film made by — a) Marilyn Monroe, b) John Wayne, c) Clark Gable, d) Humphrey Bogart. 
8 — Laverock is an old Scots word for which bird?
9 — Which Canary Island’s name means “strong wind” in Spanish?
10 — Which is more — a tad or a smidgen? 
11 — We’ve all heard of Mr Punch from the Punch And Judy Show, but what is Punch short for? 
12 — Why was it once common to put naphthalene in your house?
13 — Who is the Labour MP for Hull East?
14 — What was the real first name of American jazz and blues pianist Fats Waller — Thomas, Terence, Theodore or Timothy?
15 — How many regular bottles of wine fit into a Balthazar — eight, 16 or 24? 
16 — Can you think of a 10-letter office occupation with three consecutive double letters?
17 — What do they call paraffin in the USA?
18 — What colour is also South Africa’s longest river?
19 — Why do they say “the penny has dropped” when something finally dawns on you? 
20 — Do female bees sting? 

Sunday Post Quiz Answers, March 14, 2004

1 — September, on the first Saturday.
2 — a) Austin, b) Morris, c) Ford, d) Triumph. 
3 — The Open University with around 201,000 students worldwide. 
4 — In a convent. It’s a girl in the first stages of training to become a nun. 
5 — The top two per cent.
6 — Blue/black. 
7 — a) The Misfits (1961) b) The Shootist (1976), c) The Misfits, d) The Harder They Fall (1956). Marilyn began making Something’s Got To Give in 1962, but her death meant it was never completed. 
8 — A lark.
9 — Fuerteventura. 
10 — A tad, which is a small amount. A smidgen is a very small amount.
11 — Punchinello. 
12 — It’s the substance mothballs are made of. 
13 — Deputy PM John Prescott. 
14 — Thomas. 
15 — 16 bottles.
16 — Bookkeeper. 
17 — Kerosene.
18 — The Orange. 
19 — From old slot machines where it took a while for coins to fall through. 
20 — Yes, males don’t.