So that’s why some
folk have curly hair


1 — What makes curly hair curly?
2 — When did National Service end?
3 — How many letters are there in the Gaelic alphabet — 18, 20, 22 
or 24?
4 — Chefs often refer to what as “the master spice”?
5 — Who would use petersham during their working day — a stockbroker, surgeon, dressmaker or chef?
6 — What is the maximum age for a new blood-donor?
7 — Robert Burns said that freedom and whisky do what?
8 — The answers to the following clues are colours with a pop connection — a) Prince’s favourite, b) Boy band who duetted with Elton John, c) She’s Trouble, d) Average band.
9 — What does the MI in MI5 stand for?
10 — What started at a baker’s shop in Pudding Lane?
11 — In the current line-up of The Rolling Stones, who’s the oldest?
12 — Who is Dr Frank N Furter?
13 — Identify these colourful garden flowers — a) vulpine mitten, b) worth six points in snooker, c) slowly moved up, d) pinch of winter weather.
14 — It means Aunt Mary in English, but by what name do we usually know this drink?
15 — Which word, when put in front of full and empty, makes them the same?
16 — From where does a Novocastrian hail?
17 — What type of gas means “new” in Greek?
18 — Michael Jackson started out singing with his brothers in The Jackson Five. Can you name them?
19 — Rearrange O ROSE HAD FLO’S NYLONS to find a classic TV comedy.
20 — If you suffer from diplopia do you have trouble with your teeth, skin, intestines or vision? 

Sunday Post Quiz Answers, March 7, 2004

1 — It’s to do with the shape of the follicle. Oval follicles produce wavy or curly hair. Straight hair grows from round follicles.
2 — 1960.
3 — There are 18 letters. 
4 — Pepper.
5 — Dressmaker, it’s a heavy corded ribbon used for stiffening material.
6 — 60.  Regular donors can continue donating blood until they are 70.
7 — Gang thegither.
8 — a) Purple, b) Blue, c) Pink, d) White.
 9 — Military Intelligence. 
10 — The Great Fire Of London in 1666.
11 — Charlie Watts, who’s 62. Ex-member Bill Wyman is 67. 
12 — A character from the musical The Rocky Horror Show.
13 — a) Foxglove, b) pink, c) rose, d) snowdrop.
14 — Tia Maria.
15 — Half.
16 — Newcastle.
17 — Neon gas.
18 — Jackie, Tito, Marlon and Jermaine.
19 — Only Fools And Horses. 
20 — Vision. It’s double vision.