That’s a long time to stay up in space


1 — Has anyone ever stayed in space for as long as 500 days? 
2 — Which Victorian Scottish architect was known as “Greek”? 
3 — Which company is the world’s largest retailer?
4 — Rearrange I PASS LOOP CAB to recall a legendary European artist and sculptor.
5 — If you ordered wiener schnitzel in a Berlin restaurant what would you expect to receive?
6 — Why shouldn’t a computer operator mind having a TIFF?
7 — Solve the following clues to TV captains — a) Spectrum Agent Number One, b) Arthur Lowe character, c) Are You Being Served floorwalker, d) he sailed the Black Pig. 
8 — We speak about keeping going until “the bitter end”. Why? 
9 — Was Frank Sinatra born before, during or after World War 1?
10 — What is “leaf peeping” in the USA?
11 — What does a laniferous animal do?
12 — Name the four Conservative party leaders before Michael Howard.
13 — The Stevie Wonder hit Happy Birthday celebrated the birthday of whom?
14 — What gap could you never hope to plug? 
15 — What makes self-raising flour self-raising? 
16 — In which sport might you hear the term “a pair of spectacles”? 
17 — “But each time I do, just the thought of you, Makes me stop before I begin” are lines from which Cole Porter song? 
18 — What are liver spots?
19 — Britain’s most northerly railway station can be found in which town?
20 — From where do we get the painkiller morphine? 

Sunday Post Quiz Answers, November 21, 2004

1 — No, Russian cosmonaut Valery Polyakov holds the record of 438 days on the Mir space station in 1994/5. 
2 — Alexander Thomson, who designed many of Glasgow’s classical buildings. 
3 — US firm Wal-Mart, which owns Asda in the UK. 
4 — Pablo Picasso. 
5 — A pan-fried breaded veal cutlet.
6 — Because it’s a Tagged Image File Format for photos, etc. 
7 — a) Captain Scarlett, b) Captain Mainwaring, c) Captain Peacock, d) Captain Pugwash. 
8 — A nautical term, the bitter end is the end of a rope or chain, wound around bollards called bitts. 
9 — During. He was born on December 12, 1915. 
10 — Touring the countryside in autumn to admire the autumn colours of the trees.
11 — Produce wool. 
12 — Iain Duncan Smith, William Hague, John Major, Margaret Thatcher. 
13 — Martin Luther King. 
14 — The generation gap! 
15 — It contains bicarbonate of soda, plus an acid. 
16 — Cricket. When a batsman scores no runs in either innings of a match, two zeros written together resemble spectacles. 
17 — I’ve Got You Under My Skin. 
18 — Also known as age spots, they’re patches of dark skin, usually on older people and a sign of sun damage. 
19 — Thurso. 
20 — The opium poppy.