The hardest substance
in the human body


1 — What is the hardest substance in our bodies? 
2 — Mary Slessor appears on which current Scottish banknote? 
3 — Identify four types of fish from the clues — a) excellent, b) wipe gently, c) useful for a bird, d) part of your shoe.
4 — What comical name is informally given to the part of the human elbow that passes the ulnar nerve? 
5 — How should a piece of music marked mezzo be played?
6 — How many celebrities have presented the TV quiz show Blankety Blank?
7 — Which one of the following is a real place — Auchenshuggle, Auchenturroch, Auchenshaver or Auchternethy?
8 — What special role does The Royal Company of Archers have in Scotland?
9 — Match up the albums — Permission To Land, Sing When You’re Winning, Parachutes and The Man Who with the artistes — Robbie Williams, Coldplay, The Darkness and Travis.
10 — What do the words scissors, trousers, binoculars and jeans have in common? 
11 — Name three famous films featuring nuns.
12 — Dogfish are a type of what?
13 — Which popular soft drink was originally known as Brad’s drink?
14 — Can giraffes swim? 
15 — What are devils on horseback on a menu? 
16 — Drop the initial letter from a mythical Scottish village to make a lively dance. 
17 — What’s the continental equivalent of a British shoe size 9? 
18 — Who is the older of The Two Ronnies? 
19 — How many lanes make up an Olympic sized swimming pool? 
20 — Who said “In the future everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes”? 

Sunday Post Quiz Answers, November 28, 2004

1 — Tooth enamel. 
2 — The Clydesdale Bank £10. 
3 — a) Brill, b) dab, c) perch, d) sole. 
4 — The funny bone. 
5 — Moderately softly.
6 — Three: Terry Wogan, Les Dawson and Lily Savage (Paul O’Grady). 
7 — Auchenshuggle in Glasgow. 
8 — They’re the Queen’s official bodyguards. 
9 — Permission To Land, The Darkness. Sing When You’re Winning, Robbie Williams. Parachutes, Coldplay. The Man Who, Travis. 
10 — They can’t be singular.
11 — Any three from The Sound Of Music, The Nun’s Story, Sister Act, The Singing Nun, Nasty Habits, etc. 
12 — Shark. 
13 — Pepsi Cola. It was invented by American pharmacist Caleb Bradham. 
14 — No. 
15 — Prunes wrapped in bacon.
16 — Brigadoon to rigadoon. 
17 — Size 43. 
18 — Ronnie Barker, who was born in 1929. Ronnie Corbett arrived in the world in 1930. 
19 — Eight lanes. 
20 — Andy Warhol.