When wearing your seatbelt became law

1 — In which year did it become compulsory to wear seatbelts in the UK?
2 — Which tree did superstitious Scots often plant in their gardens to ward off witches?
3 — Pierce Brosnan has made how many James Bond films?
4 — What part of the body is studied by a phrenologist?
5 — Why is it called a high tea?
6 — What type of drink is calvados?
7 — In the Highway Code, what does MSM stand for?
8 — Standing outside the Chrysler Building, are you in New York, Washington, San Francisco or Detroit?
9 — Garda is the name of the state police force in the Irish Republic. Why?
10 — Why is an inexperienced person “green”?
11 — What is a “wee deoch an dorus”?
12 — Which are larger — swallows or swifts?
13 — How many books of the Bible begin with the letter N?
14 — “Hairst bree” is a traditional Scottish recipe. What is it?
15 — When Prince Charles is King, will he be Charles II, III, IV or V?
16 — What number connects Ronald Reagan’s presidency, rainy days around Noah’s ark and Ali Campbell’s band.
17 — Which heavenly being takes its name from a Hebrew word meaning “one going” or “one sent”?
18 — What are kine?
19 — How can a bird sit on a power line without being electrocuted?
20 — Name four makes of car, past or present, beginning with C.

Sunday Post Quiz Answers, October 17, 2004

1 — 1983.
2 — Rowan trees.
3 — Four — GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough, Die Another Day.
4 — The skull. Phrenology is a study of the shape of the skull and how it relates to character traits.
5 — It’s of a higher standard than a plain tea.
6 — Apple brandy.
7 — Mirror Signal Manoeuvre.
8 — New York.
9 — It means guard and is short for Garda Siochana, “guardian of the peace”.
10 — Green is associated with spring, new growth and youth.
11 — A final drink, literally “drink at the door”.
12 — Swallows.
13 — Three — Nahum, Nehemiah and Numbers.
14 — Harvest broth, a meat and vegetable soup.
15 — He’ll be Charles III.
16 — 40. Reagan was the 40th president, it rained for 40 days and 40 nights on the ark and Ali Campbell sings with UB40.
17 — Angel.
18 — A herd of cows.
19 — It’s not making a complete circuit, so the current bypasses it and takes the direct route along the wire to complete the circuit.
20 — Cadillac, Citroen, Chevrolet, Chrysler.