So just who can ye shove 
aff the bus?

1 — According to the Scots comedy song, which grandparent CAN you shove aff the bus? 
2 — Paramedics often perform CPR at the scene of an accident. What does it stand for? 
3 — Which British servicemen are known as the Red Devils? 
4 — What age do you have to be to do the football pools? 
5 — Why is credit called “tick”? 
6 — Does the Queen pay tax? 
7 — Name four Irishmen who present programmes on national terrestrial TV. 
8 — How many bits of wood are used in a game of cricket? 
9 — Which bumbling police detective has a sidekick called Cato? 
10 — How did the expression to do something “at the drop of a hat” originate? 
11 — In the animated film Finding Nemo, what kind of fish is Nemo?
12 — Which popular rock ’n’ roll singer had a hit with a song that’s an ice cream flavour?
13 — Which actor was born in England — Stan Laurel or Oliver Hardy? 
14 — Which senior politician appeared in a Tracey Ullman pop video?
15 — Why do we say we’ll “earmark” something for a purpose?
16 — Which abbey near Dumfries might remind you of the girl you love?
17 — What word can be a part of a ship’s hull and a cut of beef? 
18 — What does a graminivorous animal eat? 
19 — By what name do we now know the Jules Rimet Trophy? 
20 — What would the DVLA mean by VED? 

Sunday Post Quiz Answers, October 3, 2004

1 — Your daddy’s mammy. 
2 — Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation. 
3 — The Parachute Regiment. 
4 — You have to be 16. 
5 — Written IOUs were referred to as tickets and people talked about living “on tickets”. In time it was shortened to on tick.
6 — Yes, on her personal income. 
7 — Any four from: Patrick Kielty, Eamonn Holmes, Terry Wogan, Henry Kelly, Craig Doyle, etc. 
8 — 13. (Six stumps, four bails, two bats — and cork in the ball). 
9 — Inspector Clouseau, played by Peter Sellers. Burt Kwouk was Cato. 
10 — Hats were often dropped or waved as a signal to start a fight or a race.
11 — A clownfish. 
12 — Little Richard, who sang Tutti Frutti. 
13 — Stan, born in Ulverston, Cumbria, in 1890. 
14 — Neil Kinnock made a guest appearance in her My Guy video. 15 — From farmers marking or tagging animals’ ears.
16 — Sweetheart Abbey. 
17 — Topside. 
18 — Grass, cereals, etc. 
19 — The World Cup. 
20 — Vehicle Excise Duty.