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September 19, 2004


Are these sufferers
scared of sunshine?


1 — Would a homichlophobic person be extremely fearful of snow, wind, sunshine or fog?
2 — What’s the connection between John Logie Baird and a Maltese Cross?
3 — Identify these Scottish towns — a) garment river crossing, b) bell sound dyke, c) stronghold for young prince, d) biscuit in Perthshire. 
4 — What is the Zugspitze in Germany?
5 — What are “floaters” in your eyes?
6 — How much was a florin worth?
7 — Which famous person played in rock band Ugly Rumours at university?
8 — Name four makes of car, past or present, beginning with P. 
9 — How many of King Henry VIII’s wives were executed and how many did he divorce?
10 — When does pneumonia become known as double pneumonia? 
11 — Which hawk-like bird forms part of a Bedfordshire town?
12 — Citius, Altius, Fortius (faster, higher, stronger) is the motto of what?
13 — Which planet is sometimes known as the Evening Star — Venus, Uranus, Mars or Pluto?
14 — In American it’s a stick shift, but by what name do we know this?
15 — Add IE to the end of a word meaning a large group of people to make a cheese.
16 — Unscramble THIN ICE FOLK to find a useful item used by a chef. 
17 — What side of the road do they drive on in New Zealand?
18 — A musical term meaning lively and brisk, this Italian word was also which British-made car?
19 — Who backed Paul McCartney on the song We All Stand Together?
20 — Name three well-known rap stars with Ice in their name. 


Sunday Post Quiz Answers, September 19, 2004

1 — Fog.
2 — In 1924 he transmitted the image of a Maltese Cross in an early TV experiment. 
3 — a) Coatbridge, b) Dingwall, c) Fort William, d) Abernethy. 
4 — The country’s highest mountain in the Bavarian Alps. 
5 — Shreds of tissue that float around as your eye moves before eventually being absorbed.
6 — Two shillings or 10p. 
7 — Tony Blair. 
8 — Any four from: Peugeot, Proton, Plymouth, Pontiac, Porsche, Packard, etc. 
9 — He executed two, Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard, and divorced two, Catherine of Aragon and Anne of Cleves. 
10 — When it’s prevalent in both lungs.
11 — Leighton Buzzard. 
12 — The Olympic Games. 
13 — Venus. 
14 — As a manual gear lever in a vehicle. 
15 — Crowdie.
16 — Kitchen foil. 
17 — The left. 
18 — Allegro. It was an Austin. 
19 — The Frog Chorus. 
20 — Any three from: Ice T, Vanilla Ice, Ice Cube, Ice MC.