Health care from the cradle
to the grave

1 — In which year did the National Health Service come into operation?
2 — When you’re sad you’re in the doldrums. Why do we say that? 
3 — Which British city is known as “the Athens of the north”?
4 — What’s the historical significance of the phrase, “Mr Watson, come here. I want to see you.”
5 — Do monkey wrenches have anything to do with monkeys?
6 — Why do you see more spiders’ webs in wet weather?
7 — Why do doors usually open into a room?
8 — Which Mediterranean island is known as “the mountain in the sea”?
9 — Who was Prime Minister when Roger Bannister ran the first four-minute mile? 
10 — Name Tony Blair’s oldest son. 
11 — In ice hockey, how many players from a team are allowed on the ice at any one time? 
12 — Which breed of feline can be blue-pointed, chocolate-pointed or seal- pointed?
13 — Solve these “Fer” words — a) domestic polecat, b) containing iron, c) good land for crops, d) intensely passionate.
14 — What is a kitten on a lady’s shoe?
15 — Why were “visits” popular evenings of entertainment in Scotland in days gone by? 
16 — Make a connection between Absolutely Fabulous and Shrek 2.
17 — Add IE to the end of a type of seaweed to make a legendary water spirit. 
18 — Identify these London theatres — a) street location for animal fodder, b) Greek god, c) songlike poetry, d) type of cabbage. 
19 — Is It Me? is the title of whose autobiography — Desmond Lynam, John Peel, Terry Wogan or Jonathan Ross?
20 — Identify these wild birds — a) 1970s children’s ITV show, b) Berkeley Square performer, c) petty verbal attack, d) account for restaurant implement.  

Sunday Post Quiz Answers, September 26, 2004

1 — 1948.
2 — The doldrums is a calm humid sea area near the Equator, where winds often dropped and sailing ships became trapped. So the saying likens a sad person to a sailor stuck at sea, unhappy about being unable 
to sail away. 
3 — Edinburgh. 
4 — They were the first words spoken on a telephone during Alexander Graham Bell’s experiments in 1876. 
5 — No, London blacksmith Charles Moncke invented them, hence the name.
6 — Because when droplets of water rest on them, strands look thicker, so you can see them more easily. 
7 — It’s safer. A door opening into a corridor could cause an accident. 
8 — Corsica. 
9 — Sir Winston Churchill, who had returned to power in 1951. Bannister broke the record in 1954. 
10 — Euan, who was 20 on January 19.
11 — Six players. 
12 — Siamese cat. 
13 — a) ferret, b) ferrous, c) fertile, d) fervent. 
14 — A narrow low heel. 
15 — Because ceilidh means visiting or gossiping.
16 — Absolutely Fabulous star Jennifer Saunders does the voice of the Fairy Godmother in Shrek 2. 
17 — Kelp to kelpie. 
18 — a) Haymarket, b) Apollo, c) Lyric, d) Savoy. 
19 — Terry Wogan. 
20 — a) magpie, b) nightingale, c) snipe, d) spoonbill.