Suffering succotash, 
as Sylvester would say

1 — The famous cartoon character Sylvester often says, “Suffering succotash”. But what is succotash? 
2 — What was the Prime Minister’s name in 1990? 
3 — Identify the following “hypo” words — a) line opposite right angle on a triangle, b) needle or injection, c) abnormally low body temperature, d) proposed explanation. 
4 — The Isle of Lewis takes it name from a Gaelic word meaning — a) rocky, b) barren, c) marshy or d) beautiful? 
5 — Who were the Onion Johnnies? 
6 — Which fruits do you associate with — a) Nell Gwynne, b) William Tell, c) Siobhan Fahey, d) Popeye’s girlfriend.
7 — If the Commonwealth countries are arranged in alphabetical order, which ones come first and last?
8 — Why do you often feel better after a good cry? 
9 — Which fabric takes its name from the French for Sweden?
10 — Does salmonella have anything to do with salmon?
11 — Why is two weeks called a fortnight?
12 — Which Scottish banknote features Robert the Bruce on horseback against a background of Stirling Castle?
13 — What do most people talk about at the tea table? 
14 — One in every 10 men is colour blind. What’s the ratio in women? 
15 — Do melons grow on trees? 
16 — Which colour is most restful to our eyes? 
17 — Give four expressions containing the word bread. 
18 — What word can come before circus, collar and market? 
19 — If a river bifurcates, what does it do?
20 — You’ve heard of heavy metal music, but what is speed metal music? 

Sunday Post Quiz Answers, August 14, 2005

1 — An American Indian recipe of lima beans, corn and sometimes meat. 
2 — Tony Blair of course! He didn’t change his name when he became Prime Minister in 1997. 
3 — a) Hypotenuse, b) hypodermic, c) hypothermia, d) hypothesis. 
4 — Marshy, from Leodhas. 
5 — Frenchmen who brought onions to the UK to sell door-to-door.
6 — a) oranges, b) apples, c) bananas (she was in Bananarama), d) olives (Olive Oyl). 
7 — Antigua and Barbuda is first, Zambia last. 
8 — When we’re upset our bodies cope by producing extra chemicals and hormones that are released in our tears. 
9 — Suede. 
10 — No, name is taken from US veterinary surgeon Daniel E. Salmon who identified it.
11 — It’s just a corruption of fourteen nights. 
12 — The Clydesdale Bank £20. 
13 — The events and activities of their day or things in the news. 
14 — One in every 200. 
15 — No, they grow on vines trailing along the ground.
16 — Green. 
17 — Any four from — the greatest thing since sliced bread, know on which side your bread is buttered, take the bread out of someone’s mouth, man cannot live by bread alone, to be on the breadline, etc. 
18 — Flea. 
19 — Divides into two channels. 
20 — Exceptionally harsh and fast heavy metal. Also called thrash.