Brrrr! — it’s the coldest
country in the world

1 — Which is the coldest country in the world?
2 — What type of survey sounds at home in a hayloft?
3 — Is a margaritifera margaritifera — a) a Latin American dance, b) a large daisy, c) a freshwater mussel, d) a spicy herb?
4 — What is the name of Bill Sykes’s dog in Oliver Twist?
5 — Why is bread full of holes?
6 — When did the farthing go out of circulation — 1959, 1960, 1961 or 1962? 
7 — Which fruit is the main ingredient in a Waldorf salad?
8 — Which coffee chain is named after a character in Moby Dick?
9 — In which part of the UK are car registration numbers made up of three letters and up to four numbers?
10 — Rearrange SO SAY NICE BARD FOLK to recall a popular TV and radio drama set in Scotland. 
11 — Piedmont in Italy is home to which popular wine?
12 — Who would use a clinometer in their work — a chef, dentist, librarian or surveyor?
13 — Identify these Sean Connery films — a) small mountain, b) everlasting jewels, c) he can cure you, d) Prince Charles perhaps? 
14 — Do sheep that graze on lush pastures produce better quality wool? 
15 — Why don’t horses feel pain when being shod?
16 — Which sporty object was invented after pie factory workers began throwing the empty trays around? 
17 — Anatomically, how is the buccal cavity better known — ear hole, belly button or mouth?
18 — What kind of soup has a royal sounding name?
19 — Do your pupils grow larger in a bright or dim light? 
20 — Why is yoghurt the most genteel of desserts? 

Sunday Post Quiz Answers, January 16, 2005

1 — Russia. Temperatures of -30 degrees Celsius have been recorded recently in Moscow. 
2 — A straw poll! 
3 — It’s a freshwater mussel. 
4 — Bullseye. 
5 — Yeast releases a gas, which causes bubbles, and they set during baking.
6 — 1960, on December 31. 
7 — Apples. 
8 — Starbucks. Starbuck is the first mate on the Pequod, the ship that sought the great white whale. 
9 — Northern Ireland. 
10 — Dr Finlay’s Casebook.
11 — Asti Spumante. 
12 — A surveyor. It’s used to measure the angle and elevation of slopes. 
13 — a) The Hill, b) Diamonds Are Forever, c) Medicine Man, d) The Man Who Would Be King.
14 — Yes, good grazing improves wool quality. 
15 — They have no nerve endings in their hooves.
16 — The Frisbee, named after The Frisbee Pie Company. 
17 — The mouth. 
18 — Brown Windsor. 
19 — Dim light, because they open wide to let in as much available light as possible. 
20 — It’s cultured!