Have you ever had a turn on 
a teeter-totter?

1 — In America it’s a teeter-totter, but how do we know it? 
2 — Name Rab C. Nesbitt’s sons. 
3 — Was the first product through a supermarket bar code scanner — chewing gum, cornflakes, cigarettes or sticking plaster? 
4 — Which South American country did Prince William visit during his “year out” before university?
5 — British tank names always begin with a C. Name four. 
6 — How long is an Irish presidential term of office — four, five, six or seven years?
7 — Identify the following “wet” answers — a) Miserable dull person, 
b) Scottish pop group, c) have a drink or two, d) inexperienced, green. 
8 — If someone gave you a hoagie what would you do with it?
9 — Which TV police drama was NOT set in New York — Cagney & Lacey, A Man Called Ironside, Kojak or McCloud?
10 — Which member of the Royal Family is Baron Killyleagh?
11 — If someone is an “Indian giver” what do they do?
12 — Danny Zuko is the leading male character in which film musical? 
13 — When did they stop putting “new” on coins?
14 — Who would send out an encyclical? 
15 — How did the expression “Not by a long chalk” originate?
16 — Why is something given free of charge “buckshee”? 
17 — What is a mansard on a building? 
18 — Greece won this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, but which island nation came second? 
19 — Mantissa is a term used by — a mathematician, a dressmaker, a bookkeeper or a musician? 
20 — In America who is Joe Sixpack?  

Sunday Post Quiz Answers, July 17, 2005

1 — As a seesaw. 
2 — Gash and Burney. 
3 — a) Chewing gum. It was a packet of Wrigley’s at Marsh’s Supermarket in Troy, Ohio, in 1974. 
4 — Chile. 
5 — Centurion, Chieftain, Crusader, Churchill or Challenger.
6 — Seven years. 
7 — a) Wet blanket, b) Wet Wet Wet, c) wet your whistle, d) wet behind the ears. 
8 — Eat it. It’s a made-to-order sandwich filled with meat and cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, etc, on an Italian roll. 
9 — A Man Called Ironside, which was set in San Francisco. 
10 — Prince Andrew.
11 — Take back something they’ve given as a gift or they expect something equivalent in return. 
12 — Grease, played by John Travolta. 
13 — 1982. 
14 — The Pope. It’s an official papal letter. 
15 — From the practice of chalking up scores in games and competitions.
16 — It’s military slang, from the Persian word baksheesh, meaning small cash given as a gratuity. 
17 — A roof with a double slope in which the top part is shallower, named after French architect Francois Mansart. 
18 — Malta. 
19 — Mathematician, it’s the part of a number after the decimal point. 
20 — Any ordinary man, like our Joe Bloggs.