When you can’t get a good night’s sleep


1 — What’s the most common cause of sleeplessness? 
2 — Identify the following singing “Wilsons” from the songs — a) Reet Petite, b) In The Midnight Hour, c) Just What I Always Wanted, d) As Time Goes By.
3 — Why was Rabbie Burns thrown out of the pub? 
4 — Which American children’s author has a fruit in his name?
5 — What’s the difference between the G7 and G8 groups of top industrialised nations? 
6 — Malcolm X was a famous American black liberation movement leader. Was his real surname Short, Tall, Little or Small?
7 — Could pterodactyls fly?
8 — Why is an important day a “red letter day”?
9 — Which is softer — silver or gold?
10 — The capital of Colombia is an anagram of which island in the West Indies? 
11 — A trident symbol representing the city of Bologna is the emblem of which prestigious Italian car company?
12 — Which top Scottish rock band’s name means “from the womb” in Greek?
13 — What do hurricanes, potatoes and needles have in common?
14 — Who would use a dibber — a blacksmith, a carpenter, a stonemason or a gardener? 
15 — In popular fiction who rode a horse called Scout? 
16 — What word can come before wrap, car and jet? 
17 — TAP is the national airline of which European country? 
18 — In days gone by, what was the occupation of a boniface?
19 — Where on earth are the Mountains of the Moon?
20 — What’s the difference between a disease and an illness? 

Sunday Post Quiz Answers, March 27, 2005

1 — Anxiety and stress. 
2 — a) Jackie Wilson, b) Wilson Pickett, c) Mari Wilson, d) Dooley Wilson. 
3 — Because he was Bard! 
4 — Lemony Snicket, best known for A Series Of Unfortunate Events, now a popular film. 
5 — The G7 consists of the United States, Britain, Germany, France, Canada, Japan and Italy. When Russia is involved it becomes the G8.
6 — Little. 
7 — Yes, they were flying reptiles. 
8 — On church calendars saints’ and feast days were printed in red to stand out. 
9 — Gold. 
10 —Tobago, an anagram of Bogota.
11 — Maserati. 
12 — Del Amitri. 
13 — They all have eyes but can’t see. 
14 — A gardener, it’s a small tool for making holes in the soil to plant things. 
15 — Tonto, the Lone Ranger’s companion.
16 — Bubble. 
17 — Portugal (Transportes Aereos Portugueses). 
18 — An innkeeper or landlord. 
19 — On the Congo and Uganda border. 
20 — You get an illness as the result of catching a disease.