They’re top dogs in our 
favourite soaps

1 — Name the dogs owned by the following soap characters — a) Chesney in Coronation Street, b) Edna in Emmerdale, c) Jamie in Emmerdale, d) Gus in EastEnders.
2 — Solve these MIS words — a) muddled mixture, b) book of texts used in church, c) cold wind of southern France, d) a hatred of men?
3 — What is Puissance in show-jumping? 
4 — Unscramble HERE’S A SAD ART to trek across one of the world’s driest locations. 
5 — In Venice, is a vaporetto a multi-flavoured ice-cream cake, a clergyman, a waterbus or a city plumber? 
6 — Which famous American folk pop duo started out in the 1960s as Tom And Jerry? 
7 — Stare Back And Smile is the autobiography of — Samantha Fox, Carol Vorderman, Barbara Windsor or Joanna Lumley?
8 — How many piers are there in Blackpool?
9 — The international car registration code KWT is for which country? 
10 — Name the four colours on the P&O Ferries flag. 
11 — If Mufasa is on screen which Disney cartoon are you watching?
12 — There’s a hole at Royal Troon golf course known as — a) the sixpence hole, b) the sleepy hole, c) the devil’s hole, d) the postage stamp hole? 
13 — In the song The Wild Rover what did he spend all his money on? 
14 — How many “New” US states are there? 
15 — How old do you have to be to qualify for a free TV licence? 
16 — A magnum of champagne equals how many standard bottles?
17 — True crabs have how many pairs of legs? 
18 — How many ears does a praying mantis have? 
19 — Who was “a seven stone weakling” before embarking on a body-building programme? 
20 — What word can refer to a monkey and blood?  

Sunday Post Quiz Answers, April 20, 2008

1 — a) Schmeichel, b) Tootsie, c) Snoopy, d) Wellard. 
2 — a) Mishmash, b) missal, c) mistral, d) misandry. 
3 — Testing a horse’s ability to jump increasingly higher fences. 
4 — Sahara desert. 
5 — A waterbus.
6 — Simon And Garfunkel. 
7 — Joanna Lumley. 
8 — Three. The North, Central and South. 
9 — Kuwait. 
10 — Blue, red, white and yellow.
11 — The Lion King. 
12 — The postage stamp hole. 
13 — Whiskey and beer. 
14 — Four. New York, New Mexico, New Hampshire, New Jersey. 15 — 75.
16 — Two. 
17 — Five, including their front ones which have claws. 
18 — Just one. 
19 — Charles Atlas. 
20 — Rhesus.