Strange thing about the
birth of baby seahorses

1 — What’s unusual about the way seahorses have babies?
2 — Are your lungs the same size?
3 — Name the UK’s largest cathedral.
4 — Which popular Chinese recipe means “bits and pieces”?
5 — How old will Cristiano Ronaldo be on his next birthday?
6 — Alex Norton and John Michie appear in which popular TV drama?
7 — Name four birds starting with K.
8 — The following words all begin with CAN — a) irritable, argumentative, b) variety of melon, c) division of Switzerland, d) to solicit votes.
9 — Why do we “bite the bullet” when doing something courageous?
10 — Pick the odd one out — Ibiza, Tenerife, Malta, Majorca or Minorca?
11 — Tic-tac-toe is another name for which game?
12 — Name Barney and Betty Rubble’s son.
13 — What can be a mixed drink and a seaside puppet?
14 — An eagle and a snake feature on the flag of which nation?
15 — If you suffer from genuphobia do you fear — a) elderly gentlemen, b) engines, c) flowering plants or d) knees?
16 — What can be a cottage, a cob or a bloomer?
17 — Do dandelions have anything to do with lions?
18 — Which actor/director has won the most film BAFTAs?
19 — Which US river is “the father of waters”?
20 — In the phonetic alphabet which three words come after Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot?

Sunday Post Quiz Answers, April 27, 2008

1 — It’s the male that gives birth. 
2 — No, your left lung is a bit smaller. 
3 — Liverpool’s Anglican Cathedral. 
4 — Chop suey. 
5 — 24. He was born on February 4, 1985. 
6 — Taggart. 
7 — Any four from kiwi, kittiwake, kookaburra, kestrel, kite, knot, etc. 
8 — a) Cantankerous, b) cantaloupe, c) canton, d) canvass. 
9 — When there were no anaesthetics to treat wounded soldiers on the battlefield they were given bullets to bite as a pain distraction. 
10 — Malta, which is independent. The other islands are Spanish territories.
11 — Noughts and crosses. 
12 — Bamm-Bamm. 
13 — Punch! 
14 — Mexico. 
15 — Knees.
16 — A loaf of bread. 
17 — Yes, name’s from dent de lion “lion’s tooth”, referring to the shape of the leaves. 
18 — Woody Allen, with eight awards. 
19 — The Mississippi. 
20 — Golf, Hotel, India.