David is the latest in a long line of TV time travellers

1 — How many actors have played Doctor Who in the TV series? 
2 — Name four Scottish islands starting with “S”. 
3 — What common non-jewellery item is kept in a jewel case? 
4 — How did the saying “to shed crocodile tears” originate? 
5 — Name two sports you take part in on a piste. 
6 — What animal takes its name from an Arabic word meaning “One who walks swiftly”? 
7 — Which former snooker player has a sign of the Zodiac as a surname? 
8 — Which boy band took their name from a character in the film Back To The Future? 
9 — What would a tailor mean by a “leg-of-mutton” sleeve? 
10 — Which scientific element is also a well-known London theatre? 
11 — Rearrange QUAINT THEME and CLOCK MINT to remember two popular John Wayne movies. 
12 — Which dessert means “white food” in French? 
13 — The following clues give answers containing TEN — a) knives and forks, b) paid when you’re alert, c) Scottish football league club, d) hard metallic element?
14 — We have all heard of canine and feline, but can you name four other animal groups ending in “ine”? 
15 — What word can precede work, maid and martin, yet follow light, glass and summer? 
16 — Name a printed, glazed cotton fabric ending in Z. 
17 — What is trigamy?
18 — Which sense usually improves with age? 
19 — Who lives next door to Squidward in a popular cartoon?
20 — How does the Queen normally sign official documents?   

Sunday Post Quiz Answers, April 6, 2008

1 — David Tennant is the tenth Doctor. The previous nine were — William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker, Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy, Paul McGann and Christopher Eccleston. 
2 — Shetland, Staffa, Skye, Shapinsay, Scalpay, etc. 
3 — A compact disc. 
4 — From an old notion that crocodiles wept while devouring their prey. 
5 — Any two from skiing, snowboarding, fencing or petanque (boules).
6 — Giraffe, from zirapha. 
7 — John Virgo. 
8 — McFly. From Michael J. Fox’s character Marty McFly. 
9 — One full on the upper-arm but close-fitting on the forearm or wrist. 
10 — Palladium.
11 — The Quiet Man and McLintock. 
12 — Blancmange. 
13 — a) Utensils, b) attention, c) Stenhousemuir, d) tungsten. 
14 — Ursine (bear), vulpine (fox), lupine (wolf), equine (horse), bovine (cattle), ovine (sheep), leonine (lion), etc. 
15 — House.
16 — Chintz. 
17 — Having three spouses at one time. 
18 — Common sense! 
19 — SpongeBob SquarePants. 
20 — Elizabeth R.