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February 17, 2008

Brucie really is the king of the catchphrase

1 — Name five Bruce Forsyth catchphrases.
2 — Where would you expect to see a cranesbill — a) in a garden centre, b) in a delicatessen, c) in an aviary, d) on a building site? 
3 — Which famous Hollywood actor’s name is made up of the surnames of two American presidents? 
4 — Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain is a phrase often used to remember what?
5 — What colour is the upholstery on the seats in the House of Commons?
6 — If your car tyres are under-inflated are they more likely to wear in the middle or at the edges? 
7 — What does a circular road sign with a blue background, red border and red diagonal line mean? 
8 — Why are labourers sometimes called navvies? 
9 — What’s unusual about the year 1691? 
10 — In fiction who had dogs called — a) Bullseye, b) Nana, c) Timmy, d) K 9?
11 — Which Scottish cape always sounds angry?
12 — A station wagon is an American term for what? 
13 — Estate agents in this country might describe an old house as “Victorian” or “Edwardian”. But if someone selling you a house in America told you it was “Antebellum” what would that tell you?
14 — Unscramble I TURN OFF MY ALES to find a popular TV quiz show. 
15 — What common “green” vegetable can be red?
16 — Name three well-used phrases containing the word “egg”.
17 — Love Shack was the biggest hit for a band whose name should remind you of a Boeing bomber plane. Name the band.
18 — What time would the mirror image of a clock at 4.20 appear to read? 
19 — What is Tweed kettle? 
20 — Pick the odd one out — Meriva, Zafira, Vectra, Signum, Murano or Antara?  


Sunday Post Quiz Answers, February 17, 2008

1 — Any five from I’m in charge, Nice to see you, etc, Good game, good game, Give us a twirl, You don’t get anything for a pair, Didn’t he do well, etc. 
2 — In a garden centre — it’s a variety of geranium. 
3 — Harrison Ford. William Henry Harrison or Benjamin Harrison and Gerald Ford. 
4 — The colours of the rainbow. 
5 — Green.
6 — At the edges. 
7 — No waiting. 
8 — Short for navigational engineers, it originally referred to workers on navigation canals. 
9 — It reads the same upside down! 
10 — a) Bill Sikes in Oliver Twist, b) The Darling Family in Peter Pan, c) George in Enid Blyton’s The Famous Five, d) Doctor Who. 11 — Cape Wrath! 
12 — An estate car. 
13 — Meaning “Before the war” in Latin, it refers to property built before the American Civil War (i.e. pre 1861). 
14 — Family Fortunes
15 — Cabbage. 
16 — A bad egg, Don’t put all your eggs in one basket, To have egg on your face. 
17 — The B52s. 
18 — 7.40. 
19 — A salmon recipe, originally for River Tweed salmon, cooked in a fish kettle. 
20 — Murano, which is a Nissan car. The others are Vauxhalls.