Can you recall what the Jack of Hearts is holding?

1 — What is the Jack of Hearts holding in his hand in a standard pack of playing cards?
2 — What is the middle colour of a rainbow?
3 — Which post-war prime minister is believed to have been the tallest in British history? 
4 — The following clues give two-word answers where both words begin with a W — a) soldiers injured in a battle but still able to get about, b) lucky place to throw coins, c) helps you see the road ahead, d) unhappy sounding tree. 
5 — What is gerontology the study of — a) odours, b) climate change, c) primitive man or d) ageing? 
6 — Can owls turn their heads around a full 360 degrees in one direction? 
7 — What soup takes its name from the Tamil language and means “pepper water”? 
8 — Which saying is the opposite of as different as chalk and cheese? 
9 — Glasgow’s coat of arms features a bird, a tree, a fish and . . . what? 
10 — Name six things you can wear on your feet starting with S. 
11 — What is the sum of the cost of a colour TV licence and a black-and-white TV licence? 
12 — Identify the “pretty” songs by the following bands — a) Manfred 
Mann, b) Roy Orbison, c) Sex Pistols, d) Michael Jackson. 
13 — Which everyday grooming product takes its name from a Hindi word meaning squeeze or massage? 
14 — What is a haboob in the desert? 
15 — In which sport might you perform a salchow? 
16 — Why is a hippopotamus so called? 
17 — Why are rugby balls oval? 
18 — SNP leader Alex Salmond was born in which town in 1954?
19 — In an aircraft what is sometimes known as George? 
20 — Is the collective noun for a group of ducks — a paddling, a quacking, a webbing or a honking? 

Sunday Post Quiz Answers, January 20, 2008

1 — A leaf. 
2 — Green. 
3 — James Callaghan at 6ft 1in. 
4 — a) Walking wounded, b) wishing well, c) windscreen wipers, d) weeping willow. 
5 — Ageing.
6 — No, not quite, but they can turn their heads 270 degrees in both directions. 
7 — Mulligatawny. 
8 — As alike as two peas in a pod. 
9 — A bell. 
10 — Slippers, socks, shoes, skates, skis, sandals.
11 — £135.50 for colour plus £45.50 for black and white is £181. 
12 — a) Pretty Flamingo, b) Pretty Woman, c) Pretty Vacant, d) P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing). 
13 — Shampoo, derived from champo. 
14 — A sandstorm. 
15 — It’s a jump in figure skating.
16 — It comes from the Greek meaning river horse. 
17 — The first balls were made from oval-shaped inflated pig’s bladders. 
18 — Linlithgow. 
19 — The automatic pilot facility. 
20 — A paddling.