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June 22, 2008

The Harry Potter book with the longest title

1 — Which of JK Rowling’s seven Harry Potter novels has most words in the title?
2 — What is a Tamworth on a farm?
3 — What is a funambulist at a circus?
4 — How old was Ronald Reagan when he became American president in January, 1981? 
5 — Which is the only muscle in your body connected at one end only? 
6 — Which dog is tallest — dachshund, Pembroke Welsh corgi, saluki or basset hound? 
7 — Rearrange GREEN MOTH LOCH FAN to find a popular Scottish TV drama. 
8 — What two-word palindromic phrase means to suddenly stop a motor-car? 
9 — Which bizarre American TV comedy family lived at 1313 Mockingbird Lane? 
10 — How is Baron Greenwich more commonly known in the Royal Family? 
11 — In the Yogi Bear cartoons, which ranger does Yogi regularly outwit? 
12 — Would you find the Treshnish Isles off the coast of Mull, Islay, Lewis or Skye?
13 — Approximately what percentage of the population of the UK lives in England? 
14 — According to the Meat Loaf lyrics, “Objects in the rear view mirror may . . . what?
15 — Scrimshaw is the art of carving artistic designs into what? 
16 — What does the word “vodka” mean in Russian? 
17 — If zero on the Beaufort wind scale means it’s calm and 1 indicates light air, what does Force 12 indicate? 
18 — If a dog is canine and a cat feline what animal is leporine? 
19 — Played by the actor Tom Watt in early episodes of EastEnders, what was character George Holloway’s nickname? 
20 — What is pluvius insurance? 


Sunday Post Quiz Answers, June 22, 2008

1 — Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix. 
2 — A pig. 
3 — A tightrope walker. 
4 — He was 69 (70 the next month). 
5 — Your tongue.
6 — Saluki, by far. 
7 — Monarch Of The Glen
8 — Pull up. 
9 — The Munsters
10 — Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh.
11 — John Smith in Jellystone Park. 
12 — Mull. 
13 — About 84 per cent. 
14 — Appear closer than they are.
15 — Bone or ivory.
16 — Little water. 
17 — Hurricanes. 
18 — A hare or rabbit. 
19 — Lofty. 
20 — Insurance taken out to cover you if an event is a failure or has to be cancelled, etc, due to inclement weather.