The Mousetrap is a box office record breaker

1 — Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap has been running for 56 years. Have there been more than 18,000, 23,000, 27,000 or 33,000 performances? 
2 — If you arranged the football teams from Scotland’s four senior leagues in alphabetical order which would come first and which last? 
3 — Who’s older — Donald Duck or Mickey Mouse?
4 — Name the two most famous battlefields you can look over from the ramparts of Stirling Castle. 
5 — In which indoor sport might players use the pen- holder grip? 
6 — Give four North Sea oilfields named after seabirds. 
7 — Which London railway station’s name has featured twice in the Top 10? 
8 — On a roulette wheel what colour is the background of the zero?
9 — For the Army it’s Sandhurst, for the RAF it’s Cranwell. Where is the equivalent officers’ school for the Royal Navy? 
10 — Unscramble HER WOMEN TRAP DAWN’S LOVER to reveal an English football team. 
11 — Name four films with an animal in their title. 
12 — Identify these American state capitals — a) former British car company, b) bike manufacturer, c) white cliffs location, d) there’s a Surrey and a Yorkshire one. 
13 — Is oenology the study of birds, bats, whisky or wine? 
14 — From what films do the following quotes come — a) Nobody puts Baby in a corner, b) You talkin’ to me?, c) I’m the king of the world!, d) Hasta la vista, baby. 
15 — In which sport are substitutes allowed while the game is still in play? 
16 — Name four pop stars or groups with something to eat in their names. 
17 — How old do you have to be to be a blood donor? 
18 — Which woman’s hairstyle is a man’s name? 
19 — Driving a Silver Dawn or Phantom, what is your make of car? 
20 — Should a cartophilist collect old maps, postcards, beer mats or cigarette cards?  

Sunday Post Quiz Answers, June 8, 2008

1 — More than 23,000 performances. 
2 — Aberdeen and Stranraer. 
3 — Mickey Mouse, who made his debut in 1928. The first cartoon featuring Donald came out in 1934. 
4 — Bannockburn and Stirling Bridge. 
5 — Table tennis.
6 — Any four from Cormorant, Fulmar, Tern, Eider, Kestrel, Pelican, Gannet, etc.
7 — Waterloo. In Waterloo Sunset by The Kinks and Waterloo by Abba. 
8 — Green. 
9 — Dartmouth. 
10 — Wolverhampton Wanderers.
11 — The Elephant Man, A Man Called Horse, Cat Ballou, Digby, The Biggest Dog In The World, Raging Bull, etc. 
12 — a) Austin (Texas), b) Raleigh (North Carolina), c) Dover (Delaware), d) Richmond (Virginia). 
13 — Wine. 
14 — a) Dirty Dancing, b) Taxi Driver, c) Titanic, d) Terminator 2: Judgment Day. 
15 — Ice hockey.
16 — Any four from Meat Loaf, Cream, The Jam, Bread, Neneh Cherry, Black Eyed Peas, Fish, etc. 
17 — 17. 
18 — Bob! 
19 — Rolls-Royce. 
20 — Cigarette cards.