But what’s a bumbershoo in Dick Van Dyke’s song?

1 — In Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Dick Van Dyke sings about his bumbershoo. What is it?
2 — Jake the Jailbird appears on which popular game?
3 — When does autumn come before spring?
4 — What’s the difference between a gaggle and a skein of geese?
5 — If you suffer from pantophobia do you fear — a) nothing at all, b) everything, c) being on a stage, d) being dehydrated?
6 — Why is the highest achieving pupil at a school called the dux?
7 — Was Buster Keaton’s real name George, John, Andrew or Joseph?
8 — How is the medicine acetylsalicylic acid better known?
9 — Approximately how many days elapse between full moons?
10 — What would you use a styptic pencil for?
11 — Which kitchen utensil features on the logo of the Food Standards Agency?
12 — No two gorillas have identical — a) nose prints, b) teeth prints, c) ear prints or d) chin prints?
13 — Name the three Conservative Party leaders before David Cameron.
14 — We all use the abbreviation e.g. for example, but what does e.g. stand for?
15 — Approximately what percentage of your body is made up of water?
16 — There are around how many fish and chip shops in the UK — a) 5000, b) 10,000, c) 15,000, d) 20,000?
17 — What word can come after green, life and commuter?
18 — How many cents are in an American nickel?
19 — When is a bet like your eyelashes?
20 — Which country won the Eurovision Song Contest last year — 
a) Bosnia & Herzegovnia, b) Greece, c) Serbia, d) Ukraine? 

Sunday Post Quiz Answers, March 2, 2008

1 — Bumbershoo or bumbershoot, it’s an old word for an umbrella.
2 — Monopoly.
3 — When it’s in a dictionary!
4 — A gaggle is on land or water, a skein in the air. 
5 — b) Everything.
6 — Dux is Latin for leader.
7 — Joseph. 
8 — As aspirin. 
9 — About 29. 
10 — To stem the flow of blood from a small wound.
11 — Two interlocking forks. 
12 — a) Nose prints. 
13 — Michael Howard, Iain Duncan Smith and William Hague. 
14 — Exempli gratia. 
15 — About 70 per cent.
16 — b) There are more than 10,000.
17 — Belt. 
18 — Five. 
19 — When it’s a flutter!
20 — Serbia.