Foursome who had us falling about laughing

1 — Rowan Atkinson, Griff Rhys Jones, Mel Smith and who made up TV’s Not The Nine O’Clock News gang?
2 — Which politician popularised the phrase “Iron Curtain” in reference to the boundary with communist countries?
3 — Your heart beats around how many times a day? 
4 — Where would you be most likely to see a conure — a) in an apiary, b) in an aviary, c) in an orangery or d) in an aquarium? 
5 — When did the ten-shilling note go out of circulation? 
6 — Is gossamer natural or man-made? 
7 — What does the W in George W. Bush stand for?
8 — Give three articles of clothing named after people. 
9 — How many bones are there in the human face?
10 — Who might perform an arabesque?
11 — In the James Bond film, what is Dr No’s Christian name?
12 — Farfalle pasta is shaped like what? 
13 — How do you make a whisky mac? 
14 — Add these bingo calls and give the answer as a bingo call — duck and dive, rise and shine, doctor’s orders and Valentine’s Day? 
15 — According to the proverb, what needs no accuser? 
16 — What’s the literal meaning of the word sangria? 
17 — Rearrange MOAN WITH BED to identify a popular Scottish radio disc jockey.
18 — America’s historic Old Route 66 runs between which two places?
19 — What is a bibliophile? 
20 — Name four breeds of dog beginning with D. 

Sunday Post Quiz Answers, March 23, 2008

1 — Pamela Stephenson. 
2 — Sir Winston Churchill, when making a speech in Fulton, Missouri, in 1946. 
3 — About 100,000 times. 
4 — b) In an aviary. Conures are a group of parrots. 
5 — It ceased to be legal tender on November 22, 1970.
6 — Natural. It’s strands of spider’s web. 
7 — Walker. 
8 — Three from Leotard, Jules Leotard; bloomers, Amelia Bloomer; Mackintosh, Charles Macintosh; Wellington boots, Duke of Wellington, etc. 
9 — 14. 
10 — A ballet dancer or an ice skater.
11 — Julius. 
12 — A bowtie or a butterfly. 
13 — Add green ginger wine. 
14 — 25 + 29 + 9 + 14 = 77. Sunset Strip. 
15 — A guilty conscience.
16 — Bleeding. 
17 — Edith Bowman. 
18 — Santa Monica, Los Angeles and Chicago, Illinois. 
19 — A lover, and probably collector, of books. 
20 — Four from Dandie Dinmont, Doberman, daschund, Dalmatian, dingo, dogo Argentino, etc.