The most curious thing about Dorian’s portrait

1 — In Oscar Wilde’s story what was odd about The Picture Of Dorian Grey?
2 — How many letters of the alphabet are Roman numerals? 
3 — Could you have spent a Bank of England £1 note in 1987? 
4 — How do young viewers of CBBC better know presenter James Mackenzie? 
5 — Which European country has the oldest state flag in the world — Denmark, Norway, Sweden of Finland? 
6 — Which rock band has an airship in its name? 
7 — Which John Buchan novel closes with the words, “But I had done my best service, I think, before I put on khaki”? 
8 — Which Book of The Bible includes the destruction of the walls of Jericho? 
9 — Flying into Tegel airport you’re in which European city? 
10 — What are cephalopods? 
11 — How did Soweto in South Africa get its name? 
12 — The Tyne Bridge in Newcastle-upon-Tyne was built to the same design as which more famous bridge? 
13 — The Little Minch separates which Scottish islands? 
14 — Which year between 1955 and 2008 can read the same upside down? 
15 — What kind of horse is also a leisurely pastime? 
16 — Which English football team play at KitKat Crescent?
17 — Why is a holiday relief doctor called a locum? 
18 — Marvin Lee Aday is better known to rock music fans as whom?
19 — In which 1980s game show did contestants try to go “from gold to gold”? 
20 — What do you call a young squirrel?

Sunday Post Quiz Answers, May 18, 2008

1 — He stayed youthful while his portrait aged. 
2 — Seven. M, C, D, I, V, L, X. 
3 — Yes they ceased to be legal tender in 1988. 
4 — As gamesmaster Raven. 
5 — Denmark.
6 — Led Zeppelin. 
7 — The 39 Steps. 
8 — The Book of Joshua. 
9 — Berlin. 
10 — Molluscs, such as octopus, cuttlefish and squid.
11 — It’s abbreviated from south west townships. 
12 — Sydney Harbour Bridge. 
13 — It runs between Skye and Harris and North Uist. 
14 — 1961. 
15 — A hobby horse!
16 — York, renamed after a sponsorship deal with Nestle. 
17 — It’s short for locum tenens, Latin for “one holding a place”. 
18 — Meat Loaf. 
19 — Blockbusters. 
20 — A kitten.