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August 22, 2004

Summer songs we all 
sang along to



1 — Name the “summer” songs by the following artists — a) Bay City Rollers, b) Bryan Adams, c) Isley Brothers, d) Abba. 
2 — Have they adopted the euro in Poland?
3 — Only one of the following was a real dinosaur. Which one? Ankylosaurus, wrystosaurus, hyposaurus or pelvosaurus?
4 — What’s the connection between footballer Billy McNeil and a Roman emperor?
5 — Name four drums you can’t beat.
6 — In which TV programme can you meet Griff, Ptolomy and Marianne?
7 — If you have a pony and two monkeys how much money do you have? 
8 — What are the tallest and smallest breeds of dog?
9 — Did the Great Train Robbery take place before or after Prince Edward was born?
10 — I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair is a song from which popular stage musical and film?
11 — Which abbreviated English county is a good thing for tired people?
12 — How did the surname Sexton originate? 
13 — What makes milk white?
14 — What can be red, dead, white or black?
15 — Is the proportion of single person households in Britain more or less than 25 per cent?
16 — Translating vermicelli into English might put you off eating it. Why?
17 — Would you eat, live in or travel in a yurt?
18 — How should a pianist play a passage of music marked diminuendo?
19 — Who was Doubting Thomas?
20 — The Government talks about rises and falls in the CPI. What does it stand for? 


Sunday Post Quiz Answers, August 22, 2004

1 — a) Summer Love Sensation, b) Summer Of ’69, c) Summer Breeze, d) Summer Night City.
2 — No, they still use the zloty. 
3 — Ankylosaurus. 
4 — Billy’s nickname was Caesar. 
5 — Eardrum, brake drum, drum major, humdrum.
6 — BBC’s Restoration.
7 — £1025. A monkey is £500 and a pony £25. 
8 — The Irish wolfhound and chihuahua. 
9 — Before. The Great Train Robbery was 1963, Edward was born in 1964. 
10 — South Pacific.
11 — Beds! 
12 — A sexton is a church officer who attends the clergymen, rings the church bell, etc. 
13 — Its fat and protein content gives it its colour. 
14 — Seas. 
15 — More, it’s around 30-33 per cent.
16 — It means little worms! 
17 — You’d live in it, it’s a tent-like dwelling. 
18 — Gradually more quietly. 
19 — One of Christ’s Apostles. He refused to believe Christ had risen until he could see for himself. 
20 — The Consumer Prices Index.