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April 11, 2010


So how many official Scottish cities are there? 

1 — There are officially how many cities in Scotland? 
2 — In the song Nutbush City Limits by Ike and Tina Turner on what highway do “the people keep the city clean”? 
3 — Which Australian state was once known as Van Dieman’s Land? 
4 — Dunsapie Loch can be found in which well-known Scottish park? 
5 — Identify the following “green” things — a) band behind American Idiot, b) site of Falklands War battle, c) motoring organisation, d) naive, gullible person. 
6 — What type of dance shares its name with the Spanish word for sauce? 
7 — How do you “chit” seed potatoes? 
8 — What is Babel Fish on the Internet? 
9 — What disease was once known as consumption? 
10 — Identify these footballing terms — a) Paul Daniels could perform this, b) it's also found on a bicycle, c) fishing gear, d) he’s out on the picket line? 
11 — Which record-breaking American Olympic swimmer is known as the Baltimore Bullet?
12 — In The Bible, how was Jethro related to Moses — a) father, b) brother-in-law, c) brother or d) father-in-law? 
13 — What is Tweed kettle? 
14 — A couple celebrating their Pottery Anniversary have been married for — 3, 6, 9 or 12 years? 
15 — Name any four countries on the Equator. 
16 — Which Biblical garden name is derived from Hebrew meaning “oil press”? 
17 — Is dystocia something that can affect a man or a woman? 
18 — Who was the US president on the day Neil Armstrong became thefirst man to set foot on the Moon? 
19 — If you’re sitting in a Twingo you’re behind the wheel of a car manufactured by which company?
20 — Which Scottish county is often referred to as “Big Tree Country”?  


Sunday Post Quiz Answers, April 11, 2010

1 — Six. Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Dundee, Stirling, Inverness. 
2 — Highway Number 19. 
3 — Tasmania. 
4 — Holyrood Park in Edinburgh. 
5 — a) Green Day, b) Goose Green, c) Green Flag, d) greenhorn.
6 — Salsa. 
7 — You put them in a cool, light place to encourage strong sturdy shoots to grow before planting in the ground. 
8 — It’s a Yahoo application that translates text or web pages from one language to another. 
9 — Tuberculosis. 
10 — a) Hat-trick, b) crossbar, c) tackle, d) striker.
11 — Michael Phelps. 
12 — Jethro was father-in-law to Moses. 
13 — A salmon recipe, sometimes called salmon hash. 
14 — 9 years. 
15 — Any four from Uganda, Somalia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo, Kenya, Gabon, Ecuador, Brazil, Colombia, Kiribati, Maldives, and Indonesia.
16 — Gethsemane. 
17 — A woman. It’s difficulty in giving birth. 
18 — It was July 21, 1969, when Richard Nixon was president. 
19 — Renault. 
20 — Perthshire.