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February 14, 2010


A cryptic message that means they love you lots

1 — What does the acronym ILYMTTASITS on a Valentine’s Day card stand for? 
2 — Which Scots song begins, “Maxwellton braes are bonnie, Where early fa’s the dew”? 
3 — Is an Egyptian mau — a) a stone coffin, b) a grand feast, c) a breed of cat or d) a ceremonial sceptre? 
4 — Who might perform a salchow? 
5 — Which flower was recently voted Britain’s favourite? 
6 — We all suffer from borborygmi from time to time, but what is it? 
7 — What pudding name means “burnt cream” in French? 
8 — The songs Jolly Holiday and Let’s Go Fly A Kite are from which musical film? 
9 — The flamenco is a Spanish dance with lively toe and heel steps, usually accompanied by guitar and what hand percussion instrument? 
10 — 2009 saw which football club celebrate their centenary — Dundee, St Johnstone, Forfar or Dundee United? 
11 — Identify these breeds of canine — a) he’s at home in the ring, b) Hans Christian Anderson for example, c) anagram of I GREW LOCHS, d) award-winning Steve McQueen movie? 
12 — Il Buono, Il Brutto, Il Cattivo is the Spanish title of which spaghetti Western? 
13 — Name the largest Canary island. 
14 — Springfield Shopper reporter Dave Shutton features in which popular animated TV series? 
15 — Would an amathophobic person be afraid of darkness, death, demons or dust? 
16 — If someone has the letters FBHS after his name, would he have connections with horses, horticulture, houses or hospitals? 
17 — In which Old Testament book does Moses stay on Mount Sinai for 40 days and 40 nights? 
18 — Vitalstatistix is a character in which cartoon series? 
19 — Donwell Abbey, Highbury and Hartfield are ficticious locations in which novel by Jane Austen? 
20 — Wednesday is the daughter in which American TV comedy — The Munsters or The Addams Family
 


Sunday Post Quiz Answers, February 14, 2010

1 — I love you more than there are stars in the sky. 
2 — Annie Laurie
3 — It’s a cat. Mau means cat in Egyptian. Name is said to be derived from their meeow. 
4 — A figure skater. It’s a move where you jump from one skate, complete a full rotation, and land on the other foot. 
5 — The rose.
6 — A gurgly, rumbling tummy. 
7 — Creme brulee. 
8 — Mary Poppins
9 — Castanets. 
10 — Dundee United. The club began in 1909 as Dundee Hibernian.
11 — a) Boxer, b) Great Dane, c) Welsh Corgi, d) Papillon. 
12 — The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
13 — Tenerife. 
14 — The Simpsons
15 — Dust.
16 — Horses. He’s a Fellow of the British Horse Society. 
17 — The Book of Exodus. 
18 — Asterix The Gaul
19 — Emma. 
20 — The Addams Family.