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February 21, 2010


Hecklers who sat in the Muppet theatre balcony

1 — Name the two hecklers who sat in the balcony on The Muppet Show.
2 — In which pop song does the singer claim, “I got food in my belly and a licence for my telly”?
3 — How many target colours are seen in the sport of archery? 
4 — The English word plaid derives from the Gaelic word for what? 
5 — The Appian Way takes you out of which capital city? 
6 — Does an octopus have one, two, three or four hearts? 
7 — Which organ in our bodies produces insulin?
8 — Approximately what percentage of people in the Irish Republic are Roman Catholic? 
9 — What bird features on the Polish coat of arms? 
10 — What type of TV programme would you expect to see Rachel De Thame presenting? 
11 — Which of the following objects is NOT a weapon featured in Cluedo — a) candlestick, b) lead piping, c) paperweight or d) spanner? 
12 — The nickname “gamp” for an umbrella is derived from the umbrella-carrying character Sarah Gamp in which Charles Dickens novel? 
13 — Identify these bygone models of Ford cars — a) “East” region of England, b) this schoolboy really is a good lad, c) a light and gentle breeze, d) English ITV region? 
14 — Which popular darts celebrity is known as The Count?
15 — Which pop band took its name from a character played by actor Michael J. Fox? 
16 — What does “pit” mean in place names such as Pitlochry, Pittenweem and Pitsligo? 
17 — What is the surname of Gavin and Stacey in the BBC comedy series? 
18 — Kick-off describes the start of a football match, but what is its ice-hockey equivalent? 
19 — What, according to the saying, do they say “of fish and visitors”?
20 — If people from Glasgow are Glaswegian, what do you call people who hail from Orkney? 


Sunday Post Quiz Answers, February 21, 2010

1 — Statler and Waldorf. 
2 — Pencil Full Of Lead by Paolo Nutini. 
3 — Five. Gold in the centre, followed by red, blue, black and white respectively. 
4 — Blanket. Plaid derives from the Gaelic “plaide”. 
5 — Rome. 
6 — Three hearts. 
7 — The pancreas. 
8 — Around 88 per cent. 
9 — The white eagle. 
10 — Gardening. She’s a Gardeners’ World presenter.
11 — c) paperweight. 
12 — Martin Chuzzlewit
13 — a) Anglia, b) Prefect, c) Zephyr and d) Granada. 
14 — Ted Hankey, who makes an entrance wearing a black cape and fangs. 
15 — McFly, from Marty McFly in the Back To The Future films. 
16 — Share or portion of land. 
17 — Shipman. 
18 — Face-off. 
19 — They go off after three days. 
20 — Orcadians.