This spectacular structure sure is a sight to behold

1 The worlds tallest building is in which city?
2 Which TV soap opera address is also known as The Old Rectory?
3 Unscramble LOST CASH IN EM to find something in a casino.
4 In the UK we throw away how many million tonnes of rubbish a year 10, 20, 30 or 40?
5 Identify these popular British films from the 1980s a) burning bygone
two-wheeled carriages, b) solace and rapture for director Bill Forsyth, c) Nat King Cole recorded this song about a Leonardo Da Vinci portrait, d) TV series with Judith
Chalmers.
6 West Lothians Susan Boyle found fame on Britains Got
Talent, but is her middle name Mabel, Magdalene, Margaret or McGregor?
7 What is a Fosbury flop?
8 Which giant computer firms motto is Think?
9 What does wich mean in place names such as Norwich, Nantwich and Greenwich?
10 What are growlers in freezing waters?
11 Which toy company makes the most tyres in a single year?
12 Which five-letter word can precede sixteen, meat, pea and William?
13 On a standard darts board, what number is directly opposite the six?
14 Which cricketer became the first male to win a Strictly Come Dancing
title back in December 2005?
15 Famously extinct since the mid 17th Century, the dodo was particular to which island in the Indian Ocean?
16 Identify these European International vehicle registration codes a) E, b) GBG, c) MC,
d) UA.
17 Name the dog in the Tintin cartoons.
18 Which Noughties rock song begins with the lyrics When I was a young boy, My father took me into the city, To see a marching band?
19 Name the four major tennis tournaments.
20 What word can be a part of your ear and something a blacksmith uses?
Sunday Post Quiz Answers,
February 28, 2010
1 Dubai. The Burj Khalifa Dubai tower, United Arab Emirates, is more than 800 metres (2625 feet tall), with more than 160 storeys.
2 9 Coronation Street. Vera Duckworth gave it its name.
3 Slot machines.
4 30 million tonnes.
5 a) Chariots Of Fire, b) Comfort and Joy, c) Mona Lisa, d)
Wish You Were Here.
6 Magdalene.
7 Its a high jump technique named after the US athlete Dick Fosbury whose Olympic performance brought it to prominence.
8 IBM.
9 Its derived from an old Anglo Saxon word for saltworks.
10 Chunks of ice that have broken off icebergs, said to make a growling sound through the water.
11 Lego. They make around 306 million tyres per year for their toys.
12 Sweet.
13 11.
14 Darren Gough who was accompanied by his professional dancing partner Lilia Kopylova.
15 Mauritius.
16 a) Spain, b) Guernsey, c) Monaco, d) Ukraine.
17 Snowy.
18 Welcome To The Black Parade by My Chemical Romance.
19 Wimbledon, the Australian Open, French Open, and US Open.
20 Anvil.
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