That funny wee flour man in the bowler hat

1 — Name the little man in the black bowler hat from the Homepride TV adverts. 
2 — In which James Bond movie does 007 get married disguised as a Japanese fisherman? 
3 — Which popular fruit takes its name from the Arabic meaning finger? 
4 — Which Oasis track begins with “Slip inside the eye of your mind, Don’t you know you might find, A better place to play?” 
5 — Which popular 19th Century novelist, poet and travel writer was born at 8 Howard Place, Edinburgh, in November 1850? 
6 — What do Americans mean by a cup of Joe? 
7 — All of these answers end in the letter X — a) short-tailed wild cat with tufted ears, b) clickety-click in the bingo hall, c) figure of Christ on the cross, d), bygone Anglo-Saxon Kingdom? 
8 — Magic are a popular tribute band to which well-known rock band? 
9 — Whereabouts in your body would you find your pronator teres muscle? 
10 — What does the Scots expression “Many a mickle maks a muckle” mean in standard English? 
11 — What’s special about the cruise ship Oasis of the Seas? 
12 — Which popular packets of sweets have taken their name from a flowering plant associated with an Italian city? 
13 — Name the second largest city in Germany.
14 — Solve the following clues to historical Scottish counties — a) American actor, Kiefer, b) prestigious glass company, c) small flute, d) species of eel. 
15 — Does Carol Ann Duffy, Britain’s first female Poet Laureate, hail from Glasgow, Stranraer, Stirling or Gourock? 
16 — Complete the proverb, “Zeal without knowledge is like fire . . .”? 
17 — How old will Mick Jagger be on his next birthday? 
18 — Rearrange BE STAR CARAMEL to locate a delightful historic attraction in the Highlands? 
19 — Name any three members of the Traveling Wilburys pop group. 
20 — What can be a rainforest and an online retailer? 

Sunday Post Quiz Answers, January 10, 2010

1 — Fred. 
2 — You Only Live Twice, starring Sean Connery. 
3 — Banana, from banan. 
4 — Don’t Look Back In Anger. 
5 — Robert Louis Stevenson.
6 — A cup of coffee. Most likely named after US Navy Admiral Joe Daniels who abolished alcohol in the officers’ mess, leaving coffee as the most popular drink. 
7 — a) lynx, b) sixty-six, c) crucifix, d) Wessex. 
8 — Queen. 
9 — In your forearm. 
10 — Many small amounts will grow into a large amount.
11 — It’s the world’s largest cruise ship. It has 16 decks, weighs 220,000 tonnes and can carry 5400 passengers. 
12 — Parma violets. 
13 — Hamburg with a population of 1.7 million. 
14 — a) Sutherland, b) Caithness, c) Fife, d) Moray. 
15 — She was born in Glasgow in 1955.
16 — Without light. 
17 — He’ll be 67 on July 26. 
18 — Braemar Castle. 
19 — Any three from Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison or Tom Petty. 
20 — Amazon.