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January 31, 2010


You must have seen those
white moustache posters


1 — What was promoted on posters featuring celebrities with fake white moustaches?
2 — Visiting Beaumaris Castle you’re on which British island? 
3 — Solve the anagrams to identify these plays by William Shakespeare — a) REGAL INK, b) JUNIOR TOE MEDAL, c) USUAL ICES JAR, d) OKAY SUIT LIE? 
4 — Watching the Hedgemen playing football at Glebe Park, who are the local side?
5 — What’s special about a pelagic bird? 
6 — Construction of this Edinburgh monument began in 1822, but it was never finished. Name it. 
7 — Singer Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta is better as whom? 
8 — The film Star Wars was released in 1977. Name the two sequels released in 1980 and 1983. 
9 — Unscramble LIFT IN CAGE BIN to locate a piece of useful office furniture? 
10 — Identify the following birds from the clues — a) Captain Jack in 
Pirates Of The Caribbean, b) Gulliver’s Travels author, c) Lieutenant behind Mouldy Old Dough, d) Neneh Cherry’s singing brother. 
11 — Scottish Pop Idol contestant Darius appears in Popstar To Operastar, but what’s his surname? 
12 — “We live electricals” claims which top store? 
13 — In the song Three Craws what happened to the first craw? 
14 — Where was ex-President George W. Bush when a journalist threw shoes at him? 
15 — How did the saying “Beware of Greeks bearing gifts” originate? 
16 — With a capacity of 98,772, name Europe’s largest football stadium. 
17 — Former Commons Speaker Michael Martin resigned in 2009 as MP for which constituency? 
18 — How many players make up a baseball team — seven, nine, 11 or 13? 
19 — “The roar of guns and cannons almost made me cry” is a line from which Abba hit? 
20 — What does “Bally” in Irish place names such as Ballymena Ballymoney and Ballyjamesduff mean? 


Sunday Post Quiz Answers, January 31, 2010

1 — Milk. 
2 — Anglesey, Wales. 
3 — a) King Lear, b) Romeo And Juliet, c) Julius Caesar, d) As You Like It
4 — Brechin City. Glebe Park is famous for its perimeter hedge running partly down the north side of the ground. 
5 — It spends a lot of time at sea or by the coast.
6 — The National Monument, a memorial to the Fallen of the Napoleonic wars, on Calton Hill. 
7 — The American recording artist Lady Gaga. 
8 — The Empire Strikes Back and Return Of The Jedi
9 — Filing cabinet. 
10 — a) Sparrow, b) swift (Jonathan), c) pigeon, d) eagle (Eagle-Eye Cherry).
11 — Campbell (formerly Danesh). 
12 — Comet. 
13 — He fell an’ broke his jaw. 
14 — Baghdad. 
15 — From the story of the wooden horse of Troy when the Greeks hide in the horse to get into the city.
16 — The Nou Camp Stadium in Barcelona. 
17 — Glasgow North East. 
18 — Nine players. 
19 — Fernando
20 — It comes from Gaelic “Baile na” and means “place of”.