Who’s The Doctor’s redhead pal?

1 — Name Doctor Who’s red-haired travelling companion. 
2 — What is the international code number used to telephone the UK from abroad? 
3 — Identify the songs containing the number 10 by the following artists — a) The Beautiful South, b) Cliff Richard, c) UB40, d) Paolo Nutini. 
4 — Bill Clinton was US President from 1993 until 2001. Who was his Vice President?
5 — “So I took him by his left leg and threw him down the stairs” is a line from which children’s nursery rhyme?
6 — What are the first names of the Irish musical duo Foster and Allen?
7 — Which famous painting by Landseer was also the title of a BBC TV drama? 
8 — What does the E in eBay stand for?
9 — If an Italian says “prego” to you, is he or she being kind or argumentative? 
10 — Unscramble BUS FIVE LET BED to locate a satanic-sounding hollow landscape in Dumfries and Galloway. 
11 — Why don’t bats bang into objects when flying in the dark? 
12 — What’s unusual about the sentence Enid and Edna dine? 
13 — Contested annually at Ayr Racecourse, how many jumps must be negotiated by the horse and jockey in order to win the Scottish Grand National — 21, 24, 27 or 30? 
14 — The oldest tree in Great Britain is at Fortingall churchyard, west of Aberfeldy. What type of tree is it? 
15 — Which of the following consonants does NOT appear on the bottom line of a Qwerty keyboard — C, H, B or M? 
16 — How many times did Ray Reardon become the World Professional Snooker Champion during the 1970s? 
17 — Lifford is the county town of which Irish county?
18 — In which Charles Dickens novel should the reader meet the characters Lizzie Hexam and John Harmon? 
19 — Name the original host of TV’s Stars In Their Eyes.
20 — Name three buns named after places. 

Sunday Post Quiz Answers, July 25, 2010

1. Amy Pond. 
2. 44. 
3. a) Perfect 10, b) Nine Times Out Of Ten, c) One In Ten, d) 10/10.
4. Al Gore. 
5. Goosey Goosey Gander.
6. Mick Foster and Tony Allen. 
7. Monarch Of The Glen. 
8. Echo. Under founder Pierre Omidyar it was known as Echo Bay Technology Group. He wanted to register it as echobay.com but that was taken so eBay it was. 
9. Kind. “prego” means “you’re welcome”. 
10. Devil’s Beef Tub.
11. They emit high-pitched calls that work like sonar and listen for the returning echoes from obstacles and prey. 
12. It’s palindromic so reads the same in reverse!
13. 27. 
14. A yew, estimated to be around 5000 years old. 
15. H.
16. Six times. 
17. County Donegal. 
18. Our Mutual Friend. 
19. The late Leslie Crowther. 
20. Bath, Paris and Chelsea.