Could a diplodocus fly?

1 — Who are Wenlock and Mandeville? 
2 — Ben Arthur at the head of Loch Long is affectionately known by which other name?
3 — “I was in your arms, Thinking I belonged there” is a lyric from which well-known Abba hit? 
4 — In the standard edition of the game Cluedo, which character is a blue piece and which character is a purple piece?
5 — In the limerick who swallowed six packets of seeds? 
6 — Name Gordon Brown’s two sons. 
7 — Amsterdam, Antwerp, Athens or Avignon — which of these locations was the first European City of Culture in 1985? 
8 — Solve the following clues to answers containing the word “ice” — a) thriller novel written by Scots author Alistair MacLean, b) British war film starring sir John Mills, c) rapper Robert Van Winkle’s stage name, d) Foreigner rock classic. 
9 — Could the diplodocus dinosaur fly?
10 — The sport of boxing consists of how many weight divisions — 13, 15, 17 or 19? 
11 — How many words are in the shortest verse in The Bible? 
12 — Complete this well-known proverb — From shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves . . . ? 
13 — How did Yorkshire’s Scotch Corner get its name? 
14 — Scotland’s national drink, whisky, takes its name from the Gaelic “uisge beatha”. How does that translate into English? 
15 — Where on your body is the sclera? 
16 — Whereabouts would you find the Marsh of Sleep and the Sea of Nectar?
17 — Rearrange Heroic Stepson to reveal a popular Welsh rock band. 
18 — What word is a US town and a mythical bird? 
19 — The famous black front door of 10 Downing Street was a different colour during the early 20th Century. Was it green, red, brown or blue?
20 — In which popular cartoon is Sergeant Slipper always attempting to catch the title character up to his old tricks? 

Sunday Post Quiz Answers, June 27, 2010

1. The mascots for the London 2012 Olympics. 
2. The Cobbler. 
3. The Winner Takes It All. 
4. Mrs Peacock is blue, Professor Plum is purple. 
5. A young farmer from Leeds. 
6. John and James Fraser. 
7. Athens. 
8. a) Ice Station Zebra, b) Ice Cold In Alex, c) Vanilla Ice, d) Cold As Ice. 
9. No, it was a large, heavy long-necked, long-tailed plant eater. 
10. 17. 
11. Two — Jesus wept. 
12. In three generations. 
13. It’s always been a junction where traffic bound for south east or south west Scotland split. 
14. Water of life. 
15. It’s the white outer covering of your eyeballs. 
16. On the Moon. 
17. Stereophonics. 
18. Phoenix. 
19. Green, when Herbert Asquith was PM from 1908 to 1916. 
20. Dennis the Menace.