When Nelson Mandela became
a free man again

1 — Is it more or less than 20 years since Nelson Mandela was released from prison?
2 — What makes the Red Sea red?
3 — Which two Asian countries are linked by the Khyber Pass?
4 — What was pictured on tins of the drink Creamola Foam?
5 — Identify the following top soap stars from their real names — a) Barbara Knox, b) Jeff Hordley,
c) Rudolph Walker, d) Kieron Richardson.
6 — Which four colours feature on the Euro Tunnel logo?
7 — If a poet describes something as fuliginous, is it sooty or dusky, rancid or stale, meek and mild or nubile and desirable?
8 — Belfast International Airport is alternatively known as what?
9 — Bumpy Dog is a constant companion of which character created by the late Enid
Blyton?
10 — Glasgow’s Kelvin Hall first opened as an exhibition centre in — 1927, 1936, 1945 or 1954?
11 — Rearrange RED HYPHEN NETS to reveal a Scottish sporting hero.
12 — The badge of which Scottish football club depicts both the Wallace Monument and the Ochil Hills?
13 — Released in March 1973, Ring Ring was the debut album of which legendary pop group?
14 — Do frogs drink water?
15 — What do the French call the English Channel and what does it mean?
16 — Milton of Strathbogie was the former name of which delightful Aberdeenshire town?
17 — According to the proverb “A good man is . . .” what?
18 — Name the President of the Republic of Ireland.
19 — What was a cordwainer in days gone by?
20 — Where on our bodies is the sclera?
Sunday Post Quiz Answers,
March 7, 2010
1 — More. He was released on February 11, 1990.
2 — Dying flowers of a type of algae that grows in it.
3 — Pakistan and Afghanistan.
4 — A boy and a girl sipping from a glass through crossed straws.
5 — a) Coronation Street’s Rita Sullivan, b) Emmerdale’s Cain Dingle, c)
EastEnders’ Patrick Trueman, d) Hollyoaks’ Ste Hay.
6 — Black, blue and red on a white background.
7 — Sooty or dusky.
8 — Aldergrove Airport, named after a nearby village.
9 — Noddy.
10 — 1927.
11 — Snooker legend Stephen Hendry.
12 — Stirling Albion.
13 — Abba.
14 — No. They simply absorb it through their skin.
15 — La Manche, “the sleeve”.
16 — Huntly.
17 — Hard to find.
18 — Mary McAleese.
19 — Somebody who made shoes and other articles from fine, soft leather. It derives from leather produced in Cordoba, Spain.
20 — It’s the white part of our eyes.
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