Border town where they call the locals Teries

1 — People from which Border town are known as “Teries”? 
2 — What’s the difference between a liger and a tigon? 
3 — Which Nolan sister recently took part in TV’s Popstar To Operastar ? 
4 — Which oil company tried to persuade drivers to “put a tiger in your tank”? 
5 — In winter sports, the biathlon is a combined test of which two activities? 
6 — Is it more or less than 10 years since Buckingham Palace opened its doors to the public as a tourist attraction? 
7 — Which part of a rose is an anagram of a compass point? 
8 — What species is the world’s strongest insect? 
9 — Which curry-flavoured soup contains a type of owl in its name? 
10 — In which Scottish town can you visit the Cowal Highland Gathering over the last weekend in August? 
11 — Ronan Keating's When You Say Nothing At All is featured in which movie from 1999? 
12 — Vehicle pollution isn’t a big problem on the Channel Island Sark. Why? 
13 — Identify these famous pop groups — a) this young feline has nuclear energy, b) a sports table full of people, c) dial 999 to call this band, d) sweet infants? 
14 — If someone gave you a hoagie what would you do with it? 
15 — Who would use a Chelsea filter — a) decorator, b) dentist, c) jeweller or d) optician?
16 — What four-letter word can precede breaking, pedal, stroke and water yet follow full, hard, tail and throw? 
17 — Name four five-letter words containing just one consonant and four vowels. 
18 — If Galabank is your home football ground, which Scottish Third Division side do you support? 
19 — What is a sockeye in a river? 
20 — Was it Gilbert or Sullivan who wrote the lyrics? 

Sunday Post Quiz Answers, May 16, 2010

1 — Hawick. It’s derived from the town’s motto 
“Ye Teribus Y Teriodin”, believed to derive from an ancient battle rallying call. 
2 — A liger is the offspring of a lion and a tigress, a tigon is the cub of a tiger and a lioness. 
3 — Bernie. 
4 — Esso. 
5 — Cross-country skiing and rifle-shooting.
6 — More, it was 1993. 
7 — Thorn, an anagram of north. 
8 — The dung beetle, onthophagus taurus, which can pull 1141 times its own body weight. 
9 — MulligaTAWNY. 
10 — Dunoon.
11 — Notting Hill. 
12 — Cars aren’t allowed on the island. Tractors are the only type of motorised vehicle permitted. 
13 — a) Atomic Kitten, b) Human League, c) The Police, d) Sugababes. 
14 — Eat it, it’s a large sandwich made in a long roll. 
15 — Jeweller. It’s used for testing both natural and synthetic emeralds and other gemstones.
16 — Back. 
17 — Any four from Audio, adieu, eerie, Ouija, queue, etc. 
18 — Annan Athletic. 
19 — It’s a salmon. 
20 — Gilbert.