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May 2, 2010


Flickery wee symbol in the corner of your TV screen

1 — What’s a cue dot on your TV screen? 
2 — Which flower is also known as the wild hyacinth? 
3 — In which Shakespeare play does a ghost walk the ramparts of Elsinore Castle? 
4 — Identify these popular indoor games — a) musical featuring the song One Night In Bangkok, b) they sang Daddy Cool back in 1977, c) an excluder keeps out these, d) flat-bottomed boat. 
5 — Would you expect to see a hassock in an operating theatre, a cinema, a church or a stable? 
6 — If you have musophobia do you fear — a) loud music, b) strong odours, c) mice or d) darkness?
7 — Name any four past or present celebrities whose surname is a British city. 
8 — If a dumdum was heading your way would you be pleased about it? 
9 — In which sport might you see a googly? 
10 — Which mammal takes its name from the Spanish meaning “little armoured one”? 
11 — Punch is often served from a bowl at parties. But why is it called punch? 
12 — What does an arctophile collect — beer mats, pencils, keyrings or teddy bears? 
13 — Is a tetraphobic person afraid of the number one, two, three or four? 
14 — Cathures is an early name for which Scottish city? 
15 — Which Cliff Richard hit includes the lyrics “Hurry hurry hurry, For the time is slipping by, You don’t need a ticket, It belongs to you and I”? 
16 — Would you admire or be afraid of a Dendrocopus major in your garden? 
17 — How old will Madonna be on her birthday this year? 
18 — If someone gave you a Waltham Cross would you eat it, wear it, fly it or shake it?
19 — Royal Ascot celebrates 300 years in — 2010, 2011, 2012 or 2013? 
20 — What is prosciutto on an Italian restaurant menu? 


Sunday Post Quiz Answers, May 2, 2010

1 — It’s the flickering symbol in the top right of the picture used to indicate an ad break is due. 
2 — Bluebell. 
3 — Hamlet
4 — a) Chess, b) Darts, c) draughts, d) pontoon. 
5 — In a church, it’s a kneeling cushion.
6 — c) Mice. 
7 — Any four from Belinda Carlisle, Charlie Chester, Sir Francis Chichester, Judith Durham, Julie London, Michael or Susannah York, etc. 
8 — No! It’s a bullet that explodes on impact. 
9 — Cricket. It’s a bowling technique. 
10 — Armadillo.
11 — Punch is a word derived from the Persian word “punj” (five) — so called from its five original ingredients — spirits, 
water, lemon, sugar and spice. 
12 — Teddy bears. 
13 — The number four. 
14 — Glasgow. 
15 — In The Country.
16 — You would probably admire it — it’s a Great Spotted Woodpecker. 
17 — She’ll be 52 on August 16. 
18 — You’d eat it, it’s a variety of grape. 
19 — 2011. The Meeting first took place in 1711. 
20 — Ham.