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May 30, 2010

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1 — What’s the all-time most watched pop video on YouTube? 
2 — The Lone Ranger’s horse was called Silver, but what was the name of Tonto’s? 
3 — What type of fabric takes its name from the French for caterpillar? 
4 — Which bank features a singing bundle of money in its TV commercials? 
5 — The following clues are for answers containing “ghost” — a) rundown settlement where few people live, b) author who gives credit to another, c) amiable cartoon spook, d) poor prospect. 
6 — Name Scotland’s deepest loch. 
7 — Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code has raised the profile of which Scottish place of worship? 
8 — What is the collective noun for geese in flight? 
9 — What is the most malleable metal? 
10 — Which is America’s “Bluegrass State”? 
11 — If Barack Obama is the 44th US president, who was the 40th? 
12 — What nationality can precede courage and uncle yet follow double and go? 
13 — “There’s a sad sort of clanging from the clock in the hall” is a line from which song from The Sound Of Music
14 — Which popular wireless technology protocol takes its name from a Danish king? 
15 — If you take a men’s size 6 shoe in the UK, what size do you need on the European continent? 
16 — How old was Methuselah, the oldest person in the Bible when he died — 933, 951, 969 or 987? 
17 — What is an onager? 
18 — How old will Billy Connolly be on his next birthday? 
19 — Which popular small car designed by Sir Alec Issigonis was first unveiled on August 26, 1959? 
20 — What was a dominie in Scotland in days gone by? 


Sunday Post Quiz Answers, May 30, 2010

1 — Lady Gaga’s Bad Romance that has had more than 180 million plays. 
2 — Scout. 
3 — Chenille. 
4 — Barclays. 
5 — a) Ghost town, b) ghost writer, c) Casper The Friendly Ghost, d) ghost of a chance.
6 — Loch Morar at 1017 feet deep. 
7 — Rosslyn Chapel in Roslin, a village near Edinburgh. 
8 — A skein. 
9 — Gold. 
10 — Kentucky.
11 — Ronald Reagan. 
12 — Dutch. 
13 — So Long, Farewell. 
14 — Bluetooth. From the 10th Century Viking King Harald Bluetooth or Blatand, who united Denmark and part of Norway and introduced Christianity. 
15 — Size 39. 
16 — 969 years. 
17 — A wild ass. 
18 — He’ll be 68 on November 24. 
19 — The Mini. 
20 — A schoolmaster/ minister.