Italian astronomer in a 
classic rock anthem

1 — Which Italian astronomer is mentioned in Queen’s rock anthem Bohemian Rhapsody? 
2 — Which well-known Scottish poem contains the line, “She wouldna bake and she wouldna brew, Nickety nackety noo, noo, noo”? 
3 — Forsythia shrubs produce yellow blooms during which months?
4 — Did Admiral Nelson lose his right or left arm? 
5 — The opening parade of the Olympic Games is always led by Greece and completed by which country? 
6 — Would you be proud or ashamed of a lad o’pairts? 
7 — Identify these past and present BBC Radio 4 programmes — a) tea lady’s enquiry, b) 60 minutes just for ladies, c) quiz for a horticulturalist, d) theatre seats nearest the stage. 
8 — Which single-masted sailing boat written in reverse is something on the roads after heavy rain? 
9 — Pica Pica is the Latin name for — a) Carrion crow, b) jay, c) jackdaw or d) European magpie? 
10 — What kind of animal is Benjamin in George Orwell’s Animal Farm novel ? 
11 — Which popular Spanish dance is also a woman’s short jacket?
12 — In Scots mythology what is a ghillie dhu? 
13 — Where would you see a yawl — a) on the road, b) on a lake, c) in the air, d) on a railway line? 
14 — By what name do we now know Formosa? 
15 — Which German word, used in English, means a person’s ghostly double? 
16 — What does a Cockney mean by — a) cash and carried, b) Glasgow Rangers, c) Ruby Murray, c) Tom Thumb? 
17 — In which year did the first RockNess music festival take place?
18 — Name Tony Blair’s father-in-law. 
19 — Robert Joseph are the middle names of — David Haye, Ian Botham, Lewis Hamilton or David Beckham? 
20 — How many days does it take the Moon to fully orbit the Earth?  

Sunday Post Quiz Answers, May 9, 2010

1 — Galileo. 
2 — The Wee Cooper O’ Fife. 
3 — March and April. 
4 — Right. 
5 — The host country.
6 — Proud. He’s a youth usually from a humble background with a promising talent or skill, who achieves his dream. 
7 — a) Does He Take Sugar?, b) Woman’s Hour, c) Gardeners’ Question Time, d) Front Row. 
8 — Sloop. In reverse it reads pools. 
9 — European magpie. 
10 — He’s an elderly donkey.
11 — The bolero. 
12 — A fairy or spirit that acts as a tree guardian. 
13 — b) On a lake — it’s a type of sailing boat. 
14 — Taiwan. 
15 — Doppelganger.
16 — a) Married, b) strangers, c) curry, d) rum. 
17 — 2006. 
18 — The actor Tony Booth. 
19 — David Beckham. 
20 — 28 days.