1. Which city is further west — Glasgow or Cardiff?
2. What was the name of Beatrix Potter’s hedgehog, who is also a washerwoman? 
3. Under what name was the Russian Mariinsky Ballet known in the Soviet era, a name it still uses on tour?
4. In which year did the Stone of Destiny arrive back in Scotland permanently at Westminster Abbey — 1994, 1996 or 1998?
5. Which Japanese word, much feared in World War 2, translates into English as “Divine Wind”?
6. In 2010, commercial fish farming accounted for over what percentage of all Scottish food exports — 10 per cent, 25 per cent or 50 per cent?
7. If bronze is most commonly an alloy of copper and tin, which alloy is comprised of copper and zinc?
8. Which state of mind, involving unmanageable emotional excesses, derives from the Greek word for the womb?
9. What was the name given to the raiders from both sides of the Anglo-Scottish border that were active until the end of the 16th Century?
10. Which imaginary line runs around the earth just over 66 degrees north of the equator?
11. According to official estimates, to the nearest million, what is the population of Scotland?
12. How is religious leader Tenzin Gyatso better known?
13. What is the heredic name for the Cross of St Andrew on the flag of Scotland?
14. In fiction and film, who employs Oompa-Loompas in his chocolate factory?
15. Name three of the American presidents represented on Mount Rushmore.
16. What was Miss Muffet eating when she was disturbed by the spider?
17. What is the stage name of the lead singer of the band Wet Wet Wet?
18. The Black Swan is the emblem of which of Australia’s states?
19. What items used in brewing are dried in an Oast House?
20. Which saint is sometimes called “The Apostle of the Picts”?

Sunday Post Quiz Answers, February 27, 2011

1. Glasgow. 2. Mrs Tiggy-Winkle. 3. The Kirov Ballet. 4. 1996. 5. Kamikaze. 6. 50 per cent. 7. Brass. 8. Hysteria. 9. Reivers. 10. The Arctic Circle. 11. 5 million. 12. The Dalai Lama. 13. A Saltire. 
14. Willy Wonka. 15. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln. 16. Curds and whey. 17. Marti Pellow. 18. Western Australia. 19. Hops. 20. St Columba. 

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