1. In which city is the headquarters for the University of the Highlands and Islands?
2. In service between 1976 and 2003, Concorde was a joint aviation effort by the UK and which other country?
3. In Scotland, what is a “vennel” — a passageway, a marketplace or a bridge?
4. Apart from Michael, can you name two of the four other original members of superstar group The Jackson 5?
5. The chambers of the heart are known as the right and left atrium, and the right and left what?
6. What was the name of the author of The 39 Steps who became Baron Tweedsmuir and Governor-General of Canada?
7. Now reprised by Jeff Bridges, who played the role of Rooster Cogburn in the original 1969 version of the film True Grit?
8. In chemistry, what’s the first element in the periodic table?
9. Put these Scottish humorists in order of their date of birth — Graeme Garden, Billy Connolly, Stanley Baxter and Ivor Cutler.
10. What is a phlebotomist trained to remove — blood, teeth or hair?
11. What is the usual collective term for a group of owls — an assembly, a parliament or a congress?
12. Both sharing names with places in Scotland, which Texan city is bigger — Houston or Dallas?
13. Originally, what foodstuff was melted and used as a dip in the dish fondue?
14. What term describes a short nap, usually taken after the midday meal, in hot Spanish-speaking countries?
15. In which Scottish town is the exotically named school Madras College?
16. Both being authors, which Durrell brother wrote My Family And Other Animals — Lawrence or Gerald? 
17. What sort of power station is located inside Ben Cruachan — nuclear or hydroelectric?
18. There are how many seconds in an hour?
19. What would a gardener do with their “dibble” — make holes in the soil, prune flowers or rake up leaves?
20. In The Muppets, what type of animal is Fozzie?

Sunday Post Quiz Answers, March 27, 2011

1. Inverness. 
2. France. 
3. A passageway. 
4. Jackie, Tito, Jermaine and Marlon — Randy joined later. 
5. Ventricle. 
6. John Buchan. 
7. John Wayne. 
8. Hydrogen. 
9. Ivor Cutler (born 1923), Stanley Baxter (1926), Billy Connolly (1942), Graeme Garden (1943). 
10. Blood. 
11. A parliament. 
12. Houston. 
13. Cheese. 
14. Siesta. 
15. St Andrews. 
16. Gerald. 
17. Hydroelectric. 
18. 3600. 
19. Make holes in the soil. 
20. A bear. 

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