1. On the Royal Standard of Scotland, which way does the lion face — right or left?
2. Which book, based on a game of chess, is the sequel to Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland?
3. Cerise is a vivid shade of which colour — red, blue or yellow?
4. To which original name did the city of Leningrad revert in 1991?
5. Which of these is not a type of coat — Inverness, Ulster or Homburg?
6. What do the French call a potato?
7. Which group of fictional characters, associated with Ken Dodd, includes Nigel Ponsonby-Smallpiece, Dicky Mint and Mick the Marmalizer? 
8. Which cardinal point of the compass gives its name to the channel that separates Scotland from Ireland?
9. If a Cockney refers to his “plates”, which part of his body is he speaking about?
10. The pre-historic village of Skara Brae can be found on the mainland of which island group?
11. Which is the further upstream — The Forth Rail Bridge or The Forth Road Bridge?
12. According to the old proverb, “Fine words” don’t butter which vegetables?
13. The Salem Witch Trials of 1692 and 1693 took place in which American State — Massachusetts, Minnesota or Maine?
14. Which famous physicist and mathematician is often credited with the invention of the cat flap?
15. Which duke is in charge of Europe’s only legal private army?
16. What is the currency of Japan?
17. The Education Act of 1496 made Scotland the first country to implement general public education since which Ancient Greek state?
18. Which boy’s name is given to the young of the kangaroo?
19. In business, what nickname is given to Scotland’s electronic industry, reflecting its competition with “Silicon Valley” in the USA?
20. As male artists, Joseph Crawhall, Sir James Guthrie and George Henry were associated with which branch of The Glasgow School movement?

Sunday Post Quiz Answers, March 6, 2011

1. Left. 
2. Alice Through The Looking Glass. 
3. Red. 
4. St. Petersburg. 
5. Homburg — it’s a hat. 
6. Pomme de terre. 
7. The Diddymen. 
8. North (Channel). 
9. His feet — “plates of meat”. 
10. Orkney. 
11. The Forth Road Bridge. 
12. Parsnips. 
13. Massachusetts. 
14. Sir Isaac Newton. 
15. The Duke of Atholl. 
16. The Yen. 
17. Sparta. 
18. A joey. 
19. Silicon Glen. 
20. The Glasgow Boys. 

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