Nation’s choice for the all-time greatest Briton

1 — Who came top in a 2002 BBC poll to find the greatest Briton of all  time? 
2 — If your birthday is June 24 what’s your star sign? 
3 — What colour is the top right ring on the Olympic logo?
4 — How do you write 98 in Roman numerals? 
5 — Which dance is mentioned four times at the start of Wham!’s Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go?
6 — The following clues give “water” answers — a) Richard Adams novel, b) New Tricks actor, c) Simple Minds hit, d) Robert Burns work. 
7 — Tosa dogs originally come from where? 
8 — Who had a horse called Bucephalus — Alexander the Great, The Lone Ranger, Zorro or Julius Caesar? 
9 — Name the patron saint of Glasgow. 
10 — Which type of pasta means “little worms” in Italian? 
11 — What is a ghillie on a country estate? 
12 — Is it more or less than 25 years since the first Live Aid concert took place? 
13 — What does “diminuendo” on a piece of music mean?
14 — The Royal Yacht Britannia was decommissioned in which year of the 1990s? 
15 — What makes up a Waldorf salad? 
16 — Which of the armed forces celebrates its 90th anniversary this year? 
17 — Which Cockney duo recorded the theme to TV’s In Sickness And In Health? 
18 — How many places were listed in the first UK Record Hit Parade on November 14, 1952 — 8, 10, 12 or 20?
19 — What type of phrase is “Able was I ere I saw Elba”?
20 — Which astronomical term refers to the period when the Moon is directly between the Earth and the Sun?

Sunday Post Quiz Answers, August 17, 2008

1 — Sir Winston Churchill. 
2 — Cancer. 
3 — Red. 
4 — XCVIII. 
5 — Jitterbug.
6 — a) Watership Down, b) Dennis Waterman, c) Waterfront, d) Afton Water. 
7 — Japan. 
8 — Alexander the Great. 
9 — St Mungo, also known as St Kentigern. 
10 — Vermicelli.
11 — A fishing and hunting guide. 
12 — Less, it was in 1985, 23 years ago. 
13 — Gradually growing softer. 
14 — 1997. Since 1998 she has been berthed at Leith. 
15 — Apples, celery, mayonnaise and walnuts.
16 — The RAF. 
17 — Chas ’n’ Dave. 
18 — It was a Top 12 with 15 records as three songs had equal sales figures. 
19 — A palindrome. It reads the same forwards as backwards. 
20 — A solar eclipse.