The car that came after Ford’s Model T

1 — What was the successor to the world’s first mass-produced car, Ford’s Model T?
2 — What shape is the end of an Allen key?
3 — What unsual answer do you get if you multiply 111,111,111 x 111,111,111?
4 — India’s national bird is the albatross, peacock, parrot or booby?
5 — How is sultry songstress Helen Folasade Adu better known to pop fans?
6 — Which English county is known as “The Land of the Prince Bishops”?
7 — In the song Waltzing Matilda who or what is Matilda?
8 — How many wisdom teeth should you have?
9 — What is Germany’s “Der Schwarzwald”?
10 — The following clues give answers containing “Belfast” — a) Van Morrison’s nickname,
b) plumbing fixture, c) Simple Minds hit, d) Boney M song.
11 — Bo’ness is the short name of . . . what?
12 — Maggie Johnson was and Dina Ruiz is married to which legendary Hollywood
actor?
13 — Is Poseidon, the Greek God of wine, the sea, wisdom or the sun?
14 — Which famous pop duo were originally called Caesar and Cleo?
15 — Would a nephologist study wind, rain, clouds or frost?
16 — How many points is a cannon worth in billiards?
17 — What word has been added to the back of the new Scotland football strip?
18 — Which affectionate name comes from the Hindustani word “bilyati”, meaning foreign?
19 — Is it gerbils or hamsters that have cheek pouches?
20 — Is meconopsis something you’d expect to see in a garden, in a zoo, in a jeweller’s shop or in a hospital ward?
Sunday Post Quiz Answers,
July 13, 2008
1 — The Model A.
2 — Hexagonal.
3 —12,345,678,987,654,321.
4 — Peacock.
5 — As Sade.
6 — County Durham.
7 — It’s a term of affection for the swagbag or backpack. Waltzing Matilda is the act of carrying the swagbag.
8 — Four.
9 — The Black Forest.
10 — a) Belfast Cowboy, b) Belfast sink, c) Belfast Child, d) Belfast.
11 — Borrowstounness.
12 — Clint Eastwood.
13 — The sea.
14 — Sonny and Cher.
15 — Clouds.
16 — Two points.
17 — Alba, Gaelic for Scotland.
18 — Blighty, the forces slang for Britain.
19 — Hamsters.
20 — In a garden, it’s a flowering plant.
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