Andrew Baker The Saturday quiz

Like a conversation around the table, the Family Quiz follows a thread and everyone can join in. Some questions suit younger quizzers, but really it’s a free-for-all. Don’t all shout at once!

1 The bank and train robber known as Butch Cassidy was born on this day in 1866 in Beaver, Utah, USA. What was his real name?

(a) Harry Alonzo Longabaugh

(b) Robert LeRoy Parker

(c) Henry McCarty

2 ? How did Peter Parker become Spider-man?

(a) Bitten by radioactive spider

(b) Swallowed radioactive spider

(c) Tangled in radioactive spider web 3

What is the world’s largest spider by mass, weighing in at 5-6 ounces?

(a) Brazilian salmon pink birdeater

(b) Giant huntsman

(c) Goliath birdeater

4 What does the Goliath birdeater mainly eat?

(a) Birds

(b) Worms and insects

(c) Fruit

5 The oldest texts of the book of Samuel give the height of the biblical giant Goliath as ‘four cubits and a span’. What would that be in modern terms?

(a) 6ft 9in

(b) 7ft 3in

(c) 9ft 2in

6 Giant, Apollo, Phantom, Fire and Dynamite take part in which current BBC television programme?

(a) The Masked Singer

(b) Gladiators

(c) Dragons’ Den

7 What was unusual about the Gloster Gladiator fighter aircraft of World War II?

(a) Entirely fictional

(b) Wings made of cardboard

(c) Last biplane to enter RAF service

8 Under what conditions, according to the nursery rhyme, did Doctor Foster go to Gloucester?

(a) A ray of sunshine ?

(b) A shower of rain

(c) A blizzard of snow

9 Snowy the dog belongs to which fictional adventurer?

(a) Tintin ?

(b) Indiana Jones

(c) Dora the Explorer

10 Whereabouts are the Snowy Mountains, part of the Great Dividing Range?

(a) Iceland

(b) Antarctica

(c) Australia

11 Before declaring itself a republic in 1944, Iceland was subject to the monarchy of which nation?

(a) The UK

(b) Denmark

(c) Sweden 12 The current ruler of Sweden is the country’s longest-serving monarch. What is their name?

(a) Queen Ingrid V

(b) King Carl XVI Gustaf

(c) King Bjorn V

13 In which film did Ingrid Bergman star as Ilsa Lund?

(a) Gaslight

(b) Notorious

(c) Casablanca

14 Which gas is the main component of the air that we breathe?

(a) Nitrogen

(b) Oxygen

(c) Carbon dioxide

15 ‘In the Air Tonight’ was the debut solo single by which British recording artist?

(a) Robbie Williams

(b) Phil Collins

(c) Stormzy

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