The Broons family quiz

Can you rise to Horace’s challenge?

1. Which northern English beer was originally launched by Col. James Porter in 1927?

2. The Australian city of Melbourne lies at the mouth of which river?

3. Hermit, spider and blue are all types of which creature?

4. A chiliad is a term for which number?

5. In which year did it become compulsory to wear seat belts in the front seats of cars in the UK – 1963, 1973 or 1983?

6. According to the proverb, you can’t make a “what” without breaking eggs?

7. What is the square root of one quarter?

8. What is the US state capital of Florida?

9. In medicine, stomatitis affects which part of the body?

10. In 1975, Mozambique gained independence from which European country?

11. A megapode is what type of creature?

12. In which year was the Battle of Britain?

13. Gioachino Rossini wrote the opera The Barber Of “where”?

14. Food brand Knorr was founded in which country?

15. Against which country did English footballer Stanley Matthews play his final international game?

16. An eccedentesiast is a person who fakes a “what”?

17. On the eBay website logo, what colour is the “e”?

18. Diablo is another name for who?

19. What is the collective name for a group of rhinos?

20. What is lowered through a hawse hole on a ship?