The Broons family quiz

Can you rise to Horace’s challenge?

1. Abyssinia was the former name of which country?

2. Who plays Jean Valjean in the 2012 film adaptation of Les Miserables?

3. What is the square root of 361?

4. What was the original name of Mickey Mouse – Martin, Mortimer or Michael?

5. Which is the hottest planet in our solar system?

6. Who wrote the novel Robinson Crusoe?

7. If a creature is spinulose, they have a small what?

8. How many spaces does a standard Connect Four grid have?

9. The plant Amaranthus Caudatus is better known as Love-Lies-what?

10. What is the name of the place where Sikhs come together for congregational worship?

11. Which type of fashion items are Mary Janes?

12. Which three colours

make up the national flag of Bulgaria?

13. Which P is a bag or box fitted either side of the rear wheel of a bicycle?

14. If a person’s birthday falls on November 1, what is their sign of the Zodiac?

15. In which year did the first Proms take place – 1895, 1925 or 1945?

16. On an Ordnance Survey map, what does TG stand for?

17. In which London road is Harrods department store located?

18. What type of animal is a duiker?

19. UK TV fitness guru Diana Moran was better known by which name?

20. Berger’s disease affects which part of the body?