Andrew Baker The Sunday family 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
Who were the leading act at the first Glastonbury rock festival at Worthy Farm, which took place on September 19 1970, the day after the death of Jimi Hendrix?
(a) The Kinks
(b) T. Rex
(c) Snow Patrol
2
On the Paw Patrol team, what is the
? name of the bulldog who serves as construction pup?
(a) Trouble
(b) Bubble
(c) Rubble
3
Barney Rubble is the best friend and next-door neighbour of which fictional character?
(a) Fred Flintstone
(b) Jay Gatsby
(c) Fitzwilliam Darcy
4
Who plays Mark Darcy, the smouldering love interest in the 2001 film Bridget Jones’s Diary, and its sequels?
(a) Hugh Grant
(b) Colin Firth
(c) Rupert Everett 5
In September 1666, threatened by the Great Fire of London, the diarist Samuel Pepys buried what in his garden?
(a) His diaries
(b) His gold
(c) His Parmesan cheese
6
Roquefort, “the cheese of kings and popes”, is made with the milk of which animal?
(a) Mountain goats
(b) Charolais cattle
(c) Lacaune sheep
7
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Mossy Bottom Farm is the home of which celebrated TV sheep?
(a) Shaun
(b) Shane
(c) Sharon 8
The deciduous flowering shrub known in the UK and the USA as the Rose of Sharon is what kind of plant?
(a) Rose
(b) Hibiscus
(c) Lilac
9
The 1986 film The Name of the Rose, based on the novel by Umberto Eco, provided Sean Connery with one of his more unusual cinematic roles. What did he play?
(a) A Franciscan friar
(b) A fish-and-chip-shop fryer
(c) A fighting-kite flier
10
The Wright Flyer was the first powered, heavier-than-air machine to achieve controlled, sustained flight with a pilot on board. How many flights did the machine make in its entire career?
(a) One
(b) Four
(c) 12
11
The longest non-stop airline flight is 9,537 miles and takes almost 19 hours. Which places does it connect?
(a) Auckland, New Zealand and Doha
(b) London and Perth, Australia
(c) New York and Singapore 12
What was the name of the fictional helicopter in the Duchess of York’s children’s books?
(a) Fergie
(b) Budgie
(c) Andy
13
What is the name of the helicopter who is a friend of Thomas the Tank Engine?
(a) Harold
(b) Herbert
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(c) Humphrey
14
The jazz musician Humphrey Lyttelton was for more than 35 years the chairman of which BBC Radio comedy show?
(a) I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue
(b) Just a Minute
(c) The News Quiz
15
According to macrotrends, UK life expectancy is currently 81.52 years. What is that in minutes?
(a) 4,284,691
(b) 428,469,120
(c) 42,846,912