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

On this date in 2457 BC, according to legend, Hwanung descended from heaven at the foundation of which nation?

(a) China

(b) Japan

(c) Korea

2

The Japanese monarchy is represented by – and indeed sits upon – a throne named after a flower. Which one?

(a) Cherry blossom

(b) Chrysanthemum

(c) Orchid

3? Upsy Daisy is a character in which long-running children’s television series? (a) In the Night Garden... (b) Teletubbies

(c) Hector’s House 4

Hector, Achilles, Ulysses and Agamemnon are characters in which play by William Shakespeare?

(a) A Midsummer Night’s Dream

(b) Macbeth

(c) Troilus and Cressida

5

What was the name of Shakespeare’s only son?

(a) Hamlet

(b) Hamnet

(c) Hamster

6

What do the youth of today mean

? when they say that they are “going ham”?

(a) Putting in maximum effort

(b) Turning red with anger

(c) Renouncing vegetarianism

7

Hamm is a wisecracking piggy

? bank pig in which Disney film or films?

(a) Snow White

(b) Shrek

(c) Toy Story

8

Volcán Cayambe is a 19,000ft mountain – and the only place on the Earth’s exact equator that is likely to be covered in snow 365 days a year. In which country does it stand? (a) Ecuador

(b) Indonesia

(c) Kenya

9

The Republic of Indonesia officially comprises how many islands?

(a) 17

(b) 17,508

(c) 1,750

10

At the age of 17 years and 166 days, who became the youngest driver in history to start a Formula One motor race, at the Australian Grand Prix of 2015?

(a) Lance Stroll

(b) Lando Norris

(c) Max Verstappen

11

Who played the title character in the first three Mad Max films?

(a) Mel Gibson

(b) Russell Crowe

(c) Chris Hemsworth

12

Chris Hemsworth has played Thor

? in a number of films. What is this god/superhero character’s weapon of choice?

(a) Really big sword

(b) Hammer

(c) Colt 45 13

Thor gives his name to the day Thursday. Who (or what) is the French equivalent, Jeudi, named after?

(a) Julius Caesar

(b) Joan of Arc

(c) Jupiter

14

The planet Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is not a permanent feature – it has shrunk dramatically in recent decades. What kind of thing is it?

(a) Storm

(b) Sea

(c) Pimple

15

The Scarlet Pimpernel is the secret identity of a heroic, but foppish, English aristocrat in Baroness Orczy’s novel. What is he known as at home?

(a) Sir Nigel Molesworth

(b) Lord Peter Wimsey

(c) Sir Percy Blakeney, Bt