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!
Good question for younger quizzers
1On this day in 1846 an English brewer called William Lassell discovered something subsequently named Triton. What is it? (a) Gas that makes the bubbles in lager
(b) Sunken city off the coast of Cornwall 2
(c) Large and weird moon of Neptune 2 Which beer was marketed with the slogan that it was “probably” the best lager in the world?
(a) Carlsberg
(b) Carling
(c) Hofmeister 3 Will Carling was captain of England at which sporting event?
(a) Rugby World Cup
(b) Golf ’s Ryder Cup
(c) Polo World Championship 4
A boy called Ryder is the leader of ?
which brave rescue team?
(a) Thunderbirds
(b) Paw Patrol
(c) Powerpuff Girls
What was the Spice Girls nickname of Victoria Beckham?
(a) Scary Spice
(b) Ginger Spice
(c) Posh Spice
The archipelago formerly known as the Spice Islands is now called the Maluku Islands and is part of which nation?
(a) Indonesia
(b) Papua New Guinea
(c) Malaysia 7 Guinea coins were minted in England between 1663 and 1813, and survive in the names of valuable horse races. What is the monetary equivalent of a guinea in modern British money?
(a) £5
(b) £1.05
(c) £2 8
Fiver is a remarkably ? gifted character in the bestselling epic of rabbit life, Watership Down. Who wrote the original novel? (a) Adam Richards
(b) Richard Adams
(c) Beatrix Potter
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What is the name of the frightening ? gardener whose carrots are often stolen by Peter Rabbit and his mischievous relatives in Beatrix Potter’s stories?
(a) Mr Mackenzie
(b) Mr Macdonald
(c) Mr Macgregor
10
Before her abdication in 2013, Queen Beatrix was the longest-reigning monarch in the history of which country?
(a) The Netherlands
(b) Liechtenstein
(c) Norway
11
In the film version of Meg
?
Cabot’s novel The Princess Diaries, Anne Hathaway plays Mia Thermopolis, an occasionally reluctant princess who is heir to the throne of which fictional nation?
(a) Freedonia
(b) Genovia
(c) Snowdonia 12
The Earl of Snowdon, 25th in line to the throne, is celebrated for his skills in which field of craftwork?
(a) Saddlery
(b) Pottery
(c) Furniture-making
13
The throne of the United Kingdom is made of oak and was ordered to be made in 1296. By which King of England?
(a) Stephen
(b) Edward I
(c) William II
14
According to legend, the Major Oak in Nottinghamshire, which is still alive, was used for shelter by which fugitive?
(a) Robin Hood
(b) Sir John Major
(c) King Charles I
15
In June 1992, as Prime Minister, John Major set up a public hotline to deal with which scourge of public life?
(a) Traffic wardens
(b) Traffic lights
(c) Traffic cones