Andrew Baker The Sunday family quiz
Have a go around the lunch table, or share with friends and relatives online 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 s
1
On this date in 1901 – her 63rd birthday – Annie Edson Taylor, an American schoolteacher, became the first person to do what?
(a) Go over Niagara Falls in a barrel
(b) Recite the Bible (Old and New Testament) from memory
(c) Walk from the Atlantic to Pacific coasts of the USA
2
What, in the UK, is generally available only in Pacific, Native and Kumamoto form?
(a) Yoga lessons
(b) Edible oysters
(c) Surfboards
3
Which Disney film tells the story of an ? alien life-form who learns to surf?
(a) ET
(b) Dumbo
(c) Lilo & Stitch
4
Michael Stich was the second German player to win the Wimbledon men’s singles title. Who was the first?
(a) Boris Becker
(b) Gottfried von Cramm
(c) Hugo Boss 5
The Hugo Awards are conferred annually for high achievement in which area of literature?
(a) Romantic fiction
(b) Science fiction
(c) Horror
6
According to a poll of Telegraph readers, what is the most romantic city in the world?
(a) Paris
(b) Norwich
(c) Venice
7
“Paris stone” – the rock from which much of the city is built, and upon which much of the city rests – is what kind of stone?
(a) Limestone
(b) Granite
(c) Marble
8
Which eminent darts player was nicknamed “Old Stoneface”?
(a) Eric Bristow
(b) Jocky Wilson
(c) John Lowe
9
The novelist Jacqueline Wilson
? created much-loved characters called Tracy and Jess. What was their surname?
13 (a) Sneaker
(b) Beaker
(c) Tweaker
10
The Beaker people, named for their distinctive drinking vessels, lived in Britain and much of mainland Europe during which time?
(a) Stone Age
(b) Iron Age
(c) Bronze Age
11
Bronze is an alloy of which metals?
(a) Copper and tin
(b) Copper and iron
(c) Iron and tin 12
Lord Copper is the newspaper proprietor in Evelyn Waugh’s novel about journalism, Scoop. What is the name of his newspaper?
(a) The Daily Mammoth
(b) The Daily Beast
(c) The Daily Telegraph
13
What is the name of the mammoth
? in the Ice Age movies?
(a) Monty
(b) Marty
(c) Manny
14
In the celebrated Monty Python sketch, what kind of parrot was the dead one with the “beautiful plumage”?
(a) Scandinavian Red
(b) Norwegian Blue
(c) Swedish Green
15
The name of the Swedish pop legends Abba is an acronym of the members’ first names: Agnetha, Bjorn, Benny and...
(a) Annette
(b) Amelie
(c) Anni-Frid