Andrew Baker The Saturday 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

Explorer Ferdinand Magellan was killed in battle in what is now the Philippines on this date in 1521. Members of his crew went on to achieve, without him, the feat for which Magellan is mainly remembered. What was that?

(a) First Europeans to set foot in the Americas

(b) First humans to circumnavigate the globe

(c) First Europeans to set foot on Antarctica

2

What is the name of Dora the Explorer’s faithful monkey companion?

(a) Boots

(b) Bubbles

(c) Bozo

3

Which Premier League football team is welcomed on the pitch at home games with bubbles from a bubble machine and the ditty “I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles”?

(a) Brighton & Hove Albion

(b) Luton Town

(c) West Ham

4

In the Book of Genesis, who is the father of Ham?

(a) Noah

(b) Adam

(c) Jacob

5

Adam West portrayed which superhero on television?

(a) Superman

(b) Batman

(c) Spider-man

6

What is the rank above Chief Superintendent in the Metropolitan Police?

(a) Commander

(b) Chief Inspector

(c) Deputy Assistant Commissioner

7

Chief Wiggum is in charge of the police force in which fictional town? (a) Trumpton

(b) Springfield

(c) Balamory

8

What is former President Donald J.Trump’s middle name?

(a) Jehoshaphat

(b) Jeremy

(c) John

9

What kind of animal is Beatrix Potter’s creation Mr Jeremy Fisher?

(a) Kingfisher

(b) Toad

(c) Frog

10

What is the scientific name of the common frog?

(a) Bufo bufo

(b) Rana temporaria

(c) Lissotriton vulgaris

11

Which of these are you most likely to find at Greenham Common in Berkshire these days?

(a) Cows

(b) Cruise missiles

(c) Wind turbines

12

Which of these is a native British cattle breed?

(a) Blue Grey

(b) Grey and Green

(c) Green & Black

13

What kind of animal is the cartoon character Bluey?

(a) Blue whale

(b) Blue heeler dog

(c) Bluebird

14

Which British speed record breaker was killed aboard his boat Bluebird K7 in 1967?

(a) Malcolm Campbell

(b) Henry Segrave

(c) Donald Campbell

15

Which artist produced multiple images of Campbell’s soup tins? (a) Damien Hirst

(b) Andy Warhol

(c) David Hockney

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