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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 Spencer Perceval died on this day in 1812. He was the only British Prime Minister to…
(a) Be assassinated in office?
(b) Die in battle?
(c) Die at No 10 Downing Street?
2 What was the name of the last private resident of Downing Street, who moved out in the 1730s?
(a) Mr Chicken
(b) Mr Goose
(c) Mr Duck
3 What is the name of the American rooster who features in the films Chicken Run and Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget?
(a) Foghorn Leghorn
(b) Colonel Sanders
(c) Rocky Rhodes
4 Which actor won the Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of Rooster Cogburn in the 1969 film True Grit?
(a) Clint Eastwood
(b) John Wayne
(c) Lee Marvin
5 What was John Wayne’s real name? (a) Marion Morrison
(b) Evelyn Edwards
(c) Lesley Longfield
6 Someone who knows about unified field theory is well versed in what? (a) Agriculture
(b) Physics
(c) Military strategy
7 What is the Royal Air Force equivalent of the Royal Navy’s Dartmouth and the British Army’s Sandhurst colleges?
(a) Cranford
(b) Cranbury
(c) Cranwell
8 The fictional Cambridge college of Porterhouse features in Porterhouse Blue by which novelist?
(a) Zadie Smith
(b) Tom Sharpe
(c) Kingsley Amis
9 What kind of animal is the television character Bluey?
(a) Puppy
(b) Bluebird
(c) Whale
10 Which Biblical character was swallowed by a whale (or a large fish)?
(a) Jeremiah
(b) Jonah
(c) Jacob
11 Jonah Lomu excelled at which sport?
(a) Boxing
(b) Basketball
(c) Rugby union
12 In which sport does each team require a Chaser, Beater and Seeker?
(a) Quidditch
(b) Lacrosse
(c) Ice hockey
13 A slang term for a pound is a quid. What was the value of the coin sometimes known as a tanner?
(a) Threepence
(b) Sixpence
(c) One shilling
14 Who succeeded Mike Pence as Vice President of the United States?
(a) Kamala Harris
(b) Joe Biden
(c) Michelle Obama
15 The Vice President of the United States is also always simultaneously President of what?
(a) Harvard University
(b) The Senate
(c) The White House Glee Club