The Sunday Family Quiz
Have a go around the lunch table, or share with friends and relatives online
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Like a conversation around the table, the Family Quiz follows a thread and everyone can join in. We start with a question about this weekend, and then each question – sort of – leads to the next until we finish up (this week) with Bing Crosby. Some questions suit younger quizzers, but really it’s a free-for-all. Don’t all shout at once!
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It is National Pet Day. Dilyn the Downing Street Dog, pet in residence to the Prime Minister, was rescued as a puppy by Friends of Animals Wales. He is a crossbreed, but thought largely to comprise of what kind of terrier?
(a) Jack Russell
(b) Parson Russell
(c) Norfolk
What was the hobby of England’s long-serving Test cricket wicketkeeper Jack Russell, that he has subsequently turned into a lucrative second career?
(a) Acupuncture
(b) Painting
(c) Currency trading
The ringgit is the currency of which nation?
(a) Singapore
(b) Indonesia
(c) Malaysia
What kind of creature was Rango, voiced by Johnny Depp in the westernthemed animated film of the same name?
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Crazy Horse are the long-serving backing band for which veteran rock star?
(a) Bob Dylan
(b) Neil Young
(c) Dolly Parton
Whereabouts is Dollywood, Dolly Parton’s 160-acre theme park?
(a) Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
(b) Quail Ridge, South Carolina
(c) Turkey Bottom, Ohio
While serving as US vice-president, Dan Quayle stepped in to “correct” a 12-year-old child’s work at a school spelling bee. What was Quayle’s version of the word in question?
(a) Beatroot
(b) Potatoe
(c) Carrott
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What is the name of the head of herbology at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, who also serves as head of Hufflepuff house?
(a) Pomona Sprout
(b) Severus Snape
(c) Horace Slughorn
JK Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series, also writes crime fiction under which pen name?
(a) Ian Rankin
(b) Ruth Rendell
(c) Robert Galbraith
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Which detective is said to have been the only fictional character to have received a front-page obituary in The New York Times?
What is the first name of chief Wiggum, police supremo in the town of Springfield?
(a) Nancy
(b) Clancy
(c) Darcy
What is the origin of the name of the Whig Party, central to British politics between 1680 and 1850 and the ancestors of the modern Liberal Democrats?
(a) Whiggamore, a Scottish term for a horse herder
(b) Early Whig leaders wore elaborate powdered wigs.
(c) Gathered at the Wig and Pen Club on The Strand
Who is the current leader of the Liberal Democrats?
(a) Tim Farron
(b) Sir Ed Davey
(c) Daisy Cooper
Which children’s TV series features Upsy Daisy?
(a) Teletubbies
(b) Bing and Friends
(c) In the Night Garden
What was the real first name of legendary crooner Bing Crosby?
(a) Harry
(b) Harvey
(c) Harper