Andrew Baker The Sunday family quiz
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 a young Viking. Some que
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On this date in 1913 a man called King O’Malley planted the first survey peg on the site of a future capital city. Which one?
(a) Brasilia, Brazil
(b) Canberra, Australia
(c) Port Stanley, Falkland Islands
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How old was Stanley Matthews when he became the oldest footballer ever to play in the top division of English football?
(a) 45 years 47 days
(b) 48 years 272 days
(c) 50 years 5 days
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Some may feel that 2021 lasted a long time. But how long is a year on Neptune?
(a) 60,190 days
(b) 6,190 days
(c) 6 days
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In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, what is the name of the planet on which the gods of Norse mythology – Thor and co – are based?
(a) Krypton
(b) Asgard
(c) Vulcan 5
Which celebrated officer of Starfleet Command, serving aboard the USS Enterprise, is half-Vulcan?
(a) Lt Uhura
(b) “Bones” McCoy
(c) Spock
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The smallest bones in the human body are the ossicles. Whereabouts are they found?
(a) Behind the knee
(b) In the ear
(c) In the foot
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Which fictional member of the Danish royal family was murdered with poison dripped into their ear while they were asleep?
(a) Hamlet
(b) Hamlet’s mother
(c) Hamlet’s father
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What is the name of the crime-solving Great Dane who travels with his Mystery Inc colleagues in the Mystery Machine?
(a) Snoopy
(b) Scooby-Doo
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(c) Sherlock 9
The Mystery of Edwin Drood was the unfinished last work of which British novelist?
(a) Charles Dickens
(b) Charlotte Brontë
(c) George Eliot
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Which British military hero was raised to the peerage in this country, and also created Duke of Bronte in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies?
(a) The Duke of Wellington
(b) Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
(c) Lord Nelson
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Montgomery’s, Quicke’s and Keen’s are all highly praised examples of what?
(a) Port
(b) Cheddar cheese
(c) Spicy sauce* 12
Which cheese is keenly devoured by Wallace, of Wallace & Gromit fame?
(a) Stilton
(b) Halloumi
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(c) Wensleydale
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In which county is Wensleydale?
(a) Yorkshire
(b) Lancashire
(c) Derbyshire
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The Vikings called the city of York “Jorvik”. What was its Roman name?
(a) Verulamium
(b) Eboracum
(c) Deva
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What is the name of the young Viking who befriends a dragon in Cressida Cowell’s book How to Train Your Dragon?
(a) Hiccup
(b) Burp
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(c) Belch