Andrew Baker The Sunday family 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!

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The Ides of March in 44 BCE was bad news, as predicted, for Julius Caesar: he was assassinated. But what is the Ides of March – or any month, come to that?

(a) Highest tide on the River Tiber that month

(b) The day before the middle of the month

(c) Earliest sunrise of that month

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Which English politician gave a controversial speech about immigration in which he claimed, figuratively, to see “The River Tiber foaming with much blood”?

(a) Oswald Mosley

(b) Winston Churchill

(c) Enoch Powell

Which international sport was run for years by Oswald Mosley’s son, Max?

(a) Horse racing

(b) Motor racing

(c) Skiing

What is the name of the red racing car who is the hero of the Disney/Pixar animated movie Cars?

(a) Lightning McQueen

(b) Dynamo McDonald

(c) Tornado Tubbs*

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Which company designed, developed and manufactured the British jet fighter called the Lightning, which retired from RAF service in 1988?

(a) Avro

(b) English Electric

(c) British Aerospace

The electric eel is a famously unusual animal. But in fact they are...

(a) Not electric

(b) Not eels

(c) Neither electric nor eels

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Eric “the Eel” Moussambani, a sportsman from Equatorial Guinea, won worldwide fame at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. Despite a manifest lack of speed, he won a heat in his event when all his competitors were disqualified. Which event?

(a) 100m freestyle swimming

(b) 100m sprint running

(c) 10km walk

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In the film Finding Nemo and its sequels, what kind of fish is Nemo?

(a) Shark

(b) Herring

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(c) Clownfish 9

What is the name of Krusty the Clown’s fast food franchise in The Simspons?

(a) Krusty Pizza

(b) Krusty Burger

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(c) Krusty’s Kabin

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Peter Boizot, founder of Pizza Express, was honoured with an Italian knighthood for his restaurant chain’s success in raising funds for which cause?

(a) Save the Colosseum

(b) Neglected Naples

(c) Venice in Peril

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What is the name of Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice?

(a) Antonio

(b) Shylock

(c) Portia

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Antonio Conte is a football manager celebrated for the frequency and passion of his touchline gestures. Which English club is his most recent employer?

(a) Arsenal

(b) Chelsea

(c) Tottenham Hotspur 13

Which landmark event took place in Chelsea in 1913?

(a) First Chelsea Flower Show

(b) First football match at Stamford Bridge

(c) Opening of Peter Jones department store

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The English King Harold famously lost the Battle of Hastings in 1066. But three weeks earlier he had won the Battle of Stamford Bridge. Against whom?

(a) Invading Normans

(b) Invading Norwegians

(c) Invading Scots

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Miss Hoolie and her friends live in a remarkably colourful Scottish town. What is it called?

(a) Balamory

(b) Tobermory

(c) Hopeandglory