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!
1
On this date in 1915, Albert Einstein published his Theory of General 4
Relativity. What was Einstein’s day job in the early years of his research?
(a) Postman
(b) Patent-office clerk
(c) Policeman
2
What is the name of Springfield’s leading policeman in The Simpsons?
(a) Chief Wiggly
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(b) Chief Wigwam
(c) Chief Wiggum
3
What are the wigs worn by some English high court judges made from?
(a) Horsehair
(b) Human hair
(c) Goat hair
4
Goat’s Head Soup is an album released in 1973 by which band?
(a) The Jimi Hendrix Experience
(b) The Rolling Stones
(c) Pink Floyd
5 In the Pink Panther film franchise, featuring Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau, what was the pink panther?
(a) An escaped big cat
(b) A sports car
(c) A diamond* 6
A natural diamond typically comprises about 99.95 per cent what?
(a) Sand
(b) Carbon
(c) Iron
7
What is the human name and identity of the Marvel superhero Iron Man?
(a) Tony Stark
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(b) Ned Stark
(c) Mark Stark 8
The Starkadder family are to be found in which fictional agricultural establishment?
(a) Brookfield Farm, Ambridge
(b) Old Macdonald’s Farm
(c) Cold Comfort Farm
9
In his Golden Arches Theory, the economist Thomas Friedman suggested that no two countries with McDonald’s restaurants would ever...
(a) Play football against each other
(b) Go to war against each other
(c) Feature in the UN’s Top Three Healthiest Nations table 10
Which of these is the tallest?
(a) Arch of Triumph, Pyongyang
(b) Marble Arch, London
(c) Arc de Triomphe, Paris
11
The actress who plays the title role in the Netflix series Emily in Paris is the daughter of which British rock star?
(a) Lily Collins, daughter of Phil
(b) Lily Daltrey, daughter of Roger
(c) Lily Jagger, daughter of Mick 12
Lily Bobtail is the confident and well-informed friend of which fictional rabbit?
(a) Roger Rabbit
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(b) Peter Rabbit
(c) Bugs Bunny
13
How do rabbits commonly signal danger to other rabbits?
(a) High-pitched squeak
(b) Breaking wind
(c) Thumping rear paw on the ground 14
Where are you likely to encounter the cold, strong, northwesterly wind known as the Mistral?
(a) Southern France
(b) Southern California
(c) South Africa
15
The second smallest independent state in the world (after the Vatican City) shares a land border with France. What is it?
(a) Mont-St-Michel
(b) Île de la Cité
(c) Monaco