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!
1
On this day in 1925, F Scott Fitzgerald’s masterpiece, The Great Gatsby, was first published. What is the first name of the central figure, Gatsby himself?
(a) Ray
(b) Jay
(c) Kay
2
The jay is the most colourful British member of which avian family?
(a) Crow
(b) Pigeon
(c) Tit
3
Stop That Pigeon was the theme tune to a 1960s cartoon featuring which villains?
(a) Lucifer and Lady Tremaine
(b) Dick Dastardly and his dog, Muttley
(c) The Joker and Riddler
4
What breed of dog (supposedly) was Charlie Brown’s canine pal Snoopy?
(a) Beagle
(b) Snoop Dogg
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(c) Greyhound
5
The action of the Sherlock Holmes novel The Hound of the Baskervilles takes place largely in which area?
(a) Exmoor
(b) North York Moors
(c) Dartmoor 6
John Baskerville of Birmingham designed something in the 1750s that remains in common use to this day. What is it?
(a) Hammer
(b) Typeface
(c) Dental drill
7
Which Marvel superhero is commonly armed with a hammer?
(a) Iron Man
(b) Captain America
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(c) Thor 8
The mineral iron pyrite is also known as what?
(a) Fool’s gold
(b) Epsom salts
(c) Quicksilver
9
Which of these British horse-racing classics is competed for on a course on the Epsom Downs?
(a) The St Leger
(b) The 2,000 Guineas
(c) The Oaks
10
Gabriel Oak, an honest farmer, appears in which classic novel?
(a) Lady Chatterley’s Lover
(b) Far From the Madding Crowd
(c) Pride and Prejudice
11
Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward is an agent of which global crisissolving team?
(a) International Rescue
(b) Paw Patrol
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(c) Team America
12
The term “southpaw”, related to proficiency with the left side, is primarily associated with which sport?
(a) Greyhound racing
(b) Football
(c) Boxing* 13
What kind of box is Doctor Who’s Tardis?
(a) Phone box
(b) Police box
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(c) Letter box
14
The first words ever spoken on the telephone were uttered by the device’s inventor, Alexander Graham Bell, to his assistant, Thomas Watson. What did he say?
(a) “Mr Watson? Come here – I want to see you.”
(b) “Mr Watson? Is that you? I can’t hear you...”
(c) “Mr Watson? Have you recently been involved in an accident that wasn’t your fault?”
15
What slogan has been employed on bottles of Bell’s whisky since 1925?
(a) Afore ye say farewell
(b) Afore ye go
(c) Afore ye fall over