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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On this date in 1970, Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P Hoisington were the first women to become what?
(a) Judges of the US Supreme Court
(b) Astronauts
(c) Generals in the US Army 2 General “Buck” Turgidson is played by George C Scott in which acclaimed military black comedy film?
(a) Dr Strangelove
(b) Catch-22
(c) M*A*S*H 3 There are 22 bones in a human...
(a) Foot
(b) Skull
(c) Hand 4 The height of horses is measured in “hands”. How tall, for example, was the great Grand National winner Red Rum?
(a) 16.2 hands
(b) 1.62 hands
(c) 162 hands 5 Which of the Teletubbies is red?
(a) Dipsy
(b) Laa-Laa
(c) Po 6
What is a dipsomaniac?
(a) A demented dinosaur
(b) Someone with a drink problem
(c) A compulsive gym-goer
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The modern English word gymnasium derives from the ancient Greek word transliterated as “gymnos”... meaning what?
(a) Naked
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(b) Strong
(c) Male*
8
The Naked Chef, which first aired in 1999, started the television career of which well-known cook?
(a) Nigella Lawson
(b) Jamie Oliver
(c) Raymond Blanc
9
What title did Oliver Cromwell hold as ruler of the British Isles from 1653 to 1658?
(a) Lord Chancellor
(b) Lord Governor
(c) Lord Protector
10
Lord Macintosh, Lord Dingwall and Lord MacGuffin are all characters in which Disney movie?
(a) Frozen
(b) Brave
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(c) Tangled
11
What was the name of the industry pioneer and founder of the Birds Eye frozen-food company?
(a) Bertram Bird
(b) Emmanuel Eye
(c) Clarence Birdseye
12
One of the heaviest flying birds in the world has recently been reintroduced to the UK and appears on the coat of arms of Wiltshire. What is it? (a) Great bustard
(b) Red kite
(c) Griffon vulture
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What is the name of the small yellow bird who is best friend to the cartoon dog Snoopy?
(a) Tweety Pie
(b) Woodstock
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(c) Daffy
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The Woodstock music festival of 1969 – perhaps the most famous such event of all time – was billed on promotional posters as what?
(a) An Aquarian Exposition
(b) A Sagittarian Scene
(c) A Taurean Turn-on
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In Greek mythology, who eventually killed the bull/man monster known as the Minotaur?
(a) Ulysses
(b) Hector
(c) Theseus