Andrew Baker The Saturday 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!

Good question for younger quizzers 1 (a)

(b)

(c)

2

Casablanca is the largest city in Morocco, but it isn’t the capital. What is?

(a) Rabat

(b) Fez

(c) Tangier

3

Which British television magician habitually performed in a fez?

(a) Paul Daniels

(b) Derren Brown

(c) Tommy Cooper

4

Merlin, the legendary magician, was an adviser to which English king?

(a) Arthur

(b) Alfred

(c) Ethelred

5

Ethelred was king of the English twice, from 978 to 1013 and again from 1014 until his death in 1016. Why is he commonly known as

“the Unready”?*

What happened to Britannic, before entering passenger service?

(a) Hit an iceberg and sank

(b) Hit a mine and sank

(c) Hit rocks and sank

8

What is special about the Mponeng mine in South Africa?

(a) Deepest in the world

(b) Operated entirely by robots

(c) Was the last to employ donkeys

9

What is fetched from under the planet surface by the dragon in the children’s television series The Clangers?

(a) Jewels

? (b) Coal

(c) Soup

(a) Not ready to be king first time round

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(b) Unprepared for Viking invasions Which main ingredient would you

(c) Not well-read, ie poorly advised expect to find in the traditional French

soup bouillabaisse?

6

(a) Garlic

(b) Fish

(c) Snails

11

What was the name of the snail in

The Magic Roundabout?

7

(a) Geoff

? (b) Pete

(c) Brian

Viking 1 was the first man-made object to land intact on which celestial body? (a) The moon

(b) Mars

(c) Titan

Titanic was one of three Olympic-class liners built for the White Star Line. Olympic, the first to be launched, retired after a 24-year career. 12

Geoff Hurst scored a hat-trick in England’s 4-2 win over Germany in the 1966 World Cup final. Who scored England’s other goal?

(a) Martin Peters

(b) Bobby Moore

(c) Alan Ball

13

What is often represented in the Peters Projection?

(a) World economic growth

(b) World population growth

(c) The map of the world

14

What does the Marauder’s Map depict?

(a) The Shire, Middle-earth

(b) Hogwarts school

(c) Captain Jack Sparrow’s treasure 15

Who is Britain’s current First Lord of the Treasury?

(a) Rishi Sunak

(b) Jeremy Hunt

(c) Penny Mordaunt

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