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

Groucho Marx was born on this day in 1890. What was his real first name?

(a) Karl

(b) Julius

(c) Spencer

2

Marks & Spencer has sold more than 15 million of its celebrated caterpillar cakes since the item was introduced in 1990. What is the original and enduringly popular caterpillar called?

(a) Cuthbert

(b) Clive

(c) Colin

3

What kind of caterpillar was the

? subject of Eric Carle’s much-loved children’s book?

(a) Very hungry

(b) Very angry

(c) Very lonely

4

Who wrote the play Look Back in Anger, which caused a great stir when it opened in London in 1956?

(a) John Mortimer

(b) John Osborne

(c) John Webster

6 5

That play was a key element in a wider arts movement of the time emphasising social realism and named after what item of household equipment?

(a) Bedroom wardrobe

(b) Downstairs lavatory

(c) Kitchen sink

6

In The Lion, the Witch and the

?

Wardrobe by CS Lewis, what is the name of the lion?

(a) Aslan

(b) Simba

(c) Alex

7

The Formula One motor racing driver Alex Albon races under the banner of which country?

(a) Great Britain

(b) France

(c) Thailand

8

King Louis XIX of France reigned for how long?

(a) 10 weeks

(b) 20 minutes

(c) 30 years 9

Which planet in the solar system takes approximately 30 earth years to orbit the sun?

(a) Saturn

(b) Mercury

(c) Mars

10

Why was the Mars bar – first manufactured in 1932 – so named?

(a) It was a spin-off from the Milky Way

(b) Because mars rhymes with bars

(c) Invented under the leadership of Mr Forrest Mars

11

Savernake Forest is in which English county?

(a) Derbyshire

(b) Wiltshire

(c) Cornwall

12

According to the Cornish Pasty Association, the authentic item may contain no other vegetable than potato, onion and…

(a) Swede/turnip

(b) Beetroot

(c) Carrot 13

Which cartoon character has the quirk of munching thoughtfully on a carrot before enquiring: “What’s up, Doc?”

(a) Roger Rabbit

?

(b) Peppa Pig

(c) Bugs Bunny

14

Who or what is Sir Roger de Coverley, mentioned in the works of Charles Dickens, George Eliot and Dorothy L Sayers?

(a) Steam locomotive

(b) Country dance

(c) High Court judge

15

In what year did the last steam trains run as part of regular operations on the London Underground?

(a) 1961

(b) 1951

(c) 1931