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Family Quiz 30.5.20
Family Quiz 30.5.20
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1
Which word has become part of the English language within the last fifteen years?
Remote
Desktop
Texting
Laptop
2
Which county cricket team play their home games at Lord’s?
Surrey CCC
Middlesex
Kent Cricket
Somerset CCC
3
Put the telly on! TV Round: What is this tv show?
New nahhh 99
New York 99
Chicago 99
Brooklyn 99
4
Halifax was well-known as an English centre of what manufacturing trade?
Cotton
Beer
Wool
Steel
5
This, that and everything- The Universe round: How often does the moon orbit the earth?
Every 99.9 days
Every 27.322 days
Every 60.313 days
Every 12.1 days
6
Out and about: Geography round. On the London Tube network, which is the only station to begin with the letter I?
Islington
Ickleborough
Ickenham
Indringham
7
An insecure horse is MOST often caused by:
handlers lack of confidence
oats and hay in daily rotation
too many trips around the riding ring
worn bridle and saddle
8
What is the closest planet to the Sun?
Saturn
Venus
Mercury
Jupiter
9
name this tv show
dukes of hazzard
the a team
road wars
simpsons
10
How long does it take sunlight to reach the Earth?
12 milliseconds
2 hours and 15 minutes
25 seconds
8 minutes and 20 seconds
11
What was the most successful music video of the 80s-
Thriller
Beat It
Billie Jean
12
In what year did Pudsey make his Television debut?
2000
1990
1985
1995
13
The television show 'Doc Martin' was set in which English county?
St ives
Devon
Cornwall
Edinburgh
14
Which one of these capital cities is the most easterly?
Paris
Warsaw
Budapest
Rome
15
Which if these cities is NOT a capital?
Bangkok
Prague
Cairo
Sydney
16
Dermatophobia is the irrational fear of what?
Falling over
Head injuries
Having a skinful
Skin diseases/cracked skin
17
Woah there! The Horsey round: What breed of horse is this?
Thoroughbred
Feather horse
Clydesdale
Gypsy Vanner
18
Name the film
Cast Away
The Green Mile
Forrest Gump
Captain Phillips
19
General Knowledge: True or False. Goldfish only have a memory of three seconds
True
False
20
England is divided into how many ceremonial counties
?
29
48
37
41
21
Who wrote 'A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes'?
Stephen Hawking
Richard Feynmann
Carl Sagan
Michael Faraday
22
What term is used for a word that's derived from the same root as another word?
exonym
retronym
oronym
paronym
23
Jesus Christ! It's the religion round: According to a 2015 poll, which of these religions has the most followers?
Judaism
Islam
Buddhism
Christianity
24
Name the film
The Birds
Vertigo
Psycho
Strangers on a Train
25
What’s the maximum score you can achieve in a game of 10-pin bowling?
300
812
99
1001
26
Which event boosted television sales by almost double?
Edmund Hillary reaching the summit of Mount Everest
First episode of Coronation Street
1953 FA Cup Final
The Coronation of Elizabeth II
27
What is the most common letter in the English Language?
N
A
L
E
28
In humans, the atlas and axis bones are found in which part of the body?
Spine
Arms
Neck
Legs
29
Watch it! Name that film round- Name the film:
Flubber
Hook
Mrs Doubtfire
Jumanji
30
I wrote the Nutcracker Ballet music:
Mozart
Tchaikovsky
Sibelius
Adele
31
Name the film
Paranormal Activity
Insidious
Get Out
Jigsaw
32
What music TV channel launched in 1981?
Hee Haw
MTV
Soul Train
American Bandstand
33
Owzat! Sports Round: Who has won the most women's Wimbledon singles titles?
Billie Jean King
Martina Navratilova
Steffi Graf
Serena Williams
34
Which vitamin is known to prevent night-blindness?
Vitamin D
Vitamin A
Vitamin C
35
Which country's flag is this
Russia
Japan
South Korea
Finland
36
Watch your language! English language round: In which of these language periods did William Shakespeare write his plays?
Old English
Middle English
Modern English
37
Who is this 70s music icon?
Cliff Richard
Elvis Presley
Barry Manilow
Barry Gibb
38
What is the next number in the series: 2, 9, 30, 93, …?
333
481
282
260
39
In English–speaking countries, horses are typically measured in...
Legs
Teeth
Hands
Elbows
40
Which continent has more countries than any other?
Europe
Antarctica
Africa
Asia
41
The first tea bags were made of silk
False
True
42
The term ‘albatross’ in golf means what?
One shot under par on a hole
Two shots over par on a hole
Four shots over par on a hole
Three shots under par on a hole
43
Hip hop and happening: Music round. Reginald Kenneth Dwight is better known by what name?
Cliff Richard
Paul McCartney
Elton John
44
Which Central American county has a name which translated to English as “The Saviour”?
Costa Rica
Santiago
El Salvador
San Sebastian
45
A metre is further than a yard
True
False
46
Name the film
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Schindler's List
The Hurt Locker
Saving Private Ryan
47
A woman has walked on the moon
True
False
48
Which is the largest religious structure in the world?
Potala Palace in Tibet
Prambanan, in Indonesia
Teotihuacan, in Mexico
Angkor Wat, in Cambodia
49
Where were the Summer Olympics held in 1992?
Vancouver
Denver
Tokyo
Barcelona
50
Pack your bags: Travel round- Which country's flag is this?
North Korea
Vietnam
China
Cambodia
51
What figurative language is this: "It was a piece of cake"
Personification
Onomatopeia
Simile
Idiom
52
Cough cough! Medicine Round: the vaccine for which childhood illness was first tested in 1952?
Poliomyelitis
Infant flu
Croup
53
A typical adult male horse has how many permanent teeth?
12
103
40
54
What African country has the largest population?
South Africa
Gabon
Nigeria
Kenya
55
Mecca, the holy city of Islam, is located within which country?
Israel
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
Pakistan
56
What is the largest planet in our solar system?
Saturn
Neptune
Jupiter
Uranus
57
Napoleon Bonaparte had a short height for his time period
True
False
58
On a horse, the withers is the…
Nether regions
The area between a horse’s ears
Highest point of a horse’s back
horse’s ankle