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Children’s Hospice Week 2016
Quiz Pack
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Quiz Pack
Children’s Hospice Week 2016
Children’s Hospice Week is the UK’s only awareness and fundraising week for children with lifeshortening conditions and their families and the palliative care services that support them. This
year the campaign will put families first, highlighting how precious family time is and how children’s
palliative care services across the UK provide vital support to thousands of families and help them
treasure their time together.
We’ve created this family themed quiz pack for you to host during Children’s Hospice Week with
seven entertaining rounds. The quiz features a mixture of easy and hard questions and is the perfect
way for friends, family and colleagues to get together and raise money to support families in your
community.
Top tips for your quiz
• Choose a time and date for the quiz.
• Find somewhere to hold your quiz event with enough seats and tables.
• Make sure people will be able to hear the quiz master.
• Use the downloadable blank posters to promote the quiz.
• Send an email invite or set up a Facebook event to spread the word.
• We recommend a minimum of two people and a maximum of six people per team.
• Offer some tasty treats for brain food.
• You could hold a raffle at the half way point. Charge £1 per ticket and offer a couple of
prizes.
• Provide a prize for the winning team.
Thank you for supporting Children’s Hospice Week 2016.
www.togetherforshortlives.org.uk/chw
Round 1
TV & Film
1. What is the name of Peppa Pig’s little brother?
2. Which two American brothers acted together in the 1988 Wild
West film ‘Young Guns’?
3. What is the surname of the main family in ‘Little House on the
Prairie’?
4. In the American TV sitcom The Wonder Years, a comedy series
about the goings on of the Arnold family, Kevin Arnold (played by Fred
Savage) had a girlfriend. What was her name?
5. Which Sex and the City actress starred in the 2005 film ‘The Family
Stone’, alongside Clare Danes, Diane Keaton and Rachel McAdams?
6. The American film ‘Family Man’ was adapted from the Christmas
classic ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’, but which American actor played the
lead role alongside Tea Leoni?
7. Which brothers played the leads in the 1990 British film ‘The
Krays’?
Which 2001 film did American siblings Jake Gyllenhaal and his
sister Maggie star in?
9. Brad Pitt and Gwyneth Paltrow became engaged after starring in
which gruesome film together?
10. Who sings the theme tune to popular British comedy The Royale
Family?
Round 2
Music
1. How many sisters are there in the band Sister Sledge?
2. Name all five members of the Jackson 5.
3. The rock band The White Stripes had two members – Jack White
and Meg White. How were they related?
4. What is the name of the youngest Osmond?
5. American band Wilson Phillips (named after the surnames of its
members) is known for being made up of the offspring of musicians
from which two prominent 60s bands?
6. Which current rock band, whose songs include Temple and
Revelry, is made up of three brothers and a cousin?
7. Who sang ‘We are Family?’
8. Whose 90s album was called ‘Ocean Drive’?
9. Which “brothers” made the song ‘Unchained Melody’ a hit?
10. What was the name of Oasis’ record-setting debut album?
Round 3
Animal Families
What is the collective noun for a group of...(Example – a group of fish
is a shoal)
1. Crows
2. Badgers
3. Butterflies
4. Owls
5. Ferrets
6. Toads
7. Alligators
8. Dogs
9. Caterpillars
10. Hedgehogs
Round 4
It’s all relative!
1. Which is faster: the speed of sound or the speed of light?
2. Which planet is known as Earth’s ‘sister planet’, because they are
both similar in size, gravity and bulk composition?
3. What is the process called when light bends as it enters a different
medium?
4. What is the earth’s primary source of energy?
5. What scientist is well known for his theory of relativity?
6. What is created in space upon the collapse of a neutron star?
7. With what is Archimedes’ Principle concerned?
8. What do physicists define as the quantity of matter contained in an
object?
9. Triton is the largest moon of which planet?
10. True or False. The slower you move through space, the faster you
move through time?
Round 5
Sport
1. In F1, who are the only father and son to have both won the world
title?
2. Gary and Phil Neville are well known as England international
footballers but in which sport is their sister Tracey an England
international?
3. Mum won the European three day equestrian event gold medal in
1971 and her daughter won the same title in 2005. Name them.
4. Between them, how many Wimbledon titles have the Williams
sisters notched up?
5. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, father Rocky Johnson and
grandfather Peter Maivia were all professionals in what sport?
6. Which World Cup winner’s medals are father and son, George and
Ben Cohen, the proud holders of?
7. Name the famous Manning brothers, who have both led their
teams to Super Bowl victory?
8. To the nearest thousand, how many test runs did Australian
cricketing brothers Mark and Steve Waugh accumulate?
9. Name the two famous boxing fathers whose daughters, Laila and
Jacqui, fought in the ring in 2008?
10. Name the Olympic gold medal winning brothers who rowed for
Great Britain at the 1992 Games?
Round 6
Family Fortunes
1. What is the most popular county in the UK for a family holiday?
2. To the nearest decimal place, how many children are there in the
average UK family?
3. To the nearest thousand, how many babies were born in NHS
hospitals in 2015?
4. What percentage of British households own a pet? (Points given
within 5% of the correct answer)
5. According to the Office for National Statistics report for 2013, what
is the average age that mothers have their first baby in the UK?
6. How much does the average UK family spend on food per week?
A) 83.60 B) £126.70 C) £42.85
7. In 2015 what percentage of young adults aged 15 to 34 in the UK
were living with their parents?
A) 25%
B) 30%
C) 40%
8. As of January 2016, what is the average first-time home buyer
deposit, to the nearest thousand?
9. On average, a UK household spends how much a day to the
nearest pound on water, electricity and gas?
10. What is the average cost per day to raise a child from birth to the
age of 21?
A) £13
B) £22 C) £30
Round 7
Fictional families
1. What are the two main family names in ‘Romeo and Juliet’?
2. Which novelist was the cousin of horror movie actor Christopher
Lee?
3. Who are the three daughters of ‘King Lear’?
4. In the ‘Adrian Mole Diaries’, what is the surname of his girlfriend?
5. In which novel would you find Jo, Beth, Meg and Amy?
6. What are the names of the two wicked aunts in Roald Dahl’s
‘James and the Giant Peach’?
7. What are the names of the three musketeers?
8. Which of the following was not one of Roger Hargreaves’ ‘Mr
Men’?
A) Mr Sleepy B) Mr Busy
C) Mr Uppity?
9. Which author sometimes used the pseudonym Acton Bell?
A) Ann Bronte B) Mary Shelley
C) Evelyn Waugh?
10. Which author of ‘The Gruffalo’ was appointed Children’s
Laureate in June 2011, a position held for two years?
Answers
Round 1: TV & Film
1. George
2. Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez
3. The Ingalls
4. Winnie Cooper
5. Sarah Jessica Parker
6. Nicholas Cage
7. Martin and Gary Kemp
8. Donnie Darko
9. Seven
10. Noel Gallagher
Round 2: Music
1. Four
2. Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon and Michael
3. Married
4. Jimmy
5. The Beach Boys and The Mamas & the Papas
6. Kings of Leon
7. Sister Sledge
8. The Lighthouse Family
9. The Righteous Brothers
10. Definitely Maybe
Round 3: Animal families
1. A murder of crows
2. A cete of badgers (will also accept colony)
3. A kaleidoscope of butterflies (will also accept
swarm or flutter)
4. A parliament of owls
5. A business/busyness of ferrets
6. A knot of toads (will also accept nest)
7. A congregation of alligators
8. A pack of dogs
9. An army of caterpillars
10. An array of hedgehogs
Round 4: It’s all relative
1. Light (The speed of sound in air is about 300
metres per second. The speed of light is about
300,000 kilometers per second.)
2. Venus
3. Refraction
4. The Sun
5. Einstein
Round 4: It’s all relative (continued)
6. Black Hole
7. Buoyancy
8. Mass
9. Neptune
10. True
Round 5: Sport
1. Graham and Damon Hill (Graham in 1962 and
1968, and Damon in 1996)
2. Netball
3. Princess Anne & Zara Phillips
4. 17 (Venus – 5; Serena – 6; Doubles – 5; Mixed
Doubles – 1)
5. Wrestling
6. George - Football World Cup (1966) and Ben
- Rugby World Cup (2003)
7. Peyton (the Colts) and Eli (the Giants)
8. 19,000 (18,956 – Steve 10,927 and Mark
8,029)
9. Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier
10. Jonny and Greg Searle
Round 6: Family fortunes
1. Cornwall
2. 1.8
3. 647,000
4. 52%
5. 30
6. A) 83.60
7. A) 40%
8. £31,000
9. £4
10. C) £30
Round 7: Fictional Families
1. Capulet and Montague
2. Ian Fleming
3. Goneril, Regan and Cordelia
4. Braiwaithe
5. Little Women
6. Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker
7. Aramis, Porthos and Athos
8. A) Mr Sleepy
9. A) Ann Bronte
10. Julia Donaldson
Answer Sheet
Team Name
Round 1
TV & Film
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10
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Round 2
Music
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Round 3
Animal Families
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Round 4
It’s all Relative
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Round 5
Sport
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Round 6
Family Fortunes
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Round 7
Fictional Families
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10
Good Luck!
Thank you for supporting Children’s Hospice Week 2016.
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