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It's Quizness time

Quiz: Test your dad knowledge this Father's Day

The theme of today’s quiz is fathers.
8.00pm, 16 Jun 2019
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TODAY IS FATHER’s day.

And what follows is a quiz with the tenuous theme that all the questions are famous dad-related.

Best of luck. 

Ice Cube's own son portrayed him in the film Straight Outta Compton. But what's his Irish-sounding first name?
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Murphy
O'Shea

O'Brien
McCarthy
Steve Martin plays George Banks, the dad who's raging about his daughter getting married in 1991 film Father of the Bride. What's the daughter's name?
Joerg Carstensen
Annie
Diane

Kimberly
Nancy
Which city is the daughter of Liam Neeson's vengeful father kidnapped in in the film Taken?
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Rome
London

Berlin
Paris
Which of these actors is Angelina Jolie's father?
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Dustin Hoffman
Jon Voight

Burt Reynolds
Robert Redford
Who played the dad in the first two Home Alone films?
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Daniel Stern
Chris Penn

Ed Helms
John Heard
Martin Sheen starred alongside his son Charlie in which of these films?
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Platoon
Hot Shots!

Wall Street
The Rookie
Actress Liv Tyler's famous dad is in which band?
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Aerosmith
Bon Jovi

Guns N' Roses
Van Halen
Which famous dad has children with names such as Poppy, Buddy and River?
Chris Martin
Noel Gallagher

Jamie Oliver
David Beckham
Harrison Ford's Han Solo was killed by his on-screen son Kylo Ren in the 7th Star Wars movie. Who plays the son?
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Oscar Isaac
Adam Driver

Andrew Garfield
James McAvoy
What's my dad's name?
Matthew
Mark

Luke
John
Answer all the questions to see your result!
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Top Dog!
Well done! Just right
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Clever Cat
Almost purrrfect
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Fintastic
A fine effort
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What are ewe doing!?
Baaaaaaaad
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Turtley awful
A shell of a bad effort
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