Mother's Day Quiz 2011

What sort of mother...

What sort of mother might you find inside an oyster?
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What sort of mother might you find inside a pyramid?
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Which painter is principally famous for a portrait of his mother? The picture was originally entitled "Arrangement in Gray and Black No. 1.".
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Who sang the 1976 number 1 single “Mamma Mia”?
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…And who sang the original version of the 1965 hit “California Dreamin’”?
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Which alcoholic spirit is known as “Mother’s Ruin”?
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Which prematurely blind man gave his name to a psychological condition involving mothers?
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Which future British prime minister, while at school, accused his mother of abandoning him in dozens of letters, on the back of which she wrote lists of intended dinner-party guests?
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Which future rockstar grew up believing his mother to be his sister?
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Who was conceived in the Immaculate Conception?
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Mothers in History

Who gave birth to the following famous people?

Elizabeth I? Answer

Marie Antoinette? Answer

Mary Shelley? Answer

The goddess Athene? Answer

Helen of Troy ? Answer

Mothers and daughters

Name these famous women and identify their relationships...

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Missing Words

Each of the following words is part of a common two-word phrase. The missing word in that phrase, when joined with the word “Mother”, creates a different common two-word phrase.

An example: _____ Music. The missing word is “Country”, because “Country Music” and “Mother Country” are both common phrases. Find the missing word in the following:

• Dutch Answer
• Soviet Answer
• Silver Answer
• Stone Answer
• Pirate Answer
• Surf Answer

Mother Proverbs

What's missing?

Example: “In the eyes of its mother, every beetle is a ________” –African Proverb.
The missing word is “gazelle”. Aw...

• “Men love women. Women love children. Children love ” — Alice Thomas Ellis Answer
• “What would men be without women? ” — Mark Twain Answer
• “The joys of the mother are never fully experienced until the children are ” — Anon Answer
• “Always be nice to your children because they are the ones who will choose your ” — Phyllis Diller Answer

This competition is now closed - thanks to all who entered and congratulations to our winners!