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50 free dad trivia questions with answers. These dad trivia questions are built for Father's Day parties, family game nights and anyone who wants to test how well Dad actually knows dad stuff. Rounds cover the great TV and movie fathers (Homer, Uncle Phil, Atticus Finch, Mufasa, Bandit Heeler), real-life famous fathers, the animal kingdom's most dedicated dads, dad culture from grills to dad jokes, and a short round on how Father's Day itself began. Most questions are family-friendly and answerable by anyone who has watched a sitcom or been dragged to a barbecue; a handful are hard enough to settle who really is the trivia champion of the house. Every answer was checked against encyclopaedia entries and primary sources before publishing, so nobody has to argue with the answer key.
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Q 01Homer Simpson works as a safety inspector at what kind of facility?
A nuclear power plant
He was named after creator Matt Groening's own father, and his 'D'oh!' entered the Oxford English Dictionary in 2001.
Q 02Homer Simpson's catchphrase 'D'oh!' was added to which reference work in 2001?
The Oxford English Dictionary
The dictionary defines it as expressing frustration at the realisation that things have turned out badly.
Q 03In The Empire Strikes Back, Darth Vader's famous line to Luke Skywalker begins with which two words?
No, I
The line is almost universally misquoted as 'Luke, I am your father'; actor David Prowse was fed a fake line on set to keep the twist secret.
Q 04Which actor provided the voice of Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy?
James Earl Jones
The same voice also belongs to another famous screen father, Mufasa in The Lion King.
Q 05Atticus Finch of To Kill a Mockingbird is a lawyer in which fictional Alabama county?
Maycomb
Harper Lee based him on her own father, an Alabama lawyer, and the American Film Institute named him the greatest hero in American film in 2003.
Q 06Which actor won an Academy Award for playing Atticus Finch in 1962?
Gregory Peck
Atticus's children are Scout and Jem; his defence of Tom Robinson forms the heart of the novel.
Q 07In The Lion King, Mufasa is killed during a stampede of which animals?
Wildebeest
His brother Scar engineers the stampede and pushes him to his death; the 2024 prequel Mufasa: The Lion King cast Aaron Pierre as the young king.
Q 08Modern Family's self-declared 'cool dad' Phil Dunphy has what job?
Real estate agent
Ty Burrell won two Emmys for the role; Phil also practises a technique he calls 'peerenting'.
Q 09Full House dad Danny Tanner is defined by an obsession with what?
Cleaning
The widowed sportscaster turned morning-show host raised D.J., Stephanie and Michelle with help from brother-in-law Jesse and friend Joey.
Q 10Uncle Phil of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air went from lawyer to what midway through the series?
Judge
Philip Banks was born in Yamacraw, North Carolina, studied at Princeton and Harvard Law, and was played by James Avery in every episode.
Q 11In Mrs. Doubtfire, Robin Williams's character disguises himself as a nanny from which country?
Scotland
The film won the Oscar for Best Makeup and was the second-highest-grossing film of 1993.
Q 12Clark Griswold drives his brood across the country to Walley World in a station car with what name?
The Wagon Queen Family Truckster
The gaudy car was built from a 1979 Ford LTD Country Squire; the family's destination, Walley World, parodied Disneyland to avoid legal trouble.
Q 13Which actor was first cast as Marlin in Finding Nemo before being replaced by Albert Brooks?
William H. Macy
Q 21Bob's Burgers dad Bob Belcher is voiced by which actor?
H. Jon Benjamin
Bob is a third-generation restaurant owner whose 'burger of the day' puns are a running gag.
Q 22Which comedian plays panicked father George Banks in the 1991 remake of Father of the Bride?
Steve Martin
Spencer Tracy played the role in the 1950 original; Martin Short appears in the remake as wedding planner Franck.
Q 23In Mr. Mom (1983), Michael Keaton plays a laid-off engineer from which industry?
Automotive
John Hughes wrote it and it earned $64 million on a $5 million budget in Keaton's first lead role.
Director Andrew Stanton felt the anxious clownfish dad needed a lighter touch.
Q 14Bluey's dad Bandit Heeler works in which profession?
Archaeologist
He is voiced by David McCormack of the band Custard, which is where Bandit's middle name comes from.
Q 15How many touchdowns does Al Bundy claim he scored in one game for Polk High?
Four
The women's shoe salesman played by Ed O'Neill was named among television's most memorable fathers by Time magazine.
Q 16Fred Flintstone operates what kind of machine at the Slate Rock and Gravel Company?
A bronto crane
Fred's personality was modelled on Ralph Kramden of The Honeymooners.
Q 17Cliff Huxtable, the sweater-wearing father on The Cosby Show, practised which branch of medicine?
Obstetrics
His famous sweaters were designed by Koos Van Den Akker, and the character inspired Dr. Hibbert on The Simpsons.
Q 18Ned Stark of Game of Thrones is executed on the orders of which character at the end of the first season?
Joffrey
Sean Bean's beheading set the show's 'nobody is safe' precedent.
Q 19Which father-of-three sitcom dad, played by Robert Young, began on radio in 1949 before TV?
Jim Anderson
Father Knows Best's insurance man in Springfield called his daughters Princess and Kitten.
Q 20Widowed architect Mike Brady brought how many sons to his marriage with Carol?
Three
Greg, Peter and Bobby joined Marcia, Jan and Cindy; Robert Reed played Mike from 1969 to 1974.
Q 24In The Pursuit of Happyness, Will Smith's on-screen son is played by whom?
His real son Jaden
The misspelt title comes from a mural outside the daycare centre in Chris Gardner's memoir.
Q 25Which twin brothers shared the role of the adopted boy Julian in Adam Sandler's Big Daddy?
The Sprouse twins
Sandler won a Razzie for the film even as it set his best opening weekend to date.
Q 26In Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Peter Quill's biological father Ego is played by whom?
Kurt Russell
Director James Gunn insisted the real father of the story is Yondu, who dies saving Quill.
Q 27Retired CIA operative Bryan Mills rescues his kidnapped daughter in which city in the first Taken film?
Paris
The three films starring Liam Neeson grossed a combined $929 million worldwide.
Q 28Vito Corleone, the ultimate movie patriarch, was played in The Godfather by which actor?
Marlon Brando
He stuffed cotton balls in his cheeks for the audition and later declined his Best Actor Oscar in protest.
Q 29Papa Smurf is easy to spot because he wears clothing of which colour?
Red
The village elder is more than 540 years old and first appeared in Peyo's 1958 story La Flûte à Six Trous.
Q 30Geppetto, Pinocchio's woodcarver father, has a name that is a Tuscan diminutive of which Italian name?
Giuseppe
In Collodi's 1883 novel he is swallowed by the Terrible Dogfish, which Disney turned into the whale Monstro.