New Book Week Quiz!

What are Willy Wonka's little workers called?

Our early Beta quiz mixed chocolate factories, board games and geography. Here are the questions from it that families still bring up.

What are the small workers in Willy Wonka's factory called?

Oompa-Loompas. Roald Dahl's orange-faced factory workers have been singing cautionary songs at naughty children since 1964, and every generation seems to discover them fresh.

How much do you collect for passing Go in Monopoly?

$200. It is the most reliable income in the game, and the source of a thousand family arguments about whether you also collect when you land exactly on Go. For the record: same $200, no bonus.

Which country is made up of two main islands?

Take a look at the map above. It is New Zealand, our neighbour across the ditch, split into the North Island and the South Island.

Map questions became a weekly fixture after this one, and they still catch plenty of us out.

That was Beta, the warm-up lap before the quiz found its stride. Some things never change though: the map questions were sneaky from day one.

Ready for a new challenge? Play this week's quiz, browse hundreds more questions on our kids trivia page, or replay past quizzes in the quiz library.

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A fresh 15 questions for the whole family. Grab everyone and see how you go.

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  • 15 family-friendly questions.
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  • Let the younger kids have a go at the easy questions first, then everyone else can jump in!