50 Fun Facts About Dad

Homer Simpson works as a safety inspector at what kind of facility?

He was named after creator Matt Groening's own father, and his 'D'oh!' entered the Oxford English Dictionary in 2001.

Homer Simpson's catchphrase 'D'oh!' was added to which reference work in 2001?

The dictionary defines it as expressing frustration at the realisation that things have turned out badly.

In The Empire Strikes Back, Darth Vader's famous line to Luke Skywalker begins with which two words?

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.

Which actor provided the voice of Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy?

The same voice also belongs to another famous screen father, Mufasa in The Lion King.

Atticus Finch of To Kill a Mockingbird is a lawyer in which fictional Alabama county?

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.

Which actor won an Academy Award for playing Atticus Finch in 1962?

Atticus's children are Scout and Jem; his defence of Tom Robinson forms the heart of the novel.

In The Lion King, Mufasa is killed during a stampede of which animals?

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.

Modern Family's self-declared 'cool dad' Phil Dunphy has what job?

Ty Burrell won two Emmys for the role; Phil also practises a technique he calls 'peerenting'.

Full House dad Danny Tanner is defined by an obsession with what?

The widowed sportscaster turned morning-show host raised D.J., Stephanie and Michelle with help from brother-in-law Jesse and friend Joey.

Uncle Phil of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air went from lawyer to what midway through the series?

Philip Banks was born in Yamacraw, North Carolina, studied at Princeton and Harvard Law, and was played by James Avery in every episode.

In Mrs. Doubtfire, Robin Williams's character disguises himself as a nanny from which country?

The film won the Oscar for Best Makeup and was the second-highest-grossing film of 1993.

Clark Griswold drives his brood across the country to Walley World in a station car with what name?

The gaudy car was built from a 1979 Ford LTD Country Squire; the family's destination, Walley World, parodied Disneyland to avoid legal trouble.

Which actor was first cast as Marlin in Finding Nemo before being replaced by Albert Brooks?

Director Andrew Stanton felt the anxious clownfish dad needed a lighter touch.

Bluey's dad Bandit Heeler works in which profession?

He is voiced by David McCormack of the band Custard, which is where Bandit's middle name comes from.

How many touchdowns does Al Bundy claim he scored in one game for Polk High?

The women's shoe salesman played by Ed O'Neill was named among television's most memorable fathers by Time magazine.

Fred Flintstone operates what kind of machine at the Slate Rock and Gravel Company?

Fred's personality was modelled on Ralph Kramden of The Honeymooners.

Cliff Huxtable, the sweater-wearing father on The Cosby Show, practised which branch of medicine?

His famous sweaters were designed by Koos Van Den Akker, and the character inspired Dr. Hibbert on The Simpsons.

Ned Stark of Game of Thrones is executed on the orders of which character at the end of the first season?

Sean Bean's beheading set the show's 'nobody is safe' precedent.

Which father-of-three sitcom dad, played by Robert Young, began on radio in 1949 before TV?

Father Knows Best's insurance man in Springfield called his daughters Princess and Kitten.

Widowed architect Mike Brady brought how many sons to his marriage with Carol?

Greg, Peter and Bobby joined Marcia, Jan and Cindy; Robert Reed played Mike from 1969 to 1974.

Bob's Burgers dad Bob Belcher is voiced by which actor?

Bob is a third-generation restaurant owner whose 'burger of the day' puns are a running gag.

Which comedian plays panicked father George Banks in the 1991 remake of Father of the Bride?

Spencer Tracy played the role in the 1950 original; Martin Short appears in the remake as wedding planner Franck.

In Mr. Mom (1983), Michael Keaton plays a laid-off engineer from which industry?

John Hughes wrote it and it earned $64 million on a $5 million budget in Keaton's first lead role.

In The Pursuit of Happyness, Will Smith's on-screen son is played by whom?

The misspelt title comes from a mural outside the daycare centre in Chris Gardner's memoir.

Which twin brothers shared the role of the adopted boy Julian in Adam Sandler's Big Daddy?

Sandler won a Razzie for the film even as it set his best opening weekend to date.

In Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Peter Quill's biological father Ego is played by whom?

Director James Gunn insisted the real father of the story is Yondu, who dies saving Quill.

Retired CIA operative Bryan Mills rescues his kidnapped daughter in which city in the first Taken film?

The three films starring Liam Neeson grossed a combined $929 million worldwide.

Vito Corleone, the ultimate movie patriarch, was played in The Godfather by which actor?

He stuffed cotton balls in his cheeks for the audition and later declined his Best Actor Oscar in protest.

Papa Smurf is easy to spot because he wears clothing of which colour?

The village elder is more than 540 years old and first appeared in Peyo's 1958 story La Flûte à Six Trous.

Geppetto, Pinocchio's woodcarver father, has a name that is a Tuscan diminutive of which Italian name?

In Collodi's 1883 novel he is swallowed by the Terrible Dogfish, which Disney turned into the whale Monstro.

King Triton, Ariel's father in The Little Mermaid, has how many daughters?

Kenneth Mars voiced him in 1989 and Javier Bardem played him in the 2023 live-action remake.

Which founding father is popularly known as the 'Father of the Constitution'?

He also co-wrote the 85 Federalist Papers and drafted the Bill of Rights.

Which US president fathered 15 children, more than any other?

The tenth president had eight children with his first wife Letitia and seven with his second, Julia.

Boxer George Foreman famously gave all five of his sons what?

All are George Edward Foreman, so, in his words, 'if one of us goes up, then we all go up together'.

Which ancient Greek is traditionally called the 'Father of Medicine'?

Herodotus, meanwhile, was dubbed the Father of History by Cicero, and by critics the Father of Lies.

The 'father of modern genetics' worked out the laws of heredity by breeding which plants?

Gregor Mendel, an Augustinian friar in Brno, grew around 28,000 of them between 1856 and 1863, and his work was ignored until about 1900.

In which animal does the male become pregnant, carrying up to 1,500 eggs in a pouch?

The father carries the eggs for 9 to 45 days, yet fewer than half a percent of the young survive to adulthood.

A male emperor penguin incubating an egg through the Antarctic winter may fast for roughly how long?

He balances the egg on his feet under a fold of skin and can lose 20 kilograms while the female is away feeding at sea.

Which fish father keeps his eggs in his mouth and gives up eating until they hatch?

Wolves are also model dads, helping to feed, protect and play with their pups.

Merriam-Webster added the term 'dad joke' to its dictionary in which year?

The phrase had appeared in print as early as 1987, when a Gettysburg Times columnist urged readers not to ban them.

The 'dad bod' went viral in 2015 thanks to an essay by a student at which university?

Mackenzie Pearson's piece 'Why Girls Love the Dad Bod' was picked up by the Washington Post, Slate and the New York Daily News.

George Stephen built the first Weber kettle grill in 1952 from the bottom half of what?

He was a welder at Weber Brothers Metal Works in Chicago; he welded on three legs and made a shallower dome for the lid.

The necktie traces back to mercenaries from which country serving in France in the 1600s?

The French called them 'Croates', which became 'cravat'; the modern bias-cut tie was patented by Jesse Langsdorf in the 1920s.

Harry Chapin's 1974 hit 'Cat's in the Cradle' began as a poem written by whom?

Sandy Chapin's poem was inspired by her first husband's relationship with his own father; Ugly Kid Joe took a cover to number six in 1993.

The Temptations' 'Papa Was a Rollin' Stone' had first been recorded earlier in 1972 by which group?

The Temptations' version won three Grammys and its album cut runs close to twelve minutes.

Which actor plays Madonna's disapproving father in the 1986 video for 'Papa Don't Preach'?

The single became her fourth US number one on 16 August 1986, her birthday.

Sonora Smart Dodd founded Father's Day in 1910 to honour her father, who raised how many children alone?

The first celebration was held at the Spokane YMCA on 19 June 1910; Richard Nixon made the holiday permanent in 1972.

Which president signed the law making Father's Day a permanent US national holiday in 1972?

Johnson had issued the first presidential proclamation honouring fathers six years earlier.

Sweden became the first country to introduce paid paternity leave in which year?

Paid leave for fathers is now offered in more than half of European Union countries.

In Thailand, Father's Day is celebrated on 5 December, the birthday of which figure?

The date honours King Bhumibol Adulyadej; Australia keeps Father's Day on the first Sunday in September.