Q 01/05

In which English county town-area was David Attenborough born in 1926?

A) Bristol, Gloucestershire

B) Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

C) Richmond, Surrey

D) Isleworth, Middlesex

Answer · why

D) Isleworth, Middlesex

He grew up not there but in Leicester, on the campus of the university college his father ran.

Q 02/05

Attenborough grew up on the campus of which institution, where his father was principal?

A) University College, Nottingham

B) Durham University

C) University College, Leicester

D) Clare College, Cambridge

Answer · why

C) University College, Leicester

The family lived in College House on the campus, and young David spent much of his time in the university grounds.

Q 03/05

What did David's older brother Richard become famous as?

A) A racing car executive

B) An actor and film director

C) A BBC newsreader

D) A marine biologist

Answer · why

B) An actor and film director

Richard Attenborough directed Gandhi and played the park owner in Jurassic Park; John, the youngest brother, went into the car business.

Q 04/05

David's younger brother John was an executive at which car manufacturer?

A) Alfa Romeo

B) Fiat Group

C) Ferrari

D) Lancia

Answer · why

A) Alfa Romeo

All three Attenborough boys left home for very different careers: film, cars and the natural world.

Q 05/05

Aged about 11, Attenborough supplied a university zoology department with which animals for threepence each?

A) Frogs

B) Stickleback fish

C) Newts

D) Grass snakes

Answer · why

C) Newts

He did not mention that his source was a pond right next to the department building.