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Mamma Mia

Quiz: How well do you know these on-screen mothers?

Do you know your Marge from Mammy Brown.
9.30pm, 12 Mar 2021
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IT’S MOTHER’S DAY this Sunday. 

Test your knowledge of these famous mammies. 

We all know Marge - but what's her mam's name?
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Jacqueline
Mona

Barbara
Maud
Brenda Fricker is Ireland's mammy at this stage. But for what film did she win an Oscar?
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My Left Foot
The Field

Veronica Guerin
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Nancy Marchand played the matriarch in The Sopranos. What was her name in it?
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Elena
Mia

Livia
Olive
Who played Forrest Gump's mam in the movie of the same name?
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Susan Sarandon
Ruby Wax

Diane Keaton
Sally Field
What's the mam from Malcolm in the Middle called?
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Lorraine
Lori

Lois
Louise
Katey Sagal played the matriarch in the sitcom Married With Children. What was her character's name?
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Sue
Peg

Barb
Charlotte
We all know Brendan O'Carroll plays Agnes Brown in Mrs Browns' Boys. What's her neighbour and best friend called?
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Laura
Kathy

Doris
Winnie
Ricky Tomlinson and Sue Johnston play the parents in The Royle Family but in what other show did they play a couple?
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Coronation Street
Brookside

Holby City
Dinnerladies
Who played the mamma in Mamma Mia?
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Meryl Streep
Jane Fonda

Susan Sarandon
Mary Steenburgen
And finally - the mam from Home Alone also plays the mother in the award-winning Schitt's Creek. What's her name?
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Máire O'Hara
Catherine O'Hara

Caitríona O'Hara
Maureen O'Hara
Answer all the questions to see your result!
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You scored out of !
Top notch!
Fair play.
Share your result:
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You scored out of !
Middlin'
Grand.
Share your result:
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You scored out of !
Arra schtap the lights, hey.
Not very good at all.
Share your result:

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