Trivia Quiz on British Television

1. Which Eastender Provided The Voice Of "Dipsy" In The Teletubbies

A) Adam Woodyatt

B) Rudolph Waker / Patrick Truman

C) Steve McFadden

D) Letitia Dean

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2. Who Has Made The Most Appearnces On Jackanory?

A) David Jason

B) Ian McKellen

C) Bernard Cribbins

D) John Cleese

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3. Name UK TV show with Jim Hacker and Sir Humphry Appleby

A) Yes Minister

B) The Thick of It

C) The New Statesman

D) Spitting Image

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4. In the television series The Prisoner, what seas Patrick McGoohan's number

A) One

B) Three

C) Five

D) Six

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5. In Entertainment "Julia Smith & Tony Holland Are Both Famous For Creating What

A) Eastenders

B) Coronation Street

C) Brookside

D) Hollyoaks

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6. Which actor and comedian once appeared as a spoon salesman guest of the hotel in an episode of Fawlty Towers?

A) John Cleese

B) Peter Sellers

C) Eric Idle

D) Bernard Cribbins

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7. Who Was described By The Radio Times As The “ Scummiest To rag In The Laundry Basket Of English History ”

A) Sherlock Holmes

B) Winston Churchill

C) Mr. Bean

D) Blackadder

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8. Eric Morley (Creator Of Miss World) Was Also Responsible For Which Hugely Successful TV Show

A) Dancing with the Stars

B) Come Dancing

C) So You Think You Can Dance

D) Dancing on Ice

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9. Who Was The Very First Recipient Of The MALE Version Of The Rear Of The Year Award

A) John Barrowman

B) Peter Kay

C) Jonathan Ross

D) Michael Barrymore

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10. What Is The Only Spin Off To Date From The TV Show "Coronation Street"

A) Coronation Street: Street on Screen

B) Pardon The Expression

C) Coronation Street Unplugged

D) Weatherfield Weekly

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11. On British & Us Television How Is "Jo Frost" More Commonly Known

A) The Nanny Jo Frost

B) Jo Frost: The Parenting Coach

C) Jo Frost: The Household Expert

D) Super Nanny

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12. Which character in TV's Red Dwarf is obsessed with fashion

A) Rimmer

B) Lister

C) Kryten

D) Cat

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13. Who presents the ITV show 'Fool Britannia'?

A) Ant McPartlin

B) Dom Jolly

C) Jonathan Ross

D) Gok Wan

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14. What film did the Beatles make for television?

A) A Hard Day's Night

B) Yellow Submarine

C) Let It Be

D) Magical Mystery Tour

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15. What was the name of Norman Beaton's barber's shop which was also the title of the TV series

A) Desmond's

B) Stanley's Barbers

C) Kwame's Cuts

D) Mohammed's Barbers

E) Bennett's Barber Co.

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16. Who Was The First Woman To Appear Naked On The Front Cover Of The Radio Times

A) Diana Rigg

B) Helena Bonham Carter

C) Kate Winslet

D) Helen Mirren

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17. Which actor was the first to play Robin Hood on television

A) Sir Ian Holm

B) Errol Flynn

C) Peter O'Toole

D) Richard greene

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18. Who did patrick macnee portray in the spy drama the avengers

A) John Steed

B) Emma Peel

C) Harry Palmer

D) Jonathan steed

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19. Which Classic TV Show Had A Theme une Entitled "Quiz Wizard"

A) Jeopardy!

B) Wheel of Fortune

C) The Price Is Right

D) Blockbusters

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20. Name the Teletubbies?

A) Laa Laa, Tinky Winky, Dipsy and Po

B) Laa Laa, Tinky Winky, Noo-Noo and Po

C) Laa-La Laa, Tinky Winky, Dipsy and Po

D) Laa Laa, Tinky Winky, Dipsy and Poo

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21. What Was The First TV Show To Be Filmed In Colour

A) Stingray

B) Bonanza

C) I Dream of Jeannie

D) Star Trek

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22. Who plays Auntie Wainwright in Last Of The Summer Wine

A) Maggie Smith

B) June Whitfield

C) Jean alexander

D) Pauline Collins

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23. Which TV Personality Had A Cameo Role In The Movie "Bedknobs & Broomsticks"

A) Des O'Connor

B) David Attenborough

C) Noel Edmonds

D) Bruce Forsythe

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24. Who On TV During The 1990's Had The Real Name Of "Michael Van Wijk"

A) Jet (Gladiators)

B) Lightning (Gladiators)

C) Wolf (Gladiators)

D) Goliath (Gladiators)

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25. Who played the part of Mildred Roper on TV

A) Diana Rigg

B) June Whitfield

C) Yootha joyce

D) Angela Lansbury

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26. ON Tv In 1987 "Marion Chanter" Became The First And Only Female To Do What

A) Win The Krypton Factor

B) Become the first woman to host a prime-time game show

C) Win the World Chess Championship

D) Win a season of 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire'

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27. Which BBC TV comedy featured spoof news and current affairs, and introduced Alan Partridge

A) Not the Nine O'Clock News

B) Spitting Image

C) Monty Python's Flying Circus

D) The day today

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28. Which gestalt entity produced the cult TV show Red Dwarf ?

A) Rob Grant

B) Doug Naylor

C) Grant Naylor

D) BBC

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29. Who played The Fugitive

A) David Janssen

B) David Jason

C) Harrison Ford

D) Tom Hanks

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30. The Allman Bros Song Entitled "Jessica" Is The Theme Tune To Which Long Running Tv Show

A) The X-Files

B) Friends

C) Doctor Who

D) Top Gear

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31. Who on TV played Jeeves to Hugh Lawrie's Bertie Wooster

A) Stephen Fry

B) Ian McKellen

C) John Cleese

D) Rowan Atkinson

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32. In Coronation Street, which room in the Rover's Return was regularly used by Ena Sharples and friends

A) Public bar

B) Snug

C) Back room

D) Parlour

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33. Which Long Running Tv Show Was the Brain Child Of Former RAF Gunner Bill Wright

A) Mastermind

B) Only Connect

C) Countdown

D) University Challenge

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34. Thomas Sweeny Was The Real Name Of Which Fictional TV Soap Character (Not The Actors Real Name)

A) Desmond 'Des' Kavanagh

B) Barry Grant

C) Bradley 'Brad' Milner

D) Sinbad (Brookside)

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35. The School "Northbridge High" Featured In Which Popular Early 90's TV Show

A) Grange Hill

B) Byker Grove

C) Press Gang

D) Saved by the Bell

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36. How many episodes of Fawlty Towers were made?

A) 11

B) 12

C) 13

D) 10

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37. What part was played by Patrick Newell in the series The Avengers

A) The Boss

B) The Doctor

C) Mother

D) The Butler

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38. Which actress sang the theme tune to the British sitcom 'A Fine Romance'

A) Diana Rigg

B) Judi Dench

C) Emma Thompson

D) Joan Collins

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39. Toothpaste Was Famously The First Advert On ITV, What Was The Second ?

A) Horlicks Malted Milk

B) Cornflakes Breakfast Cereal

C) Drinking Chocolate

D) A Washing Powder Advertisement

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40. Name the Oscar-winning actor who played Ron Jenkins in TVs Coronation Street?

A) Ian McKellen

B) Ben Kingsley

C) David Tennant

D) Hugh Grant

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41. On what british sitcom was 'all in the family' based

A) Dad's Army

B) Fawlty Towers

C) Steptoe and Son

D) Open All Hours

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42. On Television In 1972 "Nancy Wilkinson" Became The First Person Ever To Do What

A) Host a television game show

B) Win the top prize on The Generation Game

C) Win Mastermind

D) Be the first performer to sing on a national TV talent show

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43. What was the constituency of Rik Mayall's character alan B'stard in the TV sitcom 'The New Statesman'?

A) Haltemprice and Howden

B) St Albans

C) Sunderland South

D) Haltemprice

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44. In Which Long Running Tv Show Are You Likely To Find “Susie Dent”?

A) The Simpsons

B) Countdown

C) QI

D) University Challenge

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45. Which TV Show Used The Song Known As The Wizard Composed By Paul Hardcastle As It's Theme In The 1980's

A) Solid Gold

B) Top Of The Pops

C) Knight Rider

D) The A-Team

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46. The Teletubbies have two favourite foods. Name one.

A) Tubby custard

B) Tubby toast

C) Tubby toast tubby custard

D) Tubby cake

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47. Which associate of Ricky Gervase played the character known as 'The Idiot Abroad' in a series of comedy travel documentaries?

A) Stephen Merchant

B) Graham Norton

C) James May

D) Karl Pilkington

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48. France named it Chapeau Melon et Bottes de Cuir what UK

A) The Avengers

B) The Saint

C) Danger Man

D) Doctor Who

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49. Who played the part of Claude Greengrass in Heartbeat

A) David Jason

B) Rik Mayall

C) Bill maynard

D) Peter Kay

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50. Which TV series is set in the village of Adensfield

A) Midsomer Murders

B) Heartbeat

C) Emmerdale

D) The Darling Buds of May

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