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Quiz 11

Carry On Sergeant was released in cinemas on Friday 1st August 1958. To mark 60 years of the long-running film franchise, we thought we'd theme this week's quiz around the movies and their stars. How well do you know this staple of British comedy?

1. How many Carry On films are there?

2. What was the name of the character Fenella Fielding played in Carry On Screaming!?

Carry On Screaming!

3. Who appeared in the most Carry On films?

4. Where was Carry On guest star Frankie Howerd born?

Carry On Up The Jungle. Image shows from L to R: Prof. Inigo Tinkle (Frankie Howerd), Bill Boosey (Sid James), Claude Chumley (Kenneth Connor). Copyright: Rank Organisation / Peter Rogers Productions

5. One of the most repeated Carry On clips sees Barbara Windsor's character losing her bikini top. Which film is this scene from?

6. American star Phil Silvers famously replaced Sid James in Follow That Camel when the regular player was suffering ill health. But in which sitcom did Silvers make his name?

Follow That Camel. Image shows from L to R: Commandant Maximilian Burger (Kenneth Williams), Lady Jane Ponsonby (Angela Douglas), Bertram 'Bo' Oliphant West (Jim Dale), Sergeant Ernie Nocker (Phil Silvers). Copyright: Peter Rogers Productions

7. One director made every single one of the Carry On films. What was his name?

8. William Hartnell led the cast in the first ever film, Carry On Sergeant; which TV series did he quit to take on the role?

Carry On Sergeant. Image shows from L to R: Andy Galloway (Gerald Campion), Charlie Sage (Bob Monkhouse), Sergeant Grimshawe (William Hartnell). Copyright: Peter Rogers Productions

9. Sid James and Barbara Windsor both made their final proper appearances in the series in which film?

10. In 1975, ATV broadcast 13 episodes of sitcom anthology Carry On Laughing. Which literary character was spoofed in three separate programmes?

Carry On Laughing. Copyright: Associated Television

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