Quiz 116: The answers
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Here are this week's answers, question-by-question. Scroll down for a bonus cryptic question.
1. Which sitcom is this pub set linked to?
- Bottom
- Men Behaving Badly
- Correct answer: Only Fools And Horses
- The Likely Lads
- Time Gentlemen Please
2. Here is the synopsis for the opening episode of a sitcom. "Mark's inappropriate hand placing leave him in a bad position with the object of his desire, Sophie." Which show is this linked to?
- Man About The House
- Correct answer: Peep Show
- Coupling
- Nighty Night
- The Liver Birds
3. How many series did Shameless run for?
- 5
- 7
- 9
- Correct answer: 11
- 13
4. Which double-act would you associate with The Phantom Raspberry Blower of London Town?
- Correct answer: The Two Ronnies
- Morecambe & Wise
- Mitchell & Webb
- French & Saunders
- Little & Large
5. At the start of the Not The Nine O'Clock News video for the song I Like Trucking, what gets runover?
- Cat
- Correct answer: Hedgehog
- Badger
- Pigeon
- Fox
6. Which comedy followed the adventures of Chrissy, Jo and Robin?
- Home To Roost
- Nearest And Dearest
- No Place Like Home
- Home From Home
- Correct answer: Man About The House
7. What phobia does Nicola Murray have in The Thick Of It?
Rebecca Front, who plays the character, has the phobia in real life.
- Arachnophobia (Spiders)
- Correct answer: Claustrophobia (Tight spaces)
- Acrophobia (Heights)
- Hemophobia (Blood)
- Hydrophobia (Water)
8. Which of the comedies listed below featured a cast list including Rosie Cavaliero, Sheridan Smith, Neil Fitzmaurice and Tony Maudsley?
- Executive Stress
- Benidorm
- Zapped
- SunTrap
- Correct answer: Eyes Down
9. What is the name of the weather reporter who appears in a number of Horrible Histories sketches?
- James Thunder
- Andy Shower
- Chris Breeze
- Correct answer: Bob Hale
- Adam Ice
10. In which city did The Stand comedy club chain start?
- Carlisle
- Glasgow
- Newcastle
- Aberdeen
- Correct answer: Edinburgh
Bonus cryptic question
Feeling brainy? BCG's Ian Wolf likes devising additional, obfuscated brain-teasers as an extra challenge. See if you can work this one out. You'll find the answer in the next quiz.
Who's past is linked to a villainous Dickensian with something unknown; two northerners; mythical creatures in South London; an ancient city; an Irish mother; ownership of a spouse; and a Black globe? It ultimately led to four shows starring the same lead.
Last week's cryptic question
Whose debut discussions covered a Python song, a Python god, a down-and-out and a window?
Four readers cracked this in the first week it was online. Kate Emmett, Thomas Bowyer, Dave Cogbill and Steve Ash.
See the answer
The answer is Mark Steel.
The question points to the subjects of the first series of the original radio version of The Mark Steel Lectures. The first subject was Oliver Cromwell, who was also the subject of a Monty Python song of the same name. The second was W. G. Grace, who in the film Monty Python And The Holy Grail appears in animation form as God. The down-and-out is The Tramp as played by the subject of the third lecture, Charlie Chaplin. The window refers to a windowpane, a clue to writer Thomas Paine, who Steel covered in the last episode in the series.