Quiz 212: The answers

Here are this week's answers, question-by-question. Scroll down for a bonus cryptic question.

1. Who were the original two waitresses at 'Allo 'Allo!'s Café René?

Yvette was played by Vicki Michelle and Maria by Francesca Gonshaw.

1. Pascale and Yvette
2. Yvette and Mimi
3. Correct answer: Yvette and Maria
4. Maria and Sylvie
5. Sylvie and Pascale

2. What colour was Compo's woolly hat in Last Of The Summer Wine?

Throughout the character's 27-year run in Last Of The Summer Wine, Compo was rarely seen without his trademark green woolly hat.

1. Black
2. Brown
3. Tan
4. Correct answer: Green
5. Navy Blue

3. Before she became host, how many episodes of QI had Sandi Toksvig appeared on as a panellist?

1. 1
2. 6
3. Correct answer: 16
4. 26
5. 36

4. Which of these is NOT the name of a Lee Evans stand-up comedy tour?

Funny Bones was the title of the 1995 movie in which Lee Evans made his film acting debut.

1. Correct answer: Funny Bones
2. Different Planet
3. Roadrunner
4. Don't Try This At Home
5. Big

5. Michaela Coel's sitcom Chewing Gum was based on her earlier play with a similar name. What was the play called?

1. Another Stick Of Chewing Gum
2. Chewing Gum And Looking Cool
3. Chewing Gum And Blowing Bubbles
4. Hard Candy And Chewing Gum
5. Correct answer: Chewing Gum Dreams

6. In Outnumbered, Pete Brockman is a secondary school teacher of what subject?

1. Mathematics
2. Physics
3. Geography
4. Correct answer: History
5. Business Studies

7. What was Miss Anne Elk's theory about the brontosaurus?

This is from a sketch in the third series of Monty Python's Flying Circus, where Miss Anne Elk (John Cleese) reveals her theory to a television interviewer (Graham Chapman) after much throat-clearing procrastination.

1. There used to be lots of them around everywhere but they are now all dead
2. Correct answer: They are all thin at one end, much much thicker in the middle, and then thin again at the far end
3. They had small ears so they would not be interested in the music of Beethoven
4. If they were still alive today they would all be very very old indeed
5. They were very big, and would probably not fit in a garage and definitely not in a telephone box

8. Early in his career David Jason took a new stage surname as there was already an Equity-registered actor with his real name. What is his original surname?

David's older brother Arthur, who featured alongside him in many episodes of A Touch Of Frost, did not need to similarly change his name.

1. Johnson
2. Walker
3. Andrews
4. Correct answer: White
5. Miller

9. Select the correct title of the radio sitcom starring Alexei Sayle.

Lenin Of The Rovers - the story of Britain's only communist football team - was first broadcast in 1988.

1. Roland Of The Rovers
2. Rita Of The Rovers
3. Rees-Mogg Of The Rovers
4. Algernon Of The Rovers
5. Correct answer: Lenin Of The Rovers

10. In the final series of Ever Decreasing Circles, it's suspected that Ann and Paul have given in to the ongoing will-they won't-they tension and are having an affair. What is the real reason for their clandestine meetings?

1. They are planning a surprise birthday party for Martin
2. Paul is seeking Ann's advice on whether to propose to his girlfriend
3. Correct answer: Ann is seeking Paul's help following poor grades in her Open University course
4. Paul wishes to employ Ann as a receptionist
5. Ann is assisting Paul in his ex-serviceman's charity fundraising

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.

How does Margaret's temptation of an affair relate to police action that can do with the series dessert, recent wrestling, and Drake's agent?

Last week's cryptic question

If the host was in the company of a spicy court ruler, a simian Smith, and a duo consisting of the softest mineral and vegetables, what cheers up the assistant?

Kate Emmett, Wayne Mason, Gary Richmond, Jools Grant, Peter Moore, Gary Parkinson, Trevor Rudge, Scott Ferguson, Karl Griffiths, Paul Fivey, Sharon Rossiter, Melanie Jonsson and Michael Wright remembered the 1990s show this question was set around.

See the answer

The thing that cheers up the assistant is a spirit level, as the person in question is Les, assistant to Vic Reeves on the original Big Night Out. The other clues link to characters performed by Vic and Bob Mortimer...

The spicy court ruler is Judge Nutmeg.

The simian Smith is Morrissey the Consumer Monkey.

And the duo are: Talc (the softest mineral on the Mohs hardness scale) and Turnips (the vegetable).