Dad's Army Quiz: The answers
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Here are this week's answers, question-by-question. Scroll down for a bonus cryptic question.
1. What was Mainwaring's wife's first name?
- Correct answer: Elizabeth
- Margaret
- Elspeth
- Ruby
- Doris
2. On the side of Jones' van, it stated J. JONES FAMILY BUTCHER, but what was the slogan underneath that?
- Freshest meat in the area
- Served the area for over 40 years
- Correct answer: Waited on daily
- Established 1899
- Sausages a speciality
3. Mainwaring was married of course, but what other member of his squad had been married?
- Lance Corporal Jones
- Private Godfrey
- Private Walker
- Private Frazer
- Correct answer: Sergeant Wilson
4. Who played the U-Boat captain? “Your name vill go on zee lizt, and ven vee vin zer var..."
- Correct answer: Philip Madoc
- George Baker
- Patrick McGoohan
- John Thaw
- Pete Postlethwaite
5. What is the alphanumeric on the square beige shoulder badge that each member of the squad has at the top of the uniform sleeve, both sides, just under the Home Guard patch?
- WOS 1
- LDV 1
- Correct answer: CP 1
- SUS 1
- HG 1
6. At the toe curling party thrown by Mainwaring at his house (when we nearly get to see his wife!), what was it Frank took from the mantlepiece, dropped and broke?
- Mainwaring's wedding photo frame
- Correct answer: A snow globe
- Meissen figurine
- Vase of flowers
- Novelty cigarette lighter
7. Select the name of the bank that Mainwaring was manager of.
- Correct answer: Swallow
- First Sussex
- Glyn, Mills & Co.
- Goslings
- Grindley's
8. The bank was at the top of the High Street, so was the ideal spot to mount the Lewis machine gun on sandbags. What area did Mainwaring proudly boast the gun could cover in that position?
- Boots the Chemist to Jones the Butcher's shop
- Correct answer: Timothy Whites to the Novelty Rock Emporium
- Hodges greengrocery to the local pub
- Freeman Hardy & Willis shoe shop to the Nursery
- Warmington Junior school to the Library
9. What was the name of the bank's only female assistant? Played by Caroline Dowdeswell, she appeared in 5 episodes in total.
- Masie Brown
- Susan Smyth
- Mary Williams
- Correct answer: Janet King
- Millie Bennett
10. What was the name of the drunken brother of Captain Mainwaring? Also played by Arthur Lowe, the character appeared in a one-off show to dispute the ownership of their father's gold watch?
- Bill
- Arthur
- Cyril
- Correct answer: Barry
- Cecil
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.
What's the most basic connection between precious blank alloy, something that's sunk, an available police officer, and wood varnish?
Last week's cryptic question
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?
Wayne Mason was the only reader who managed to work this out - that must make him a genius. We'll give you a clue here, in case you want to have another think before revealing the answer: Ian wrote this question during the heatwave.
See the answer
This is all about temperature.
Margaret's temptation is a reference to an episode of One Foot In The Grave entitled Warm Champagne.
The police action that can do with the dessert is Hot Fuzz, which is part of the Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy of films.
Recent wrestling refers to the 2022 sitcom Deep Heat.
Meanwhile the agent clue hints to Charlie Drake's travel agent in 1960 film Sands Of The Desert.