Quiz 223

5

15

25

35

45

Peter Kay

Joanna Lumley

James Bolam

Craig Charles

Maxine Peake

Video recorder

Library book barcode scanner

ATM cash dispenser

Cordless telephone

Photocopier

Hattie Jacques

Andrée Melly

June Whitfield

Peggy Ann Clifford

Joan Sims

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

2-4-6-8 Motorway (Tom Robinson Band)

Rockin' All Over The World (Status Quo)

Born To Be Wild (Steppenwolf)

You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet (Bachman Turner Overdrive)

Centerfold (J Geils Band)

Brazil

American Friends

A Private Function

A Fish Called Wanda

The Missionary

Another Day

Old Ned

Trading Up

The Family Business

My London Life

Frank Skinner

Eddie Izzard

Jo Brand

London Hughes

Frankie Boyle

David Renwick

Jeremy Lloyd

Bob Larbey

Ray Galton

John Sullivan

1. As of the end of the last run (May 2022), there have been 63 complete series of Have I Got News For You broadcast. Ten of these series have ended in a draw, but how many times has Ian Hislop been the series winner?

2. Which of these comedy actors has NOT appeared in Coronation Street?

3. In 1967 On The Buses star Reg Varney became the first person worldwide to use what new form of technology?

4. In the Hancock episode The Blood Donor, who played the role of the nurse at the reception desk?

5. Channel 4 sitcom No Problem! began broadcasting in what year?

6. Which of these singles is most closely associated with Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse's Smashie and Nicey, being played on all their radio shows?

7. Which of Michael Palin's comedy films was released into UK cinemas while he was undertaking his first epic journey (Around The World In 80 Days)?

8. What was the title of the theme tune used in Steptoe And Son?

9. Unrepeatable was the title of an early stand-up comedy performance by which comedian?

10. Which established sitcom writer scripted 1980s comedy Just Good Friends?