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Quiz 225

Time for some more fendish questions from quiz setter Hercules Grytpype Thynne.

1. Who played Dylan Moran's assistant in Black Books?

Black Books. Bernard Black (Dylan Moran). Credit: Assembly Film And Television

2. What was the magazine Victoria Wood tells her husband to beat her on the bottom with, in her classic Let's Do It song?

Let's Do It: A Tribute To Victoria Wood. Victoria Wood

3. In Only Fools And Horses, Rodney had a band, based on Frankie Goes To Hollywood. What was it called?

Only Fools And Horses. Rodney (Nicholas Lyndhurst). Credit: BBC

4. In I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue, who or what is Samantha, who sits on Humph's right hand or scores with the panellists?

I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue. Image shows from L to R: Graeme Garden, William Rushton, Barry Cryer, Humphrey Lyttelton, Tim Brooke-Taylor. Copyright: BBC

5. What was the 2021 series of 4 x 15 minute black and white shorts, written and starring Harry Hill, called?

Harry Hill

6. Who is married in real life to the actor who plays The Little Girl in Absolutely, whose sketches usually finished up with her exclaiming, "It is, it's true!"

7. In the original series of Men Behaving Badly, what was the name of Harry Enfield's character, before Neil Morrissey joined?

Men Behaving Badly

8. What character did both Irene Handl and Patricia Hayes play?

9. In George & Mildred, what was the Fourmile's little boy's name?

The  Fourmiles

10. What was the name of the pub in Still Game?

Still Game. Image shows from L to R: Boabby (Gavin Mitchell), Winston Ingram (Paul Riley), Victor McDade (Greg Hemphill), Jack Jarvis (Ford Kiernan), Isa Drennan (Jane McCarry), Tam Mullen (Mark Cox), Navid Harrid (Sanjeev Kohli). Copyright: BBC

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