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Quiz 230

BCG regular Hercules Grytpype Thynne is back with some more neuron testers.

1. What was the name of the shop 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

2. What was the name of the character John Sparkes played, who would pontificate on various subjects while sitting on/in a dirty loo, with the door open, in the series Absolutely?

Who is this?

3. In Blackadder Goes Forth, who played Field Marshal Haig?

4. In Bambi, when The Young Ones entered University Challenge as Scumbag College, what was the Oxford team of posh oiks called?

The Young Ones. Image shows from L to R: Neil (Nigel Planer), Rick (Rik Mayall), Mike (Christopher Ryan), Vyvyan (Adrian Edmondson). Copyright: BBC

5. Who played Beryl's (Polly James) flatmate Dawn in The Liver Birds, in the pilot and first series, before Nerys Hughes took over as Sandra?

6. Dave Allen had half a digit missing on his left hand. Which one was it?

Dave Allen

7. What was the name of the taxi driver who drove a pink cab in The League Of Gentlemen?

8. What was the title of the one-off Screen One show where Victoria Wood and Julie Walters played two sisters long separated who come together after many years.

Name the show

9. A couple of questions about Sykes. What was their neighbour called, played by Richard Wattis?

Richard Wattis in Sykes

10. And, in Sykes, who played Madge Kettlewell, the local baker, who had designs on Eric and would bring him cakes, much to the annoyance of Hattie?

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