Quiz 236: 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 the late Queen's favourite sitcom, which led to a Royal Command Performance recording of an extra episode?
- Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
- To The Manor Born
- Yes, Prime Minister
- Correct answer: The Good Life
- Citizen Smith
2. In Ever Decreasing Circles, slimy neighbour Paul was the proprietor of a...
- Correct answer: Hair Salon
- Restaurant
- Record Shop
- Night Club
- Boutique
3. Sir Arthur Streeb-Greebling (or sometimes Sir Arthur Greeb-Streebling) was a sketch character created and performed by...
- Rowan Atkinson
- Correct answer: Peter Cook
- Dave Allen
- Paul Whitehouse
- Ronnie Barker
4. Bella Emberg was best known for her appearances on whose TV shows?
- Des O'Connor
- Marti Caine
- Correct answer: Russ Abbot
- Les Dawson
- Victoria Wood
5. In which of these sitcoms will you see Belinda Lang?
- Two In Clover & First Of The Summer Wine
- Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps & Second Time Around
- Two Up, Two Down & Seconds Out
- Correct answer: 2point4 Children & Second Thoughts
- Two's Company & Third Time Around
6. In Mike & Bernie Winters' long running TV shows, Mike was eventually replaced with which breed of dog?
- Irish Wolfhound
- Old English Sheepdog
- Afghan Hound
- Correct answer: St Bernard
- King Charles Spaniel
7. In the last episode of Series 2 of Detectorists, Lance found a precious artefact made by the...
- Ancient Britons
- Romans
- Correct answer: Anglo Saxons
- Vikings
- Normans
8. Complete the title of Frank Muir & Denis Norden's famous spoof travelogue sketch. _____: Gateway To The South
- Wandsworth
- Battersea
- Tooting
- Stockwell
- Correct answer: Balham
9. Terry Scott played a schoolboy in a series of TV adverts for which brand of chocolate coated confectionery?
- Double Decker
- Milky Way
- Mars Bar
- Topic
- Correct answer: Curly Wurly
10. 'Austin Reed', 'Likely Lady', 'Lincoln's Inn', and 'Chubby Chap' were...
The Waterloo Bridge Handicap is a 1978 film starring Leonard Rossiter, which comments on a group of commuters like they are race horses. The 'race' in the film was won by debutant Chubby Chap pipping Leonard Rossiter's Charles Barker, ending his run of 14 consecutive wins.
- Private nicknames of ministers in Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister
- Correct answer: Participants in short film The Waterloo Bridge Handicap
- Gossiped about guests in a Two Ronnies party sketch
- Reggie Perrin's names for fellow commuters on the 11 minutes late train
- Characters in Harry Enfield And Chums
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.
Which of these got changed: Ham, I, IV; Ham V, II; or Jn, III, I?
Last week's cryptic question
Which commoners may celebrate with slot-viewed erotica, a 1930s song, a shady reptile and some oats?
Gary Richmond, Rachel Mansfield and Wayne Mason were the only three readers who managed to work out this was a quesiton related to 2023.
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This question relates to sitcoms marking big anniversaries in 2023.
Starting from the end of the question, the oats relate to Porridge, which began as the pilot Prisoner And Escort 50 years ago in 1973.
The shady reptile is Blackadder, which debuted in 1983.
The 1930s song is Goodnight Sweetheart, which began in 1993.
The slot-viewed erotica is Peep Show, which started in 2003.
The commoners who may celebrate with them are Plebs, which began in 2013.