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Quiz 257: The answers

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Here are this week's answers, question-by-question. Scroll down for a bonus cryptic question.

1. The 2010s sitcom Citizen Khan is set in which city?

Citizen Khan. Image shows from L to R: Naani (Adlyn Ross), Amjad (Abdullah Afzal), Mr Khan (Adil Ray), Shazia (Krupa Pattani), Mrs Khan (Shobu Kapoor), Alia (Bhavna Limbachia). Copyright: BBC
  1. London
  2. Birmingham
  3. Bristol
  4. Sheffield
  5. Leicester

2. Which 1980s comedian are you watching if you are hearing jokes about car insurance claims, Birmingham City football club, and the dubious literacy of Sun readers?

An Audience With Jasper Carrott. Jasper Carrott. Copyright: London Weekend Television
  1. Ben Elton
  2. Lenny Henry
  3. Jasper Carrott
  4. Billy Connolly
  5. Victoria Wood

3. What was the title of the second St Trinian's film, released in 1957?

Blue Murder At St. Trinian's. Image shows from L to R: Miss Fritton (Alastair Sim), Flash Harry (George Cole). Copyright: John Harvel Productions / STUDIOCANAL
  1. The Pure Hell Of St. Trinian's
  2. The Wildcats Of St. Trinian's
  3. A New Dawn At St. Trinian's
  4. St. Trinian's School Forever!
  5. Blue Murder At St. Trinian's

4. In Last Of The Summer Wine, Wally Batty's grand passion was definitely not his wife Nora - but what was it?

Last Of The Summer Wine. Wally Batty (Joe Gladwin)
  1. Trainspotting
  2. Wood-turning
  3. Prize vegetable growing
  4. Pigeon racing
  5. Fishing

5. World's Worst, Party Quirks, and Every Other Line were regular games in which comedy panel series?

Whose Line Is It Anyway?. Image shows from L to R: Clive Anderson, Ryan Stiles, Colin Mochrie, Neil Mullarkey, Greg Proops. Copyright: Hat Trick Productions
  1. Mock The Week
  2. They Think It's All Over
  3. Whose Line Is It Anyway?
  4. Have I Got News For You
  5. Shooting Stars

6. In their early years, the Edinburgh Comedy Awards were sponsored by which company?

Image shows from L to R: John Thomson, Steve Coogan

The awards were known as the Perrier Comedy Awards between 1981 and 2005. Seagram were sponsors of the Grand National Steeplechase from 1984 to 1991.

  1. Scottish Provident
  2. Barclays
  3. Sainsburys
  4. Perrier
  5. Seagram

7. Simon Harrap, Richard O'Sullivan's character in 1980s comedy Me & My Girl, ran his own successful business - what type of business was this?

Me & My Girl. Image shows left to right: Simon Harrap (Richard O'Sullivan), Samantha Harrap (Joanne Ridley). Credit: London Weekend Television
  1. Newsagent
  2. Undertakers
  3. Solicitors
  4. Advertising agency
  5. Vintage car restoration

8. Which of these actors did NOT play a dual role in at least one episode of their best-known sitcom?

Till Death Us Do Part. Alf Garnett (Warren Mitchell). Copyright: BBC

David Jason played the additional character of Don Vincenzo Ochetti in the Only Fools And Horses episode Miami Twice - Oh To Be In England. Arthur Lowe doubled up as Barry Mainwaring in the Dad's Army episode My Brother And I. In the Blackadder The Third episode Duel and Duality Rowan Atkinson also played MacAdder, a Scottish cousin of the title character. And Chris Barrie made several appearances as Arnold Rimmer's alter ego Ace Rimmer in Red Dwarf.

  1. David Jason in Only Fools And Horses
  2. Arthur Lowe in Dad's Army
  3. Rowan Atkinson in Blackadder
  4. Chris Barrie in Red Dwarf
  5. Warren Mitchell in Till Death Us Do Part

9. In the Monty Python sketch Self Defence Against Fresh Fruit, Eric Idle's character persists in his assertion that the class should instead learn to defend themselves against someone attacking them with what weapon?

And Now For Something Completely Different. Image shows left to right: John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Eric Idle
  1. A pointed stick
  2. A big razor blade
  3. An enormous splinter
  4. An incredibly sharp stone
  5. A very scratchy piece of barbed wire

10. Before embarking on her career in stand-up comedy, Gina Yashere was a…

Gina Yashere
  1. Paramedic
  2. Lift engineer
  3. Marriage guidance counsellor
  4. Fashion journalist
  5. Wine bar manager

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.

When a sense of dread, a nearby conqueror of adversity, and a carol lyric combine, who gets the lady?

Last week's cryptic question

Why are 2023's British comedy Oscar nominee, a home guard commander, round shrinkage and the actor playing someone making bad choices so playful?

Regular cryptic crackers Gary Richmond and Wayne Mason worked out the gaming link here.

See the answer

This question points to the shapes triangle, square, circle and cross... thel buttons on a PlayStation controller.

The only British comedy to be nominated in this year's Oscars was Triangle Of Sadness.

The home guard obviously links to Dad's Army, but commander in question is not Captain Mainwaring, but his rival Captain Square.

Round shrinkage refers to the sitcom Ever Decreasing Circles.

The actor is David Cross, the US comedian who stars in the title role of the sitcom The Increasingly Poor Decisions Of Todd Margaret.

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