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

1. What was the name of the Blackadder Millennium special?

Blackadder. Image shows left to right: Lord Edmund Blackadder V (Rowan Atkinson), Baldrick (Tony Robinson). Credit: Tiger Aspect Productions

The much-maligned, albeit charming special saw Baldrick accidentally invent a time machine and wipe out the dinosaurs using his pants.

  1. Blackadder: The Cavalier Years
  2. Blackadder Through the Ages
  3. Blackadder Back and Forth
  4. A Blackadder Through Time
  5. Blackadder 2000

2. Which of these comic performers has NOT made a guest appearance in Blackadder?

Miriam Margolyes was Lady Whiteadder, Adrian Edmondson played Baron von Richthofen, Peter Cook was Richard III, and Simon Jones popped up as Sir Walter Raleigh.

  1. Miriam Margolyes
  2. Adrian Edmondson
  3. Peter Cook
  4. Dudley Moore
  5. Simon Jones

3. What was the name of the captain portrayed by Tom Baker in the episode Potato?

Blackadder. Image shows left to right: Lord Edmund Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson), Captain Rum (Tom Baker). Credit: BBC

Captain Redbeard Rum led Blackadder and the gang on their fruitless voyage.

  1. Captain Rum
  2. Captain Gin
  3. Captain Grog
  4. Captain Flint
  5. Captain Parrot

4. What did Baldrick officially title his iconic poem which began with the immortal lines: "Boom, boom, boom, boom…"

Blackadder. Image shows from L to R: Baldrick (Tony Robinson), Captain Edmund Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson). Copyright: BBC
  1. The Sounds of War
  2. The German Guns
  3. Boom
  4. Baldrick's War Poem
  5. War

5. Captain Blackadder definitely did not shoot…

Poor old Speckled Jim.

  1. This delicious, plump-breasted pigeon
  2. This delectable, plump-breasted pigeon
  3. This delicious, speckled pigeon
  4. This delectable, plump, speckled pigeon
  5. This delicious, plump-breasted, speckled pigeon

6. What did Blackadder's shop sell in Blackadder's Christmas Carol?

Blackadder. Image shows left to right: Ebenezer Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson), Baldrick (Tony Robinson)

A nice little surreal gag. Meanwhile it was Mark Evans' Bleak Old Shop Of Stuff that sold Slippers and Kippers gift sets.

  1. Turnips
  2. Moustaches
  3. Humbugs
  4. Side Burns
  5. Slippers and Kippers

7. What was the name of the rotten borough featured in Blackadder The Third episode Dish And Dishonesty?

Blackadder. Image shows left to right: Mr. Edmund Blackadder, Esquire (Rowan Atkinson), Mrs Miggins (Helen Atkinson-Wood)
  1. Stow-on-the-Wold
  2. Dunny-on-the-Wold
  3. Privy-on-the-Wold
  4. Rubber Button-on-the-Wold
  5. Lavvy-on-the-Wold

8. Which Blackadder series/special was placed 16th in a list of 100 Greatest British Television Programmes compiled by the British Film Institute?

Blackadder. Image shows from L to R: Captain Kevin Darling (Tim McInnerny), Lord Melchett (Stephen Fry), Baldrick (Tony Robinson), Captain Edmund Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson), Lieutenant George Barleigh (Hugh Laurie)

Funny, satirical and sensitive, it's little wonder that Blackadder Goes Forth in particular ranked so highly on that prestigious list.

  1. The Blackadder
  2. Blackadder II
  3. Blackadder the Third
  4. Blackadder Goes Forth
  5. Blackadder's Christmas Carol

9. How many guest appearances did Rik Mayall make across all four series of Blackadder, including the specials?

Blackadder. Image shows left to right: Squadron Leader Lord Flasheart (Rik Mayall), Captain Edmund Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson)

He played Mad Gerald in The Blackadder, Lord Flashheart in Blackadder II, Squadron Commander Flash in Blackadder Goes Forth and Robin Hood in Blackadder Back and Forth.

  1. 2
  2. 3
  3. 4
  4. 5
  5. 6

10. Which of these is NOT a genuine Blackadder II song verse?

Blackadder. Lord Edmund Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson). Credit: BBC

Already a Lord in Blackadder II, Blackadder tried to become a Lord in Blackadder the Third, however, the entire series didn't have song lyrics.

  1. Blackadder, Blackadder, he saw the ocean's foam; Blackadder, Blackadder, he should have stayed at home.
  2. Blackadder, Blackadder, he trusted in the church; Blackadder, Blackadder, it left him in the lurch.
  3. Blackadder, Blackadder, he tried to be a Lord; Blackadder, Blackadder, he fell on his own sword.
  4. Blackadder, Blackadder, a bit like Robin Hood; Blackadder, Blackadder, but nothing like as good.
  5. Blackadder, Blackadder, nothing goes as planned; Blackadder, Blackadder, life deals him a bum hand.

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.

An advertising slogan on the radio, Paul Merton's country question, Howard's wife, someone who is not as well as you thought they were, and an entire channel all mark what?

Last week's cryptic question

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

Eric Thomson, Alex & Maria Hughes, Rachel Mansfield and Gary Richmond named who got the lady here.

See the answer

The clues in the question link to comedy films all directed and written by Bill Forsyth.

The sense of dread is That Sinking Feeling, the nearby conqueror of adversity is a Local Hero, and the carol lyric is Comfort And Joy (from God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen. Thus, the person who gets the lady is Gregory, as in Gregory's Girl.

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