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The British Comedy Quiz

Quiz 274

Here is a great set of questions written by Kate Emmett. See if you can spot which animal Kate is fond of.

1. In Are You Being Served?, which actor is famous for talking about their pussy?

Are You Being Served?. Image shows from L to R: Mrs. Betty Slocombe (Mollie Sugden), Miss Shirley Brahms (Wendy Richard), Mr. Dick Lucas (Trevor Bannister), Mr. Cuthbert Rumbold (Nicholas Smith), Mr. Mash (Larry Martyn), Mr. Ernest Grainger (Arthur Brough), Mr. Wilberforce Humphries (John Inman), Captain Stephen Peacock (Frank Thornton). Copyright: BBC

2. In Red Dwarf, which actor plays Cat?

3. In Rising Damp, Rigsby's cat shares his name with which European capital city?

Rising Damp. Image shows from L to R: Alan Moore (Richard Beckinsale), Rupert Rigsby (Leonard Rossiter), Philip Smith (Don Warrington). Copyright: Yorkshire Television

4. Which character is seen here in Blackadder Goes Forth holding a kitten?

Question about a cat in Blackadder

5. Which comedian sells cat names (such as Liquorice Mick, Pottery and Nonsense, and Donny Chestnuts) for £8 each?

6. In the Goodies sketch Kitten Kong, what colour is the kitten?

The Goodies. Image shows left to right: Bill (Bill Oddie), Graeme (Graeme Garden), Tim (Tim Brooke-Taylor). Credit: BBC

7. Which 2023 Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee spent the entire show dressed as a cat?

8. In Peep Show, Mark fails to impress Dobby by getting a cat because she thinks the breed is "a bit horrible". What type is it?

Peep Show. Image shows from L to R: Mark Corrigan (David Mitchell), Dobby (Isy Suttie), Jeremy Usbourne (Robert Webb). Copyright: Objective Productions

9. Which comedy troupe did a sketch called Confuse-a-Cat?

10. In Black Books, how does Bernard try to kill his landlord, a cat called Mr Benson?

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

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