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Quiz 323: The answers

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

1. The Channel 4 sitcom Year Of The Rabbit follows a group of Victorian what?

Year Of The Rabbit. Image shows from L to R: Wilbur Strauss (Freddie Fox), Detective Inspector Rabbit (Matt Berry), Mabel Wisbech (Susan Wokoma). Copyright: Objective Productions
  1. Detectives
  2. Accountants
  3. Novelists
  4. Politicians
  5. Teachers

2. Which sitcom character is seen here dressed as the Easter Bunny?

The Vicar Of Dibley. Geraldine Grainger (Dawn French)
  1. Geraldine Granger
  2. Hyacinth Bucket
  3. Miranda
  4. Mrs Slocombe
  5. Nora Batty

3. In Monty Python And The Holy Grail, a vicious rabbit kills several knights. Where does it live?

Monty Python And The Holy Grail
  1. Caerleon
  2. Caerbannog
  3. Caernarfon
  4. Caerphilly
  5. Caerwys

4. What do the Goodies do with this rabbit?

The Goodies. Image shows left to right: Graeme (Graeme Garden), Tim (Tim Brooke-Taylor), Bill (Bill Oddie)
  1. Appoint it Prime Minister
  2. Build it a house
  3. Make it into a pie
  4. Send it to the moon
  5. Teach it to ride a bike

5. In which film does a lead character wear a Playboy Bunny outfit to a sedate garden party?

Bridget Jones's Diary. Bridget Jones (Renée Zellweger). Copyright: Working Title Films / Universal Pictures
  1. A Fish Called Wanda
  2. Bridget Jones's Diary
  3. Four Weddings And A Funeral
  4. Notting Hill
  5. Peter's Friends

6. Which comedy duo first sang Run, Rabbit, Run?

Flanagan & Allen
  1. Cannon & Ball
  2. Flanagan & Allen
  3. Flanders & Swann
  4. Morecambe & Wise
  5. Trevor & Simon

7. In Blackadder Goes Forth, General Melchett reminisces about setting his dog on a boy's rabbit, running it over and then shooting it. To whom did the rabbit belong?

Blackadder. Image shows left to right: Lieutenant George Barleigh (Hugh Laurie), General Melchett (Stephen Fry)
  1. Captain Blackadder
  2. Captain Darling
  3. Lieutenant George
  4. Private Baldrick
  5. Wing Commander The Lord Flashheart

8. Which comedy production company uses a rabbit in its logo?

Hat Trick Productions logo. Copyright: Hat Trick Productions
  1. Avalon
  2. Baby Cow
  3. Hat Trick
  4. Mighty Bunny
  5. Tiger Aspect

9. Inside No. 9 hides a statue of a hare in each episode, but has at times used a more cunning way of including it. Which method has NOT been used?

Inside No. 9
  1. The hare flies through the air
  2. The hare is on a tattoo
  3. The hare is in a photograph
  4. The hare is on a shampoo bottle
  5. The hare is on a TV studio screen

10. Which British comedian voiced Peter Rabbit in the 2018 film?

Peter Rabbit
  1. James Corden
  2. John Sparkes
  3. Nick Mohammed
  4. Peter Serafinowicz
  5. Rowan Atkinson

Bonus cryptic question

Feeling brainy? BCG's Ian Wolf likes devising additional, obfuscated brain-teasers as an extra challenge. If you think you know the answer to this week's conundrum and would like to add your name to the list of people who cracked it, do email us! We'll reveal the answer in next Wednesday's quiz.

Why would a channel's vegetable, a damp Python and someone providing insight, hang out with an animal terrorist?

Last week's cryptic question

If the victor should shoot, it reclined where?

See the answer

The victor ("winner") would shoot ("fire") if reclined ("leaned") at the Taskmaster house, because "winner.fire.leaned" is the what3words code for the house where many of the show's tasks are recorded.

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