Quiz 325: The answers
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Here are this week's answers, question-by-question. Scroll down for a bonus cryptic question.
1. Complete this film title. ______ Weddings And A Funeral.
- Two
- Three
- Correct answer: Four
- Five
- Six
2. Select the person who has The Royle Family, The Vicar Of Dibley and I Didn't Know You Cared on their CV.
- Miranda Richardson
- Adrian Scarborough
- Ronni Ancona
- Correct answer: Liz Smith
- Stephen Tompkinson
3. Which of these shows did NOT start life as a Comedy Playhouse pilot?
Rising Damp was an ITV sitcom.
- Steptoe And Son
- Correct answer: Rising Damp
- Till Death Us Do Part
- Last Of The Summer Wine
- Up Pompeii!
4. Owl Stretching Time was a working title for which programme?
- Not The Nine O'Clock News
- The Mighty Boosh
- Correct answer: Monty Python's Flying Circus
- A Bit Of Fry & Laurie
- It's That Man Again
5. Which word would you most associate with this picture?
It's a picture of Victoria Wood As Seen On TV sketch Acorn Antiques.
- Pine
- Correct answer: Acorn
- Pecan
- Fig
- Walnut
6. Which of these radio shows has run for the most series?
The News Quiz has clocked up 115 series. I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue has run for 81 series. The other three have run for 10 series.
- Jeremy Hardy Speaks To The Nation
- Correct answer: The News Quiz
- Fresh From The Fringe
- The Goon Show
- I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
7. Name the car pictured in this 1950s film poster.
Genevieve was in cinemas in 1953.
- Céline
- Anais
- Correct answer: Genevieve
- Antoinette
- Beatrice
8. Which show is this episode synopsis from? "After bumping into each other in the street after 13-odd months apart, erstwhile couple Geoffrey and Beryl are reunited as he walks her home".
- Goodnight Sweetheart
- Coupling
- May To December
- Just Good Friends
- Correct answer: The Lovers
9. Which of these people is the oldest?
Russell Howard was born in 1980. The other four were born in 1984.
- Alex Brooker
- Rachel Parris
- Simon Bird
- Jayde Adams
- Correct answer: Russell Howard
10. Which recent TV show is being filmed in this picture?
That is Gemma Arterton being filmed.
- Brassic
- My Lady Jane
- Correct answer: Funny Woman
- We Might Regret This
- Daddy Issues
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.
Experiments involving an infinite fourth dimension, a trapped animal, a Franz Kafka novel, moving dirt and a potential storm may attract complaints from whom?
Last week's cryptic question
Why is it worth stealing arsenic, bromine, carbon and silicon - but not in that order.
Kate Emmett, Thomas Hodkinson, Rhodri Rutherford, Jeff Campbell-Jones, Trevor Rudge, Baz Slater, Stephen Ash, Alex & Maria Hughes, Dean Fraiquin, Gary Richmond, Paul Dunn and Liz Daw got to the bottom of this one. Well done to them.
See the answer
The chemical symbols for these elements are As, Br, C and Si. Rearranging these symbols you can spell out "BrAsSiC", to represent criminal comedy Brassic, which is starting its sixth series now.