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Quiz 326: The answers

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

1. Select the correct name of the 1990s sitcom.

2point4 Children. Image shows from L to R: Rona (Julia Hills), Bill (Belinda Lang). Copyright: BBC
  1. 1point3 Children
  2. Correct answer: 2point4 Children
  3. 3point1 Children
  4. 4point5 Children
  5. 5point4 Children

2. What is the profession of the main characters in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet?

Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
  1. Taxi drivers
  2. Cricket players
  3. Correct answer: Construction workers
  4. Bartenders
  5. Band members

3. Backchat was a BBC Three chat show fronted by two members of the same family. The hosts were...

Backchat. Image shows from L to R: Michael Whitehall, Jack Whitehall. Copyright: Tiger Aspect Productions
  1. Jennifer Saunders & Beattie Edmondson
  2. David Mitchell & Victoria Coren Mitchell
  3. Romesh Ranganathan & Shanthi Ranganathan
  4. Joe Pasquale & Joe Tracini
  5. Correct answer: Jack Whitehall & Michael Whitehall

4. In what year did 3 Non-Blondes start on the BBC?

3 Non-Blondes. Image shows from L to R: Tameka Empson, Jocelyn Jee Esien, Ninia Benjamin
  1. 2000
  2. Correct answer: 2003
  3. 2006
  4. 2009
  5. 2012

5. Who has Sex Education, Semi-Detached, Tracey Ullman's Show and Psychobitches on their CV?

Semi-Detached. Kate (Samantha Spiro). Copyright: Happy Tramp Productions
  1. Correct answer: Samantha Spiro
  2. Charlotte Ritchie
  3. Aisling Bea
  4. Rebekah Staton
  5. Amelia Bullmore

6. "Kenneth More stars as butler to a family who find themselves shipwrecked on a desert island" is the premise of which film?

The Admirable Crichton. Image shows left to right: Lady Brocklehurst (Martita Hunt), Lord Henry Loam (Cecil Parker), Lady Mary (Sally Ann Howes), Bill Crichton (Kenneth More). Credit: Columbia Pictures
  1. Folly To Be Wise
  2. One Wild Oat
  3. The Heart Of A Man
  4. Correct answer: The Admirable Crichton
  5. Bachelor Of Hearts

7. Which recent TV series is being filmed in this picture?

We Might Regret This. Image shows left to right: Brian (Tim Key), Abe (Darren Boyd)

It's Tim Key and Darren Boyd there.

  1. Ludwig
  2. Brassic
  3. The Cleaner
  4. Correct answer: We Might Regret This
  5. Sweetpea

8. Which city would you most associate with the film 24 Hour Party People?

24 Hour Party People. Image shows left to right: Tony Wilson (Steve Coogan), Lindsay (Shirley Henderson). Credit: Film4
  1. Cardiff
  2. Correct answer: Manchester
  3. Newcastle
  4. Glasgow
  5. Chelmsford

9. Who has NOT been a team captain on 8 Out Of 10 Cats?

8 Out Of 10 Cats. Image shows from L to R: Rob Beckett, Jimmy Carr, Aisling Bea. Copyright: Zeppotron
  1. Jason Manford
  2. Rob Beckett
  3. Correct answer: Joe Wilkinson
  4. Aisling Bea
  5. Katherine Ryan

10. Alex Horne arranged for which football team to be sponsored by Taskmaster?

Taskmaster. Alex Horne. Copyright: Avalon Television
  1. Farnborough Town
  2. Boreham Wood
  3. Worthing
  4. Correct answer: Chesham United
  5. Southport FC

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.

Why should be careful around a French Canadian PM's demise, bog fuel which is missing a few digits, a man from a music festival, an illegitimate sheep, a cooker using a device to blow air, and a big motor lift.

Last week's cryptic question

Experiments involving an infinite fourth dimension, a trapped animal, a Franz Kafka novel, moving dirt and a potential storm may attract complaints from whom?

Gary Richmond, Alex & Maria Hughes and Ian Harrison managed to work out the character at the centre of this one.

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The complaints would come from Victor Meldrew, as they link to titles of One Foot In The Grave episodes. The episodes involved were all experimental in one way or another.

An infinite fourth dimension is a clue to Timeless Time, which is set entirely in the Meldrew's bedroom.

The trapped animal is The Beast in the Cage, set solely in the Meldrew's car in the middle of a traffic jam.

The Kafka novel is The Trial, in which Victor is the only character in the entire episode.

Moving dirt hints to Rearranging the Dust, an episode set only in a waiting room in a solicitors officer.

And a potential storm references Threatening Weather, an episode set almost entirely in darkness, taking place during a power cut on the hottest night of the year.

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