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Quiz 332: The answers

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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 this Les Dawson character?

Les Dawson
  1. Willy Heck
  2. Correct answer: Cosmo Smallpiece
  3. Ben Dover
  4. Claude Balls
  5. Cyril Todger

2. What brand of beer did Mark Arden and Stephen Frost advertise on television during the latter part of the 20th century with the catchphrase "I bet he drinks?", the most famous one being The Dambusters skit?

  1. Heineken
  2. Carlsberg
  3. Correct answer: Carling
  4. Kronenbourg
  5. Amstel

3. And sticking with those two, what was their short lived 6 episode sitcom, in which they played unconventional murder detectives set in a disorganised police station, called?

Lazarus & Dingwall. Image shows from L to R: Mark Dingwall (Mark Arden), Steve Lazarus (Stephen Frost). Copyright: BBC
  1. Dalziel & Pascoe
  2. Correct answer: Lazarus & Dingwall
  3. Jango & Rheinhart
  4. Josh & Marple
  5. Holmes & Parrot

4. Who played fellow DJ Dave Clifton in Radio Norwich who ran the breakfast show that followed Alan's late night one and baited him with his better lifestyle, in I'm Alan Partridge?

I'm Alan Partridge. Alan Partridge (Steve Coogan). Copyright: Talkback Productions
  1. John Sessions
  2. Stephen Merchant
  3. Nick Frost
  4. Correct answer: Phil Cornwell
  5. Rob Brydon

5. What was the backup computer called in Red Dwarf, played by Charles Augins, who replaced Holly temporarily, then played him in a chess match where the loser gets erased from the system?

Red Dwarf. Image shows left to right: Holly (Norman Lovett), Queeg (Charles Augins)
  1. Primus 10X
  2. Commodore 6400
  3. Correct answer: Queeg 500
  4. Gogel VX
  5. Halle 9

6. What is Dylan Moran's name in Black Books?

Black Books. Bernard Black (Dylan Moran). Credit: Assembly Film And Television
  1. Bobby Black
  2. Correct answer: Bernard Black
  3. Billy Black
  4. Bertram Black
  5. Baz Black

7. And what is the name of the shop next door, owned by the Tamsin Greig character Fran?

Black Books. Image shows from L to R: Fran Katzenjammer (Tamsin Greig), Bernard Black (Dylan Moran), Manny Bianco (Bill Bailey). Copyright: Assembly Film And Television
  1. Mabel's Attic
  2. Artsy Fartsy
  3. Once Upon a Trinket
  4. Correct answer: The Nifty Gifty Gift Shop
  5. Hubbard's Cupboard

8. In All At No. 20, what was Maureen Lipman's status?

All At No. 20. Sheila Haddon (Maureen Lipman)
  1. In a ménage à trois
  2. In a same sex partnership
  3. Correct answer: Widow
  4. Divorcee
  5. Estranged

9. What was this early Aardman claymotion character called?

Rex The Runt
  1. Bad Bob
  2. Correct answer: Rex the Runt
  3. Dr Dogg
  4. Vince
  5. Porkchop

10. What was the name of this character from Psychoville?

Psychoville. Oscar Lomax (Steve Pemberton). Copyright: BBC
  1. Franco Gruber
  2. Humbert Cassetti
  3. Benjamin Sweeney
  4. Kalvin J. Candide
  5. Correct answer: Oscar Lomax

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.

Who began with death, only to return to make a better world and leave a legacy?

Last week's cryptic question

Which comedy may well be written with either 6 dashes and five dots followed by seven dashes and eight dots, or instead as 01100011011011110110010001100101 110010100?

David Oar, Gary Richmond, Stephen Ash and Alex & Maria Hughes proved themselves to be top codebreakers!

See the answer

Both of these are codes in which you can write Sky sitcom Code 404.

The first is how you'd write the show in Morse Code: -.-. --- -.. . / ....- ----- ....-

The second is the show using binary ASCII code, with the first four sequences of eight digits writing the word "Code", and the last nine being "404" in simple binary.

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