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Quiz 334: The answers

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

1. Who had a top ten hit with The Funky Gibbon?

  1. Cannon & Ball
  2. Kenny Everett
  3. Little & Large
  4. Monty Python
  5. The Goodies

2. Which ventriloquist performs with Monkey?

Nina Conti
  1. Bernie Clifton
  2. Nina Conti
  3. Paul Zerdin
  4. Roger De Courcey
  5. Terry Hall

3. Who won the Edinburgh Comedy Award in 2016 with a show titled Monkey See, Monkey Do?

Richard Gadd
  1. Bridget Christie
  2. Hannah Gadsby
  3. John Kearns
  4. Richard Gadd
  5. Sam Simmons

4. Which member of Not The Nine O'Clock News is inside this gorilla costume?

Not The Nine O'Clock News
  1. Chris Langham
  2. Griff Rhys Jones
  3. Mel Smith
  4. Pamela Stephenson
  5. Rowan Atkinson

5. What is the name of the gorilla in The Mighty Boosh?

The Mighty Boosh. Image shows left to right: Howard Moon (Julian Barratt), Bollo (Dave Brown), Vince Noir (Noel Fielding)
  1. Bollo
  2. Follo
  3. Jollo
  4. Rollo
  5. Wollo

6. The chimp in this television advert for tea shares a name with which League Of Gentlemen character?

PG Tips
  1. Charlie Hull
  2. Geoff Tipps
  3. Jed Tinsel
  4. Matthew Chinnery
  5. Ollie Plimsolls

7. In The Office, David Brent points out this knitted monkey and does an impression of which comedian?

The Office
  1. Harry Enfield
  2. John Cleese
  3. Johnny Vegas
  4. Ronnie Corbett
  5. Rory Bremner

8. In which sitcom is the character Monkey Harris referred to but never seen?

Only Fools And Horses. Image shows from L to R: Uncle Albert (Buster Merryfield), Del (David Jason), Rodney (Nicholas Lyndhurst). Copyright: BBC
  1. Dad's Army
  2. It Ain't Half Hot Mum
  3. Only Fools And Horses
  4. Porridge
  5. Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em

9. The Monkey Barrel comedy club is in which city?

Monkey Barrel Comedy
  1. Peterborough
  2. Cardiff
  3. Edinburgh
  4. London
  5. Manchester

10. For 15 years, a show has run at the Edinburgh Fringe titled A Young Man Dressed as a Gorilla Dressed as an Old Man Sits Rocking in a Rocking Chair for Fifty-Six Minutes and Then.... Then what?

A Young Man Dressed As A Gorilla Dressed As An Old Man Sits Rocking In A Rocking Chair For Fifty-Six Minutes And Then Leaves
  1. Cries
  2. Laughs
  3. Leaves
  4. Sings
  5. Sneezes

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.

What did a staff member at the Old Pizzle, one of Timpkins' flock, and an accurate Taurus, end up as?

Last week's cryptic question

Why does the following jumble that came up last week fit this quiz: a petto, shore, bi brat, cup egg, he planet, rootiest, hoe us, I born, ag eel, lacier, try hop, shoe, to rob, toed sexennial, merge git.

Gary Richmond, Alex & Maria Hughes, Dan Shakir and Baz Slater managed to explain why these jumbled letters fitted the quiz in question.

See the answer

The anagrams in this question related to something which appeared in the Taskmaster Series 18 grand final. In one task, the contestants had to count up all the chairs in a cinema, while saying the objects that appeared on the cinema screen. The items were in order: "Teapot, horse, rabbit, eggcup, elephant, tortoise, house, robin, eagle, éclair, trophy, hose, robot, extension lead, egg timer."

The reason it fits with the quiz this question was posed in is because the film provided a clue to the number of seats, as the first letter of each item spells out: three three three - meanwhile it was our Quiz #333.

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