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Quiz 340: 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 the friend of the Victoria Wood character who wore a yellow hat? She would come on and say "I'm looking for my friend _______, have you seen her?"

Victoria Wood
  1. Kimberley
  2. Deidre
  3. Carol
  4. Tracey
  5. Amber

2. What floor is 'Materials and Soft Furnishing' on, according to the theme song of Are You Being Served?

Are You Being Served?. Image shows from L to R: Mrs. Betty Slocombe (Mollie Sugden), Miss Shirley Brahms (Wendy Richard), Mr. Dick Lucas (Trevor Bannister), Mr. Cuthbert Rumbold (Nicholas Smith), Mr. Mash (Larry Martyn), Mr. Ernest Grainger (Arthur Brough), Mr. Wilberforce Humphries (John Inman), Captain Stephen Peacock (Frank Thornton). Copyright: BBC
  1. Ground
  2. Mezzanine
  3. First
  4. Second
  5. Third

3. After Jim London's (Jim Davidson) home is demolished in Up The Elephant And Round The Castle, he goes to work for a local business man (played by George Sewell) - what was that spin-off sitcom called?

Up The Elephant And Round The Castle. Jim London (Jim Davidson)
  1. Home James!
  2. Lucky Jim
  3. Him And Jim
  4. Jim London PA
  5. All Aboard!

4. Where was the sitcom Chalk set?

Chalk. Copyright: Pola Jones
  1. Ballet company
  2. School
  3. Snooker hall
  4. Cheese factory
  5. Tailors

5. In The Catherine Tate Show what was the name of the foul mouthed Nan, played by Catherine Tate?

The Catherine Tate Show. Catherine Tate. Credit: Tiger Aspect Productions, BBC
  1. Dot Brown
  2. Peggy Sullivan
  3. Rita Roberts
  4. Betty Dobbs
  5. Joanie Taylor

6. Which of these Pythons or Goodies did NOT appear in At Last The 1948 Show?

At Last The 1948 Show. Image shows from L to R: John Cleese, Marty Feldman, Graham Chapman, Tim Brooke-Taylor. Copyright: Rediffusion London
  1. John Cleese
  2. Graham Chapman
  3. Tim Brooke-Taylor
  4. Terry Jones
  5. Eric Idle

7. What was the uncle's name, played by Richard Griffiths, in the brilliant Withnail & I?

Withnail & I. Image shows left to right: Withnail (Richard E. Grant), Montague H. Withnail (Richard Griffiths)
  1. Isaac
  2. Gerald
  3. Jacob
  4. Monty
  5. Jeremy

8. Who had a minor hit with the comedy song My Brother?

  1. Harry Worth
  2. Michael Bentine
  3. Terry Scott
  4. Spike Milligan
  5. Harry Secombe

9. Who wrote the David Jason late 1980s TV series A Bit Of A Do?

A Bit Of A Do. Ted Simcock (David Jason). Copyright: Yorkshire Television
  1. David Nobbs
  2. John Sullivan
  3. Jimmy Mulville
  4. Maurice Gran
  5. Jimmy Grafton

10. In the Porridge spin-off film, what was Fletcher ordered by Grouty to arrange, to cover a prison break-out?

Porridge. Image shows left to right: Norman Stanley Fletcher (Ronnie Barker), Harry Grout (Peter Vaughan)
  1. Barber Shop quartet competition
  2. Football match
  3. Riot in the kitchen
  4. Boxing match
  5. Roof top protest

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 opened with a celebration upon beginning, travelling across the Channel, adopted a pooch, returned from their trip, started a new audio programme, and encountered people bringing in something to the country illegally?

Last week's cryptic question

Which comic claimed we can learn from the hippotgris, meles, tapiridae, mephitidae, lemuroidea, and orcinus?

S.A. Richmond, Steve Ash, Matthew Stead, Baz Slater, Alex & Maria Hughes, Alex Robinson, Rhodri Rutherford and Sharon Rossiter heard what was going on here.

See the answer

It was Bill Bailey, as these words relate to the scientific names of animals which appear in his racial harmony song Hats Off to the Zebras. The question lists each black-and-white animal that appears in the song starting with the zebra (hippotgris), badger (meles), tapir (tapiridae), skunks (mephitidae), lemurs (lemuroidea), and finally killer whales (orcinus).

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