Quiz 46: The answers
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Here are this week's answers, question-by-question. Scroll down for a bonus cryptic question.
1. Who is this?
- Correct answer: Jimmy Carr
- David Mitchell
- John Bishop
- Michael McIntyre
- Jack Dee
2. Which Carry On film was marketed with the strapline "It's the biggest BANG of the war!"?
- Carry On Behind
- Carry On Admiral
- Carry On Sergeant
- Carry On Spying
- Correct answer: Carry On England
3. Who is obscured in this image?
The picture is from Terry & June, with June Whitfield and Terry Scott.
- Wendy Craig
- Correct answer: June Whitfield
- Connie Booth
- Renee Roberts
- Su Pollard
4. Pick the sitcom which has the MOST episodes.
Hi-De-Hi! ran for 58 episodes; Steptoe And Son ran for 57 episodes; It Ain't Half Hot Mum ran for 56 episodes; Peep Show ran for 54 episodes... but Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps ran for 79 episodes.
- Steptoe And Son
- Hi-De-Hi!
- Correct answer: Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps
- It Ain't Half Hot Mum
- Peep Show
5. How much did the BBC pay Monty Python in the early days of Monty Python's Flying Circus (per person, per series)?
Eric Idle revealed in a newspaper interview, "The BBC paid each of us £2,000 per series for writing and performing."
- Correct answer: £2000
- £5000
- £8000
- £11000
- £13000
6. Which sitcom has a theme tune featuring the lyrics "All the schemes that you knew time would bring to fruition, did they happen?"
- Blackadder
- Steptoe And Son
- Waiting For God
- Citizen Smith
- Correct answer: dinnerladies
7. Who hosted the first week of ITV's The Nightly Show, in 2017?
- Davina McCall
- Correct answer: David Walliams
- John Bishop
- Dermot O'Leary
- Jason Manford
8. Which show would you associate with the phrase Omnishambles?
- Spaced
- Bottom
- Correct answer: The Thick Of It
- A Bit Of Fry & Laurie
- Never Mind The Buzzcocks
9. Select the character that actor Jane McCarry is best known for playing.
Jane played Isa in Still Game.
(Mrs Doyle is Pauline McLynn in Father Ted; Kochanski was Clare Grogan then Chloë Annett in Red Dwarf; Nora Batty, played by Kathy Staff, is from Last Of The Summer Wine; The Liver Birds character Sandra Hutchinson was played by Nerys Hughes)
- Mrs Doyle
- Kochanski
- Nora Batty
- Correct answer: Isa Drennan
- Sandra Hutchinson
10. Off Menu is a podcast hosted by James Acaster and...
- Lou Sanders
- Josh Widdicombe
- Rosie Jones
- Correct answer: Ed Gamble
- Tom Allen
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.
Beginning with Belinda Lang, Rowan Atkinson adds length, Michael Bentine adds height, and Fry & Laurie add depth. Tell us about what is going on.
Last week's cryptic question
A show following a satellite and someone black, shares its origins with another created by sibling barrel-makers. A sitcom about a character who sounds like an app, and one that has a numerical link to Douglas Adams are also linked. What is the connection?
Dave Cogbill, Dan Shakir, Joanne Rutherford, Matthew Mclane, Matt Taylor, Tom Bowyer, Kate Emmett, Steve Walton and Melanie Jonsson spotted the link. Well done to them!
See the answer
These are clues to shows that all began on BBC Three.
The Mighty Boosh features the lead characters Howard Moon (a satellite) and Vince Noir (the French word for black).
The sibling barrel-makers are This Country stars Charlie and Daisy May Cooper (a "cooper" is the proper name for a barrel maker).
The character who sounds like an app is People Just Do Nothing's MC Grindah (not to be confused with Grindr).
The BBC Three programme that may remind you of Douglas Adams is Bluestone 42.