Quiz 54: The answers

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

1. What is the correct name of one of Rupert Rigsby's tenants?

1. Barbara Jones
2. Betty Jones
3. Dorothy Jones
4. Correct answer: Ruth Jones
5. Violet Jones

2. Which of these is NOT a book title written by David Walliams?

The Bolds on Holiday is by Julian Clary.

1. Correct answer: The Bolds on Holiday
2. Billionaire Boy
3. Bad Dad
4. Demon Dentist
5. Grandpa's Great Escape

3. What was the name of the pub in Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps?

1. The White Heart
2. The Rose
3. The Green Dragon
4. Correct answer: The Archer
5. The Royal Duck

4. Richard Briers and Prunella Scales played newly married couple Kate and George Starling in the 1960s sitcom...

1. Correct answer: Marriage Lines
2. Rings On Their Fingers
3. The Starlings
4. After Henry
5. Partners

5. When together Greg Davies, Marek Larwood and Steve Hall are known as...

1. The Antics
2. Cowards
3. Daphne
4. Correct answer: We Are Klang
5. Pappy's

6. What was the name of Stephen Fry's character in Yonderland?

1. Kindly David
2. Correct answer: Cuddly Dick
3. Gentle Geoff
4. Genial John
5. Charming Hunt

7. Who hosted sports-based show You Cannot Be Serious! on ITV in 2012?

1. Alexander Armstrong
2. Gary Lineker
3. Correct answer: Alistair McGowan
4. Jimmy Carr
5. John Bishop

8. In The Bad Education Movie, where do the pupils go on a trip?

1. Kent
2. Cumbria
3. Pembrokeshire
4. South Ayrshire
5. Correct answer: Cornwall

9. In 1992, Michael Gove hosted a Channel 4 comedy series alongside Tracey MacLeod and David Baddiel. What was it called?

Not many people remember Gove did this show. You can watch episodes on All4

1. A Stab In The Back
2. Correct answer: A Stab In The Dark
3. A Stab In The Heart
4. A Stab In The Lungs
5. A Stab In The Right Direction

10. How many times has Boris Johnson appeared on Have I Got News For You? (As a guest or presenter)

1. 3
2. 5
3. Correct answer: 7
4. 9
5. 11

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.

Pear cider and a northern city were red; a raincoat and an EastEnder were blue; a closed down electrical retailer and a bird were yellow. Where did they start?

Last week's cryptic question

You can write that you smell nice, whilst surrounded by bovine products. There are also two types of syrup, and buttons among the pots and pans. Where are you and what's upstairs?

Matthew Mclane and Wayne Mason were the two clever readers who managed to link the question to the correct location.

See the answer

You are currently on the ground floor of Grace Brothers in Are You Being Served? - Ian's question has clues to some of the things they sell, as explained in the theme song. The list includes stationary, perfumery, and leather goods. Also wigs ("syrup of fig", in cockney rhyming slang) and haberdashery (buttons), kitchenware (pots and pans) and food (syrup as a condiment). After that, you're "Going up", according to the theme tune... "First floor: telephones; gents' ready-made suits; shirts, socks, ties, hats; underwear and shoes; Going up..."