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Old 03-13-2015, 11:11 AM   #14800
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OK, Here's the UK Comedy Quiz that I won today. Use of google is allowed, nay, encouraged. Good luck, everyone!

EASY – 1 Point for each correct answer

1. What were the Christian names of Little & Large?
2. Which sporting activity did Benny Hill partake in at the end of every programme?
3. Who was married to Katy Perry?
4. Which comedian was behind Bo Selecta?
5. ‘You are awful, but I do like you’ – name the funny man behind this famous catchphrase.
6. Slough was a prominent place for Ricky Gervais – why?
7. Which member of ‘The Young Ones’ died in 2014?
8. A cast member of ‘Blackadder’ tied the knot earlier this year, what is his partner’s name?
9. In Breaking Bad what is the name of the leading character?
10. How many series of ‘Friends’ were there?

MEDIUM – 2 Points for each correct answer

1. Which comedy children programme, aired on a Saturday morning shared its name with a 1954 movie?
2. Who is this comedian dressed as The Queen?
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3. Which comedy duo lived in Purley, Surrey?
4. Who came up with the title ‘Comic Relief’?
5. Which comedian celebrated their own “wake” on a proposed programme for Channel 4 a month before they passed away?
6. Whose funeral was it in Four Weddings and a Funeral?
7. A cult comedy series included a flat based on an apartment seen in the movie American Psycho – name the show?
8. ‘A Prink knoll git’ is an anagram of which famous celebrity?
9. Name the rat which escaped in Fawlty Towers?
10. They could have been called Balfour and William George – but which title did they eventually decide on?


DIFFICULT – 3 Points for each correct answer.

1. The birds are snoozing calmly, there’s tingling in the forest and everything looks fine this evening – but what time do we shut in Doncaster?
2. 2012 年日本テレビのコメディー シリーズでマリの姓はなんですか
3. He first hit our screens in 1962, his first guardian died in 2000 but thanks to a hippy, a café owner and Bingo he recently made a comeback. Who is he?
4. If the VAT didn’t add up in Studio 3 why would you be smiling?
5. To start with you would need to travel to the States to enjoy it, when it came closer to home a venture downstairs could lead to a divorce from the wife. But what address would you find it at now?
6. Who was Pip’s wife that we never saw and who did they lose to during an Election Night?
7. The Armchair Psychologist appeared in the first issue of which magazine?
8. In the first episode of this comedy series the lead character tries to covert a take-away into a bistro – What’s the name of the show?
9. Which young at heart comedy series featured a worm called ‘Tapeworm’ which was disapproved by your mum?
10. Which weekly publication did Mary Lighthouse try to ban?
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