Unutterably Silly Quiz

[orlok]

4. Who came up with the title ‘Comic Relief’? Lenny Henry?

EDIT: Thanks to Google, it looks like it was Jane Tewson.

[orlok]

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? Skippy? Flipper?

[Shayne Parkinson]

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?

Chiming in because I actually remember this one from when we lived in England: Basil Brush - boom, boom!

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by Bilbo1967

Medium 5 - Bernard Manning?
Hard 7 - Mustard

yes to both - five points to Bilbo1967

Originally Posted by orlok

EDIT: Thanks to Google, it looks like it was Jane Tewson.

Yes. Two points.

Originally Posted by orlok

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? Skippy? Flipper?

No.

Originally Posted by Shayne Parkinson

Chiming in because I actually remember this one from when we lived in England: Basil Brush - boom, boom!

Yes! Three points to Shayne.

[pdurrant]

Remaining Questions:

MEDIUM – 2 Points for each correct answer

1. Which comedy children programme, aired on a Saturday morning shared its name with a 1954 movie?
7. A cult comedy series included a flat based on an apartment seen in the movie American Psycho – name the show?
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.
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
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?
9. Which young at heart comedy series featured a worm called ‘Tapeworm’ which was disapproved by your mum?


orlok: 22 points
Bilbo1967: 14 points
Shayne Parkinson: 3 points


21 points still left, so it's now a three-horse race!

[orlok]

7. A cult comedy series included a flat based on an apartment seen in the movie American Psycho – name the show? Tiswas?
10. They could have been called Balfour and William George – but which title did they eventually decide on? Tiswas?

4. If the VAT didn’t add up in Studio 3 why would you be smiling? Tiswas?
9. Which young at heart comedy series featured a worm called ‘Tapeworm’ which was disapproved by your mum? Tiswas?

It must be one of them, surely

[orlok]

7. A cult comedy series included a flat based on an apartment seen in the movie American Psycho – name the show? Spaced?

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by orlok

4. If the VAT didn’t add up in Studio 3 why would you be smiling? Tiswas?

Yes! Three points to orlok!

orlok: 25 points
Bilbo1967: 14 points
Shayne Parkinson: 3 points

I declare orlok the winner.

[pdurrant]

Answers:

MEDIUM – 2 Points for each correct answer

1. Which comedy children programme, aired on a Saturday morning shared its name with a 1954 movie?
On the Waterfront
7. A cult comedy series included a flat based on an apartment seen in the movie American Psycho – name the show?
The League of Gentlemen
10. They could have been called Balfour and William George – but which title did they eventually decide on?
The Two Ronnies

DIFFICULT – 3 Points for each correct answer.
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
The question asks for the surname of a character in a Japanese TV show.
Gonda
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?
1a Oxendon Street – The Comedy Store
6. Who was Pip’s wife that we never saw and who did they lose to during an Election Night?
Ann Haydon-Jones, Engelbert Humperdink
9. Which young at heart comedy series featured a worm called ‘Tapeworm’ which was disapproved by your mum?
YourMother Wouldn’t Like It

[orlok]

A multiple question quiz:

1. What famous sauce is manufactured by McIlhenny & Co?
2. What year was the first motor race held that was classed as Formula 1?
3. In the wild west, how was Henry McCarty better known?
4. How many stories did each of the World trade Towers Have?
5. According to the BBC how many rooms are there in Buckingham Palace?
6. What is the busiest single-runway airport in the world?
7. By number of films made which country has the largest film industry?
8. Who lit the Olympic flame at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics?
9. The scientific unit LUMEN is used in the measurement of what?
10. Which Apollo moon mission was the first to carry a lunar rover vehicle?
11. What is the capital of India?
12. Who wrote the poem 'The Owl and the Pussycat'?
13. Which country had a secret police force known as the Tonton Macoute?
14. In which city is the European Parliament based?
15. Gala, Jonagold and Pink Lady are varieties of which fruit?
16. Which organ of the body is affected by Bright's Disease?

[doubleshuffle]

7. India?
9. Brightness of light
11. New Delhi
12. Lewis Carroll?
13. Haiti
14. Strasbourg
15. Apple

[doubleshuffle]

10. The first one, with Armstrong etc.

[doubleshuffle]

8. Johnny Weissmuller?

[orlok]

Originally Posted by doubleshuffle

7. India? Yes
9. Brightness of light Yes
11. New Delhi Yes
12. Lewis Carroll? No
13. Haiti Yes
14. Strasbourg Yes
15. Apple Yes

Originally Posted by doubleshuffle

10. The first one, with Armstrong etc.

Need to say which one it was.

Originally Posted by doubleshuffle

8. Johnny Weissmuller?

No

6 points.

[doubleshuffle]

10. Apollo 9?
12. Edward Lear?