ENTERTAINMENT QUIZ NO. 16 BRITISH COMEDY
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 7:19 pm1. In Peter Cook and Dudley Moore's 'A bit of a chat,' how is it that the father tells his son his mother got pregnant?
BY SITTING ON A CHAIR
2. Who runs Monty Python's cheese shop?
MR. WENSLEYDALE
3. What profession was Captain Mainwaring of 'Dad's Army'?
BANK MANAGER
4. In 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail', how high should one count before throwing the holy hand grenade?
THREE
5. What British drama series did Derek Fowlds of 'Yes Minister' go on to star in?
HEARTBEAT
6. What English comedy legend guest starred in 'The Young Ones' as a priest?
TERRY JONES
7. On the subject of guest stars, who popped up as the king of England in the first episode of 'Black Adder', and as another priest in the 'Princess Bride'?
PETER COOK
8. What American-born actress carved out a niche for herself as Monty Python's resident sexpot?
CAROL CLEVELAND
9. What Python, or Cleese and Chapman scripted film did the legendary Spike Milligan NOT have a cameo role in?
A FISH CALLED WANDA
10. What instrument is Dudley Moore famous for his expertise on, complementing his comic talents?
PIANO
11. Who co-wrote 'Hancock's half hour'?
GALTON AND SIMPSON
12. What was Terry Jones and Michael Palin's shortlived post-Python series?
RIPPING YARNS
13. Name the actress who played long-suffering Betty to Michael Crawford's Frank Spencer.
MICHELLE DOTRICE
14. What was the name of Frank Spencer's daughter?
JESSICA
15. In two series of 'Blackadder' Tim McInnerny played idiot Lord Percy. In series three he appeared in one episode as the Scarlet Pimpernel. In series four he came back as a regular, but no longer Percy. What was his character's name?
CAPTAIN DARLING
16. What might you be offered in compensation if you returned a dead parrot?
A SLUG
17. Who won Python's philosophers' soccer game?
GREECE
18. What rotund comedienne cut her teeth at the Comic Strip and in guest spots on the 'Young Ones' before finding glory on her own shows?
DAWN FENCH
19. Who played borderline mental case Major Gowen in 'Fawlty Towers'
BALLARD BERKELEY
20. What dubious peer of the realm carries bricks in his briefcase when staying at 'Fawlty Towers'?
LORD MELBURY
21. Where did Corporal Jack Jones of 'Dad's Army' serve in his younger days, before becoming Walmington on sea's finest butcher-cum lance corporal?
SUDAN
22. Who is the ever-so-charming actress who is a veteran star of television comedies such as 'The Good Life', 'No Job for a Lady' and 'To the Manor Born'?
PENELOPE KEITH
23. Name the Australian/NZ actress and comedienne who came to prominence with 'Not the Nine O'Clock News' and later married Billy Connolly.
PAMELA STEPHENSON
24. What was Sid's football club of choice in 'Bless this House'?
CHELSEA
25. What kind of animal did the Goodies finally make funky?
GIBBON
BY SITTING ON A CHAIR
2. Who runs Monty Python's cheese shop?
MR. WENSLEYDALE
3. What profession was Captain Mainwaring of 'Dad's Army'?
BANK MANAGER
4. In 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail', how high should one count before throwing the holy hand grenade?
THREE
5. What British drama series did Derek Fowlds of 'Yes Minister' go on to star in?
HEARTBEAT
6. What English comedy legend guest starred in 'The Young Ones' as a priest?
TERRY JONES
7. On the subject of guest stars, who popped up as the king of England in the first episode of 'Black Adder', and as another priest in the 'Princess Bride'?
PETER COOK
8. What American-born actress carved out a niche for herself as Monty Python's resident sexpot?
CAROL CLEVELAND
9. What Python, or Cleese and Chapman scripted film did the legendary Spike Milligan NOT have a cameo role in?
A FISH CALLED WANDA
10. What instrument is Dudley Moore famous for his expertise on, complementing his comic talents?
PIANO
11. Who co-wrote 'Hancock's half hour'?
GALTON AND SIMPSON
12. What was Terry Jones and Michael Palin's shortlived post-Python series?
RIPPING YARNS
13. Name the actress who played long-suffering Betty to Michael Crawford's Frank Spencer.
MICHELLE DOTRICE
14. What was the name of Frank Spencer's daughter?
JESSICA
15. In two series of 'Blackadder' Tim McInnerny played idiot Lord Percy. In series three he appeared in one episode as the Scarlet Pimpernel. In series four he came back as a regular, but no longer Percy. What was his character's name?
CAPTAIN DARLING
16. What might you be offered in compensation if you returned a dead parrot?
A SLUG
17. Who won Python's philosophers' soccer game?
GREECE
18. What rotund comedienne cut her teeth at the Comic Strip and in guest spots on the 'Young Ones' before finding glory on her own shows?
DAWN FENCH
19. Who played borderline mental case Major Gowen in 'Fawlty Towers'
BALLARD BERKELEY
20. What dubious peer of the realm carries bricks in his briefcase when staying at 'Fawlty Towers'?
LORD MELBURY
21. Where did Corporal Jack Jones of 'Dad's Army' serve in his younger days, before becoming Walmington on sea's finest butcher-cum lance corporal?
SUDAN
22. Who is the ever-so-charming actress who is a veteran star of television comedies such as 'The Good Life', 'No Job for a Lady' and 'To the Manor Born'?
PENELOPE KEITH
23. Name the Australian/NZ actress and comedienne who came to prominence with 'Not the Nine O'Clock News' and later married Billy Connolly.
PAMELA STEPHENSON
24. What was Sid's football club of choice in 'Bless this House'?
CHELSEA
25. What kind of animal did the Goodies finally make funky?
GIBBON
