Quiz 209 – British comedy quiz

1. In daddy’s armyWhich of these does Sergeant Wilson often test Captain Mainwaring with, knowing he will be wrong?

Daddy’s army. Picture shows from left to right: Captain Mainwaring (Arthur Lowe), Sergeant Wilson (John Le Mesurier)

HQ phone number

Who and when to greet

Loading the Lewis Gun

24 hour clock hours

Reading signals from an Aldis lamp

2. Which of these doubles has NOT starred together in a sitcom?

Cannon and Ball

French & Saunders

Morecambe & Sage

Wood & Walters

Hale & Rhythm

3. Kevin Turvey was a character created and portrayed by…

Rik Mayal

Alexei Sayle

Harry Enfield

Mel Smith

Dick Emery

4. The famous Peter Cook and Dudley Moore skit “One Leg Too Few” centers on an audition for the role of which fictional character?

Picture shows left to right: Dudley Moore, Peter Cook. Copyright : BBC

Count Dracula

Mary Poppins

Tarzan

sherlock holmes

A tripod

5. Which of these is NOT installed in a university?

lucky jim

The Peter Principle

Doorman Blue

A very special practice

Lab rats

6. “Actor Ham performs at a country house but discovers he has a creepy connection to her” is a loose synopsis of which “comic dread” movie?

killer weekend

The house in the nightmarish park

What a cut!

blood theater

Keep screaming

7. Episode 14 of Doctor on the loose – ‘No Ill Feeling’ – is best known for what?

Doctor on the loose. Copyright : London Weekend TV

Have the first trans character in a British sitcom

To be the first episode of a British sitcom to be written by an American-style writers room

Act as a prototype “pilot” in the development of Fawlty Towers

As the first episode of a British sitcom to play without a script

To be the first British sitcom to be broadcast live

8. Which of these sitcoms is NOT set in the world of advertising?

The 10%

The creatives

Watch this place

The happy apple

The Persuasionists

9. Which of these sitcoms was filmed in and around the lead actor’s home?

At the born mansion

Friday night dinner

bless this house

green green grass

Ghosts

10. Which late comedian was targeted by grave robbers after it was rumored he was buried with his valuables?

Bob Monkhouse

David Allen

Bernard Manning

Frankie Howerd

Benny Hill

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