1. Which of these actors' characters in Upstart Crow historically coined the titular epithet? Upstart Crow. Image shows from L to R: Bottom (Rob Rouse), Kate (Gemma Whelan), Burbage (Steve Speirs), Marlowe (Tim Downie), Will Shakespeare (David Mitchell), Condell (Dominic Coleman), Sir Robert Greene (Mark Heap), Kempe (Spencer Jones), Lucy (Jocelyn Jee Esien), Morley (Noel Fielding). Copyright: BBC
Mark Heap
Gemma Whelan
Steve Speirs
Dominic Coleman
Tim Downie
2. Cosgrove Hall was...
The rival school of St. Trinian's
A comic strip
The real name of comedy novelist Tom Sharpe
The house in You Rang, M'Lord?
An animation studio specialising in children's series
3. In which of his film characters' voices did Peter Sellers record a comedy rendition of The Beatles' She Loves You ? Peter Sellers. Copyright: BBC
Fred Kite
Dr Strangelove
Reverend Smallwood
Inspector Clouseau
Senor Amphibulos
4. 'Tulip', 'Jackdaw' and 'Navy Rum' were each single episode characters in which sitcom?
Steptoe & Son
Last Of The Summer Wine
Desmond's
Porridge
Only Fools And Horses
5. In Citizen Smith , Wolfie Smith supported which football team? Citizen Smith. Wolfie Smith (Robert Lindsay). Copyright: BBC
Wimbledon
QPR
Brentford
Fulham
Chelsea
6. Which sitcom featured pub 'The Archer'?
Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps
The Young Ones
Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads?
Men Behaving Badly
Last Of The Summer Wine
7. Who played the green clad 'Envy' in the 1967 film Bedazzled ?
Miriam Karlin
Suzy Kendall
Eleanor Bron
John Inman
Barry Humphries
8. Name the Not The Nine O'Clock News sketch. Not The Nine O'Clock News. Image shows from L to R: Mel Smith, Pamela Stephenson, Rowan Atkinson, Griff Rhys Jones
The German Chemist Shop
The Swedish Chemist Shop
The Welsh Chemist Shop
The Dutch Chemist Shop
The French Chemist Shop
9. Which of these shows' lead stars did NOT already have a career as a pop singer?
The River
The Strange World Of Gurney Slade
Tutti Frutti
Budgie
Close To Home
10. What was Channel 4's first sitcom?
Struggle
No Problem!
Dream Stuffing
The Optimist
Fathers Day
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