Quiz 322: The answers
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Here are this week's answers, question-by-question. Scroll down for a bonus cryptic question.
1. What was the occupation of Jake Thackray, the comedy folk singer, before he took to the stage?
- Tax Inspector
- Correct answer: Teacher
- Reporter
- Photographer
- Probation Officer
2. What early radio series came out of The Crazy People?
- Take It From Here
- Much Binding In The Marsh
- Correct answer: The Goon Show
- Ray's A Laugh
- The Navy Lark
3. What was pregnant Waynetta Slob smoking, when Wayne asked why she was smoking and she replied it was because she is smoking for two, in Harry Enfield's Television Programme?
- 2 x Woodbine cigarettes together
- Players Extra Navy Cut
- Correct answer: Capstan Full Strength
- Cigarillos
- Senior Service Extra
4. Who played Mrs Miggins who owned the coffee and pie shop in Blackadder?
- Kathy Burke
- Tracey Ullman
- Correct answer: Helen Atkinson-Wood
- Morwenna Banks
- Helen Lederer
5. In Red Dwarf, what series saw the first appearance of Kryten?
- First
- Correct answer: Second
- Third
- Fourth
- Fifth
6. Aardman have announced that in the new Wallace & Gromit film Vengeance Most Fowl the criminal Feathers McGraw is back. What type of animal is he?
- Chicken
- Correct answer: Penguin
- Ostrich
- Emu
- Cockerel
7. What was the name of the old boy played by Mark Williams on The Fast Show who would come out of a shed, and give tips on food and fashion, by saying things like "This week, I have been mostly eating/wearing..."?
- Jarge
- Jethro
- Joseph
- Jarvis
- Correct answer: Jesse
8. Select the surname of this murderous mother and son from Psychoville.
- Culpepper
- Correct answer: Sowerbutts
- Hickinbottom
- Bodycomb
- Pussett
9. What was Jack Dee's occupation in Lead Balloon?
- Writer
- Producer
- Correct answer: Comedian
- Director
- Critic
10. Who played Matthew Hopkins, the Witch-Finder General, in The Witchfinder?
- Steve Pemberton
- Tim Key
- Denis Lawson
- Ricky Tomlinson
- Correct answer: Reece Shearsmith
Bonus cryptic question
Feeling brainy? BCG's Ian Wolf likes devising additional, obfuscated brain-teasers as an extra challenge. If you think you know the answer to this week's conundrum and would like to add your name to the list of people who cracked it, do email us! We'll reveal the answer in next Wednesday's quiz.
If the victor should shoot, it reclined where?
Last week's cryptic question
Gilbert's exclamation is the right size for his team, but they are cast out by Jones, Wallace and a person doing what other trade?
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The context is the nursery rhyme Rub-a-dub-dub. It was Rhod Gilbert's exclamation in a Taskmaster team challenge in which his three-man team of himself, Phil Wang and James Acaster, have to make the most suspenseful soap opera cliff-hanger.
The rhyme mentions three men all out to sea (i.e. cast out), in the form of the butcher (Lance Corporal Jones in Dad's Army), the baker (Wallace in the Wallace & Gromit short A Matter Of Loaf And Death) and the third trade, candlestick maker. We are unaware of any comic candlestick makers.