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The British Comedy Quiz

Quiz 355

Here's another testing test from Hercules Grytpype Thynne.

1. Which of these celebs did NOT appear in Extras?

Extras. Image shows from L to R: Maggie Jacobs (Ashley Jensen), Andy Millman (Ricky Gervais), Darren Lamb (Stephen Merchant). Copyright: BBC

2. In the Carry On style film The Big Job, with Sid James as head of the bank robbers, the gang try to recover money they had stashed 15 years ago in a tree. When they all came out to recover the money, where was the tree, which had now been built around?

The Big Job. Image shows left to right: Mildred Gamely (Joan Sims), Frederick 'Booky' Binns (Dick Emery), George 'The Great Brain' (Sid James), Myrtle Robbins (Sylvia Syms), Timothy 'Dipper' Day (Lance Percival)

3. Whose catchphrase was "Ooh, I could crush a grape"?

4. What was the name of the titled lady played by Phyllis Logan in the comedy drama antiques show Lovejoy from the late 80s/early 90s?

Lovejoy

5. In the 1998 BBC Two series of comedy shorts of 10/15 minutes, why did the family cross the channel and become Lost In France?

Lost In France

6. In Al Murray's sitcom Time Gentlemen Please, the brewery was named after a famous literary ancestor of Al Murray - who was it?

Time Gentlemen Please. Image shows from L to R: Janet (Julia Sawalha), Vicky Jackson (Rebecca Front), Guv (Al Murray), Steve (Jason Freeman), Terry (Phil Daniels). Copyright: Avalon Television

7. Who was the star playing Arthur Pilbeam in the 1942 comedy film Back-Room Boy?

8. What is Frank Skinner's real name?

Frank Skinner

9. BBC Radio 4 1998 sitcom In The Chair starred Michael Williams as George Cragge, a BBC crime correspondent investigating a series of murders involving people in the same profession. Who were they?

In The End

10. Who wrote the 101 things NOT to do before you die in a book entitled Can't Be Arsed?

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