UK TV QUIZ

Pot Luck

1. Which soap opera returned to ITV in 2001 after a thirteen-year absence?
2. What was the name of the paranoid android in the Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy?
3. What is Geraldine Grainger better known as?
4. Who plays Prunella Scales' long-suffering daughter in the Tesco TV commercials?
5. What was Gambit's first name in The New Avengers?
6. In which sitcom would you find the character Patrick Glover?
7. Who narrated Tales of the Riverbank?
8. Which long-running quiz show switched from ITV to BBC in 1994?
9. Who presents It'll Be Alright On The Night?
10. Who provided the voice of Captain Scarlet?
11. ...And what BBC detective series did the actor star in?
12. Who co-wrote Fawlty Towers with John Cleese?
13. Who claimed to have spotted a UFO in Coronation Street in 1984?
14. Who was the star of Trigger Happy TV?
15. Which game show was introduced, "From Norwich, it's the quiz of the week..."?
16. ...And who was its host?
17. What was TV's noughts and crosses quiz-game called?
18. Julian Lloyd-Webber's 'Variations' is used as the theme on which arts programme?
19. In which county was the police series Target set?
20. What was the name of Nellie Boswell's only daughter in the sitcom Bread?
21. Which computer-generated character took his name from a car park sign?
22. In Doctor Who, which alien's conquered the Earth in 2064?
23. What was TV cook Fanny Cradock's real first name?
24. Which BBC 'family' was named after the BBCTV studios where it was shot?
25. What was the name of the Soothsayer in Up Pompeii?
26. Who tells contestants that they are the weakest link?
27. Who portrayed Churchill in the drama The Gathering Storm?
28. What was the name of Ricky Gervais' character in The Office?
29. Who was sacked as presenter of Have I Got News For You in 2002 following revelations about his private life?
30. Who played Nan Astley in the BBC drama Tipping The Velvet?
31. ...And who is her famous mother?
32. Who were the panel of judges on Popstars - The Rivals?
33. Which character does Adam Woodyatt play in EastEnders?
34. What is the name of the actress who played nurse Lisa Duffin in Casualty?
35. What is the surname of the family in the BBC sitcom My Family?
36. Which quiz show did Bruce Forsyth, who was then replaced by Matthew Kelly, who gave way to Darren Day, host?
37. Who was Adam Adamant's archenemy?
38. How many contestants are there at the start of the C4 quiz hosted by William G. Stewart?
39. The Rutles was a parody on which pop group?
40. Which David Jason character worked for the Secret Intelligence Service?
41. Which future Oscar winner created the animated plasticine character Morph?
42. Which TV quiz show asks contestants to pick a former pop star out of an identity parade?
43. Which Doctor Who did Fraser Hines accompany?
44. The TV commercial for which credit card coined the catchphrase "That'll do nicely, sir"?
45. If it's Friday and it's five-to-five then what must it be?
46. Which of Lady Penelope's vehicles was FAB2?
47. What was the maiden name of Coronation Street's Raquel Watts?
48. Which member of the Royal Family appeared on the 200th edition of A Question of Sport?
49. ...And who was that persons team captain?
50. What was the name of Hyacinth Bucket's long-suffering husband?

Soap Operas

1. What was Emily Bishop's maiden name in Coronation Street?
2. What was the name of the Coronation Street Character played by Arthur Lowe?
3. Which Coronation Street regular was almost killed when a viaduct collapsed trapping her underneath the fallen rubble?
4. Which Coronation Street character died in a chair at a New Years eve party?
5. In EastEnders, who inadvertently killed his own son by tampering with Mark Fowlers Bike?
6. Who did Willy Roper frame in EastEnders?
7. Which EastEnders character raped Kathy Beale?
8. In Emmerdale, who had an incestuous relationship with his sister?
9. Which Dingle was killed in a minibus crash in Emmerdale?
10. Which former TV spy joined Emmerdale in 2001?
11. In Brookside, with whom did Lindsey Corkhill have a lesbian relationship?
12. Who once lived in a garden shed on Brookside Close?
13. Which two TV celebrities turned up on Brookside to open Grants Restaurant?
14. Which 1960's soap was centred round the editorial office of a women's magazine?
15. Which hospital drama started life in 1957 as Calling Nurse Roberts?
16. ...And what was the name of its short-lived spin-off series in 1961?
17. What was the title of the soap set in a busy covered market in Manchester?
18. What was the title of the first children's soap that ran from 1952 to 1957?
19. EastEnders Todd Carty and Susan Tully went to which fictional school?
20. Which ATV series was set in a large West End department store?

Comedy

1. Who continually turned up on the Morecambe and Wise show demanding payment for a previous guest appearance?
2. Which 1972 BBC2 comedy series was based on Gabrielle Chevallier's 1934 humorous novel?
3. In which BBC sitcom did a divorced couple find themselves inadvertently living next door to each other in adjoining country cottages?
4. Which 1981-84 LWT sitcom teamed true-life husband and wife Michael Williams and Judi Dench?
5. Who lived at Sebastopol Terrace?
6. Whose characters included Mandy, College and Lampwick?
7. What was Alf Garnett's original surname in the Comedy Playhouse presentation Till Death Us Do Part?
8. ...And which future EastEnder played his wife in the pilot episode?
9. Which sitcom was centred round Pledge's pickle-bottling factory?
10. Which sitcom starred Maureen Lipman as a magazines agony aunt?
11. In which sitcom did Richard Briers star as jealous husband Martin Bryce?
12. Which Cold Feet actress married Ross in the US sitcom Friends?
13. Which Carla Lane family featured the Craven Family?
14. Who was Black Adder's sidekick who always had 'a cunning plan'?
15. Who was the female in the trio of Three of a Kind?
16. Which two shows were spun-off from Man About The House?
17. Who featured in a sketch set in a hardware store where a man asks for 'Four Candles'?
18. At what number do the Kumars lives?
19. What did Yes Minister become?
20. What was the name of the school caretaker in Please Sir?

Science Fiction

1. Which of Doctor Who's enemies came from the planet Mondas?
2. What drink did Zaphod Beeblebrox invent in The Hitch Hikers guide to the Galaxy?
3. What were the name of the deadly robots that attacked firstly John Steed and Emma Peel and secondly John Steed, Purdey and Mike Gambit?
4. In which series did the spaceship Liberator appear?
5. Which 1960's Sci-Fi did John Elliot produce from an original storyline by Cambridge astronomer and novelist Fred Hoyle?
6. Which Red Dwarf character's first love was a Sinclair ZX81?
7. Who was the Tracy family's manservant in Thunderbirds?
8. Who was the pilot of Fireball XL5?
9. Troy Tempest, the pilot of Stingray worked for an organisation called WASP. What does the acronym stand for?
10. What was the name of the device in Joe 90 that recorded brain patterns?
11. Who put the words into the mouth of Jimmy, a young boy in the Gerry Anderson series Supercar?
12. In which series did the mysterious Commander Traynor appear? Timeslip
13. Which of Doctor Who's companions wore a Blue Peter badge?
14. Which British series was shown in the USA under the title My Partner the Ghost?
15. Who were the two agents that would turn up to repair ruptures in the time continuum?
16. Which 1970's series featured a character that was described as a cross between Houdini and Merlin?
17. Who sang the theme tune to Adam Adamant Lives!?
18. Who worked for Nemesis, an organisation based in Geneva?
19. Which 1970's show, devised by Kit Pedlar and Gerry Davies has been described as the first 'green' science fiction series?
20. How was doctor Peter Brady described in a 1950's series title?