Speed Quiz 1
The Sitcom Set
Who played the following sitcom characters?
1 Reverend Noote in All Gas and Gaiters
2 Miss Brahms in Are you Being Served?
3 Ted Bovis in Hi De Hi
4 Vicky Nicholls in Robin’s Nest
5 Adrian Boswell in Bread
6 Philip in Rising Damp
7 Jean Abbott in Bless This House
8 Damien Day in Drop the Dead Donkey
9 Constable Goody in The Thin Blue Line
10 Oliver Smallbridge in Never the Twain
The Lonely Hearts Club Set
What do the following initials stand for in Lonely Hearts ads?
1 SWF
2 GSOH
3 VGL
4 GRO
5 ANI
6 LTR
7 WTT
8 NUMP
9 DWM
10 OHAC
Saints Alive
Who is the patron saint of ...
1 Teachers
2 Dancers
3 Lovers
4 Fishermen
5 Bricklayers
6 Dentists
7 Doctors
8 Athletes
9 Mountaineers
10 Carpenters
Answers to sitcom roles
1 Derek Nimmo
2 Wendy Richard
3 Paul Shane
4 Tessa Wyatt
5 Jonathon Morris
6 Don Warrington
7 Diana Coupland
8 Stephen Tompkinson
9 James Dreyfus
10 Windsor Davies
Answers to Lonely Hearts Abbr.
1 Single white female
2 Good sense of humour
3 Very good looking
4 Genuine replies only
5 Age not important
6 Long term relationship
7 Willing to travel
8 No ugly men please
9 Divorced white male
10 Own house and car
Answers to patron saints
1 Gregory
2 Vitus
3 Valentine
4 Peter
5 Stephen
6 Apollonia
7 Luke
8 Sebastian
9 Bernard
10 Joseph
It Takes Two
Identify the TV shows from each pair of characters
1 Devon Miles and Michael Knight
2 Assistant Director Skinner and Deep Throat
3 Detective Isbecki and Lieutenant Samuels
4 Wo Fat and Danny Williams
5 Jim Phelps and Cinnamon Carter
6 Huggy Bear and Captain Dobie
7 Hop Sing and Deputy Clem
8 Lin Chung and Wu Sung
9 Colonel Jefferson and Beatrice Mason
10 Pogo Patterson and Gripper Stebson
Who Hosted The Following Game Shows?
1 321
2 Bullseye (original)
3 Russian Roulette
4 Every Second Counts
5 Through the Keyhole
6 Never Mind the Buzzcocks
7 Beat the Teacher
8 Masterteams
9 Ask the Family (original)
10 Ask the Family (remake)
Hail to the Chief
Identify the US Presidents from their initials and years in office.
1 GF-1974-77
2 JG- 1881-85
3 HH- 1929-33
4 JB- 1857-61
5 JT- 1841-45
6 WK- 1897-1901
7 JA- 1797-1801
8 JM-1817-25
9 MVB- 1837-41
10 CA- 1881-85
Answers to TV show pairs
1 Knight Rider
2 The X Files
3 Cagney and Lacey
4 Hawaii 5-0
5 Mission Impossible
6 Starsky and Hutch
7 Bonanza
8 The Water Margin
9 Tenko
10 Grange Hill
Answers to game show hosts
1 Ted Rogers
2 Jim Bowen
3 Rhona Cameron
4 Paul Daniels
5 David Frost
6 Mark Lamarr
7 Bruno Brookes
8 Angela Rippon
9 Robert Robinson
10 Dick and Dom
Answers to US Presidents
1 Gerald Ford
2 James Garfield
3 Herbert Hoover
4 James Buchanan
5 John Tyler
6 William McKinley
7 John Adams
8 James Monroe
9 Martin Van Buren
10 Chester Arthur
Keep it in the Family
What are the surnames of the central families in the following TV comedies?
1 Happy Days
2 Butterflies
3 Ever Decreasing Circles
4 Married with Children
5 Keeping up Appearances
6 My Family
7 One Foot in the Grave
8 Some Mothers Do ‘ave ‘Em
9 Till Death us do Part
10 2.4 Children
What do the following knitting abbreviations indicate?
1 bh
2 con
3 g-st
4 p
5 pat
6 rs
7 tbl
8 yb
9 dtc
10 mc
TRANSFER TALK
From which clubs did Manchester United sign the following players?
1 Roy Keane
2 Ruud Van Nistelrooy
3 Alan Smith
4 Edwin Van der Saar
5 Brian McClair
6 Christiano Ronaldo
7 Bryan Robson
8 Paul Ince
9 Dion Dublin
10 Martin Buchan
Answers to Keep it in the Family
1 Cunningham
2 Parkinson
3 Bryce
4 Bundy
5 Bucket
6 Harper
7 Meldrew
8 Spencer
9 Garnett
10 Porter
Answers to Knitting
1 Button hole
2 Cast on
3 Garter stitch
4 Purl
5 Pattern
6 Right side
7 Through the back loop
8 Yarn back
9 Double treble crochet
10 Main colour
Answers to Man U transfers
1 Nottingham Forest
2 PSV Eindhoven
3 Leeds United
4 Fulham
5 Celtic
6 Sporting Lisbon
7 West Bromwich Albion
8 West Ham
9 Cambridge United
10 Aberdeen
CITY SETS
In which cities were the following films set?
1 The Alamo
2 The Commitments
3 Good Morning Vietnam
4 Fatal Attraction
5 The Untouchables
6 Pretty Woman
7 The Hunchback of Notre Dame
8 The Sound of Music
9 Cabaret
10 Dirty Harry
DISNEY DELIGHTS
Who voiced the following Disney characters?
1 The Genie in Aladdin
2 Mrs Potts in Beauty and the Beast
3 Milo in Atlantis
4 Simba in The Lion King
5 Mushu in Mulan
6 Hades in Hercules
7 John Smith in Pocahontas
8 Stinky Pete in Toy Story 2
9 Esmeralda in The Hunchback of Notre Dame
10 Jane Porter in Tarzan
What do the following medical abbreviations signify?
1 AD
2 Hb
3 DVT
4 MS
5 MMR
6 LOC
7 PU
8 OCP
9 TB
10 RBC
Answers to City Sets
1 San Antonio
2 Dublin
3 Saigon
4 New York
5 Chicago
6 Los Angeles
7 Paris
8 Salzburg
9 Berlin
10 San Francisco
Answers to Disney voices
1 Robin Williams
2 Angela Lansbury
3 Michael J Fox
4 Matthew Broderick
5 Eddie Murphy
6 James Woods
7 Mel Gibson
8 Kelsey Grammar
9 Demi Moore
10 Minnie Driver
Answers to Medical Abbreviations
1 Alzheimer’s disease
2 Haemoglobin
3 Deep vein thrombosis
4 Multiple sclerosis
5 Measles, mumps, rubella
6 Loss of consciousness
7 Passing urine
8 Oral contraceptive pill
9 Tuberculosis
10 Red blood count