TV Trivia Test

1 What connects Melanie Bush, Jo Grant and Rose Tyler?

2 On which TV game show would one hear the phrase, “Let’s look at the evidence”?

3 Which nine year old was employed by the World Intelligence Network?

4 What is the name of the manor in the sitcom To the Manor Born?

5 In which county is Doc Martin starring Martin Clunes set?

6 Which of the Wombles is named after a town on the island of Mull?

7 Which TV series features a fictional soccer team called Earls Park FC?

8 In The Young Ones who is Rick’s favourite singer?

9 Which TV show featured children called Theo, Denise, Rudy, Vanessa and Sondra?

10 Which town’s clock always told the time, “never too quickly, never too slowly”?

11 What is the six word motto of the BBC?

12 What is the name of Bob the Builder’s cement mixer?

13 What was the name of the lawyer that never lost a case in The Flintstones?

14 Who did Dangermouse receive his orders from?

15 What was the name of the submarine in Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea?

16 Which TV car was voiced by William Daniels?

17 Which TV game show has been fronted by Jackie, Norman, Bob and Charlie?

18 Which king was portrayed by Brian Blessed in Black Adder?

19 Which TV drama was filmed in the Irish town of Avoca?

20 What is the name of the home city of the Jetsons?

21 Which comedy chronicled the antics of employees of the Luxton and District Transport Company?

22 What was the name of Edward Woodward’s character in The Equaliser?

23 Which actor penned an autobiography entitled I Am the Doctor?

24 Which TV drama took its title from the Japanese for “roll call”?

25 What kind of animal is Vincent in Deputy Dawg?

26 In the 1950s, what eight letter word did censors ban from I Love Lucy scripts?

27 In which TV series did Leonard Nimoy of Star Trek fame work for the IMF?

28 In Coronation Street, which duo’s music was playing on Derek Wilton’s car CD when he suffered a fatal heart attack during a road rage incident?

29 Which Australian TV series began life as The Frankie Doyle Story?

30 What is the first name of Mr Humphries in Are You Being Served?

31 What kind of animal was Geraldine in the sitcom The Good Life?

32 When Les Dennis impersonated Mavis Riley, who impersonated Vera Duckworth?

33 Who composed the theme to Coronation Street?

34 The Boat Builders was the working title of which 80s TV drama?

35 What are the names of Mr Spock’s parents in Star Trek?

36 In which town is the award winning comedy The Office set?

37 Which BBC game show was 35 years old in October 2005?

38 Gerald Ford and Henry Kissinger both made cameo appearances in which US soap?

39 What is the last name of Chandler in Friends?

40 Who travelled forward in time from 1987 to 2491?

Answers to TV Trivia Test

1 Assistants to Dr Who
2 Through the Keyhole
3 Joe 90
4 Grantleigh Manor
5 Cornwall
6 Tobermory
7 Footballer’s Wives
8 Cliff Richard
9 The Cosby Show
10 Trumpton
11 Nation shall speak peace unto nation
12 Dizzy
13 Perry Masonry
14 Colonel K
15 Seaview
16 KITT in Knight Rider
17 The Golden Shot, Jackie Rae, Norman Vaughn, Bob Monkhouse and Charlie Williams
18 Richard IV
19 Ballykissangel
20 Orbit City
21 On the Buses
22 Robert McCall
23 Jon Pertwee
24 Tenko
25 Gopher
26 Pregnant
27 Mission Impossible
28 Gilbert and Sullivan
29 Prisoner Cell Block H
30 Wilberforce
31 Goat
32 Dustin Gee
33 Eric Spear
34 Howard’s Way
35 Amanda and Sarek
36 Slough
37 A Question of Sport
38 Dynasty
39 Bing
40 Buck Rogers