British Sitcoms Quiz 1: multiple choice
6 of the 20 questions have four options to choose from; the others stay as normal questions, because no fair wrong answers could be found for them. Tap an option to see if you are right.
1. How many episodes of "Fawlty Towers" were made?
2. In "Only Fools and Horses", what is the name of the Peckham tower block where the Trotters live?
Nelson Mandela House
3. What make of three-wheeled van does Del Boy drive?
A Reliant (Reliant Regal Supervan)
4. In which fictional seaside town is "Dad's Army" set?
5. In "The Office", what is the name of the paper company where David Brent works?
Wernham Hogg
6. In "Red Dwarf", what is the name of the ship's computer?
Holly
7. In "Porridge", what is the name of the prison where Fletcher serves his sentence?
HMP Slade
8. On which fictional island is "Father Ted" set?
9. In "Keeping Up Appearances", how does Hyacinth insist her surname, Bucket, is pronounced?
"Bouquet"
10. Britain's longest-running sitcom, "Last of the Summer Wine", was filmed around which Yorkshire town?
11. In "Steptoe and Son", what was the father and son's trade?
Rag-and-bone men
12. In "Gavin and Stacey", in which Welsh town does Stacey's family live?
13. In "'Allo 'Allo!", what is the name of the French town where René's café is?
Nouvion
14. Which comedy duo played Mark and Jeremy in "Peep Show"?
David Mitchell and Robert Webb
15. Which character's catchphrase is "I don't believe it!"?
16. In "The IT Crowd", what is the IT department's standard first piece of advice to anyone with a problem?
"Have you tried turning it off and on again?"
17. In "Yes Minister", what is the full name of the scheming civil servant played by Nigel Hawthorne?
Sir Humphrey Appleby
18. In "Rising Damp", what is the name of Rigsby's cat?
Vienna
19. In "The Good Life", in which London suburb do Tom and Barbara try to be self-sufficient?
Surbiton
20. Which four students share a house in "The Young Ones"?
Rik, Vyvyan, Neil and Mike
ANSWERS
1. C 12
2. Nelson Mandela House
3. A Reliant (Reliant Regal Supervan)
4. B Walmington-on-Sea
5. Wernham Hogg
6. Holly
7. HMP Slade
8. B Craggy Island
9. "Bouquet"
10. C Holmfirth
11. Rag-and-bone men
12. C Barry
13. Nouvion
14. David Mitchell and Robert Webb
15. A Victor Meldrew
16. "Have you tried turning it off and on again?"
17. Sir Humphrey Appleby
18. Vienna
19. Surbiton
20. Rik, Vyvyan, Neil and Mike