Welcome to our ultimate TV quiz! Dive into five distinct rounds—Who’s Who, Sitcoms, TV Times, TV Gold, and TV Ads—each featuring 20 TV quiz questions to challenge your small-screen knowledge.
Whether you’re a TV buff or a casual viewer, get ready for a thrilling journey through iconic characters, classic sitcoms, timelines of beloved series, timeless TV gold, and memorable commercials. Ready to test your small screen savvy? Let the TV quiz festivities begin!
TV Quiz Round 1: Who’s Who?
1. Who presented “Crimewatch UK” with Nick Ross prior to Jill Dando?
Sue Cook
2. Which “EastEnders” character was played by veteran actor Ray Brooks?
Joe
3. Who is the priest played by Stephen Tomkinson in “Ballykissangel”?
Peter Clifford
4. Who replaced Botham and Beaumont on “A Question of Sport”?
Ally McCoist, John Parrott
5. Which Martin played Judge John Deed?
Shaw
6. Who left “Blue Peter” to join the “Clothes Show” team?
Tim Vincent
7. Who is known as “Mr Trick Shot”?
John Virgo
8. Who starred as Blanco in “Porridge”?
David Jason
9. Which TV star’s first record release was “Extremis”?
Gillian Anderson
10. Who won “Celebrity Big Brother” at the start of 2006?
Chantell Houghton
11. Who were the stars of “A Close Shave”?
Wallace and Gromit
12. Who wrote “The Singing Detective” and “Pennis from Heaven”?
Dennis Potter
13. Which Agatha Christie sleuth was played by Geraldine McEwan?
Miss Marple
14. Who co-starred with Adam Faith in “Love Hurts”?
Zoe Wanamaker
15. Who is Anthea Turner’s TV presenter sister?
Wendy Turner
16. Who left “Peak Practice” for “Bliss”?
Simon Shepherd
17. Which female replaced Matthew Kelly as host of “Stars in Their Eyes”?
Cat Deeley
18. Who was known as the Green Goddess?
Diana Moran
19. Who first presented the weather on BBC’s “Breakfast Time”?
Francis Wilson
20. Who was known as the Galloping Gourmet?
Graham Kerr
Round 2: TV Sitcoms
21. Which Larry scripted “Seinfeld”?
Larry David
22. Which ministry did Jim Hacker run before he became PM?
Administrative Affairs
23. What are the names of Father Ted’s equally eccentric colleagues?
Dougal, Jack
24. What is the name of the Vicar of Dibley?
Geraldine Granger
25. Who had an incompetent personal assistant called Bubble?
Edina Monsoon
26. Which character does Chris Langham play in “The Thick of It”?
Hugh Abbot
27. What are the surnames of Will and Grace?
Truman and Adler
28. Who was the slave played by Frankie Howerd in “Up Pompeii”?
Lurcio
29. What are the Porter children called in “2 Point 4 Children”?
Jenny, David
30. Which 80s series took its name from a 50s Little Richard song title?
“Tutti Frutti”
31. Whose son-in-law was to him a “randy Scouse git”?
Alf Garnett
32. In “Ab Fab”, who was Edina’s bizarre secretary?
Bubble
33. In which show did Dr Sheila Sabatini appear?
“Surgical Spirit”
34. What was Steptoe and Son’s horse called?
Hercules
35. Which character did Ronnie Corbett play in “Sorry!”?
Timothy Lumsden
36. WHich US sitcom character was mother to Becky, Darlene and DJ?
“Roseanne”
37. Who is Ricky Gervais’s co-writer?
Stephen Merchant
38. What were Fletcher’s two first names in “Porridge”?
Norman Stanley
39. In “Birds of a Feather” what is Dorien’s husband called?
Marcus
40. What is the TV news company called in “Drop the Dead Donkey”?
Globelink
Round 3: TV Times
41. What is the first name of Kavanagh QC?
James
42. What was the BBC celebrity family history programme called?
“Who Do You Think You Are?”
43. Patrick Moore is famous for playing which musical instrument?
Xylophone
44. In which county was “Where the Heart Is” set?
Yorkshire
45. Which TV show chronicled life in Wisteria Lane?
“Desperate Housewives”
46. In “EastEnders”, who was the child of Grant and Tiffany?
Courtney
47. Whom did the Simpsons replace as TV’s longest-running cartoon family in 1997?
The Flintstones
48. What is the name of the infirmary in “Bramwell”?
The Thrift
49. Who played Jane Horrocks’s bossy mum in the Tesco ads?
Prunella Scales
50. Which female doctor succeeded Beth Glover in “Peak Practice”?
Erica Matthews
51. What is the fictional village where “Heartbeat” is set?
Aidensfield
52. What is the profession of the chief characters in “This Life”?
Lawyers
53. Which actor is the son of Nigel Davenport and Maria Aitken?
Jack Davenport
54. Which role did Harry Enfield play in “Men Behaving Badly”?
Dermot
55. What did the ARP warden call Mainwaring in “Dad’s Army”?
Napoleon
56. Which children’s TV character lives in Pontypandy?
Fireman Sam
57. Which detective has a dog called Snowy?
Tin Tin
58. Who is the comedienne mother of the actress Suzy Aitchison?
June Whitfield
59. In which decade was “Hi-De-Hi” first set?
1950s
60. Which comedian began his show with a shop-window illusion?
Harry Worth
TV Questions Round 4: TV Gold
61. What type of pet did Manuel adopt in “Fawlty Towers”?
Rat
62. Which future James Bond starred in “Our Friends in the North”?
Daniel Craig
63. What was Terry’s sister called in “The Likely Lads”?
Audrey
64. Which series featured Benny, Judy, Trisha and Tucker when it began?
Grange Hill
65. Who was the third of “Take Three Girls” with Kate and Avril?
Victoria
66. In what type of place was “Waiting for God” set?
Old people’s home
67. Who was Jim London in “Up the Elephant and Round the Castle”?
Jim Davidson
68. What relation was Hattie Jacques to Eric in their “Sykes and …” series?
Sister
69. What did Harold Steptoe always call his father?
“You dirty old man”
70. Which chat show was the “togmeister”?
Terry Wogan
71. What was the Richard O’Sullivan spin-off from “Man About the House”?
“Robin’s Nest”
72. In which decade were weather forecasters seen, rather than just heard on TV?
1950s
73. Daphne Manners and Hari Kumar were characters in which series?
“The Jewel in the Crown”
74. Jimmy Jewel and Hylda Baker were Eli and Nellie Pledge in which show?
“Nearest and Dearest”
75. Which TV family were headed by Herman and Lily?
The Munsters
76. Which veteran actress played the wife in “Meet the Wife”?
Thora Hird
77. In which classic did you find Blanco, Lukewarm and Gay Gordon?
“Porridge”
78. What was Bernard Hedge’s nickname in “Please Sir”?
Privet
79. Who were the two stars of “Marriage Lines”?
Richard Briers, Prunella Scales
80. What was the surname of George and Mildred?
Roper
Round 5: TV ads
81. Who said, “Take it easy driving – the life you save might be mine”?
James Dean
82. What was suggested that you “Buy some for Lulu”?
Smarties
83. How much did “1001” clean your carpet for?
Less than half a crown (25p)
84. What did Patsy Kensit advertise in her first TV ad?
Bird’s Eye frozen peas
85. Pook’s “Blow the Wind” was used to advertise what?
Orange phone
86. Which programme was interrupted with the first commercial on UK TV?
“Channel Nine”
87. Who wrote “O Sole Mio”, which advertised Wall’s Cornetto?
Di Capua
88. Which brand of what featured in the first UK TV ad?
Gibbs SR Toothpaste
89. Who wrote “The Flight of the Bumble Bee”, which urged us to buy Black & Decker paint stripper?
Rimsky Korsakov
90. Whose watches were advertised to the music of Ramirez?
Citizen
91. Which Bobby Hodgens and Siobhan Fahey song hit No. 1 after being used in a VW ad?
“Young at Heart”
92. Which Muddy Waters hit was reissued after it was used to advertise Levi’s?
“Mannish Boy”
93. Which Mozart opera helped to sell the Citroen ZX?
The Marriage of Figaro
94. Verdi’s “Dies Irae” was used to advertise which newspaper?
Today
95. Who were the original jingle artists for the song that became “I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing”?
Hillside Singers
96. Georgie Fame’s “Get Away” started out as a jingle for what?
Petrol
97. Jack Nicklaus advertised Spanish houses for which company?
Polaris World
98. In the BT “EastEnders” ad what was the late Arthur Fowler doing?
Working on his allotment
99. Whose music – the theme from “Raging Bull”- advertised Heineken Export?
Macagni
100. Whose wines were trumpeted to Pachelbel’s “Canon in D Major”?
Thresher
As the curtains fall on our TV trivia extravaganza, we hope you’ve enjoyed the journey through the small screen’s rich tapestry. Whether you aced the rounds of iconic characters, classic sitcoms, TV timelines, timeless TV gold, or memorable commercials, your small-screen savvy has been put to the test.
Thank you for joining us in this quiz adventure, and we look forward to challenging your TV knowledge again soon.
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