Do you understand your TV information? Take the Daily Mail’s fiendish end-of-year quiz
Round One: Remember these festive specials?
1. In which year did more than 30 million viewers tune in on Christmas Day to watch EastEnders’ Den Watts hand divorce papers to wife Angie?
A) 1984, B) 1985, C) 1986, D) 1987
2. Where did Denise Best go into labour in the 1999 Royle Family Christmas special?
A) In the bathroom, B) In the pub, C) In Nana’s house, D) In the kitchen
3. How many meals did Geraldine eat in the Vicar Of Dibley episode, The Christmas Lunch Incident?
A) Two, B) Three, C) Four, D) Five
4. Which character proposed to Smithy at the end of the 2019 Gavin And Stacey Christmas special?
A) Sonia, B) Nessa, C) Stacey, D) Dawn
5. Del Boy and Rodney dressed as which which famous duo in the Only Fools And Horses episode Heroes And Villains?
A) Beavis and Butt-head, B) Laurel and Hardy, C) Tom and Jerry, D) Batman and Robin
6. A host of news presenters performed which song on the 1977 Morecambe And Wise Christmas Show?
A) Bring Me Sunshine, B) Big Spender, C) There Is Nothing Like A Dame, D) Going Underground
7. Which animated duo returned to the BBC on Christmas Day this year in Vengeance Most Fowl?
A) Wallace and Gromit, B) Morph and Chas, C) Pinky and Perky, D) Bill and Ben
8. In Knowing Me, Knowing Yule, what did host Alan Partridge have on his hand when he punched the BBC commissioning editor?
A) A wheel of Stilton, B) A turkey, C) An apple turnover, D) A Mini Metro
Round Two: Match the TV pals to their favourite pub
PALS:
1. Thomas, Arthur and John Shelby
2. Arthur Daley and Terry McCann
3. Trigger, Boycie and Mickey Pearce
4. Claude Greengrass, Nick Rowan and Phil Bellamy
5. Barney, Robin, Marshall, Lily and Ted
6. Homer, Lenny, Carl and Barney
7. Tony, Paulie Walnuts and Christopher
8. Minnie, Ena and Martha
The Simpsons, created by Matt Groening, launched in 1990
PUBS:
A) The Winchester Club in Minder
B) MacLarens in How I Met Your Mother
C) Bada Bing! in The Sopranos
D) The Garrison Pub in Peaky Blinders
E) The Rovers Return in Coronation Street
F) The Aidensfield Arms in Heartbeat
G) Moe’s Tavern in The Simpsons
H) The Nag’s Head in Only Fools And Horses
Round Three: Cooking up a storm!
1. By what name was charismatic cook Graham Kerr better known?
2. Who were the original 2010 Great British Bake Off judges?
3. On which BBC cookery show would contestants use a bag filled with up to £5 of ingredients?
4. Which celebrity chef and campaigner began his television career as ‘the Naked Chef’ on the BBC in 1999?
5. Which cook sparked mockery when they pronounced microwave ‘meecrowahvay’ on their 2020 show Cook, Eat, Repeat?
6. Who was the long-suffering husband of cook and food critic Fanny Cradock?
7. Which former Bake Off winner made it to the final with his professional partner Johannes Radebe in the 2021 series of Strictly Come Dancing?
8. Who sparked a national cranberry shortage when she included the fruit in a duck recipe on her 1995 Christmas TV series?
ROUND FOUR: Trivia for the tots
1.Which fictional school was attended by Tucker Jenkins, Zammo McGuire and Ziggy Greaves?
A) Hogwarts, B) Grange Hill, C) Mallory Towers, D) Waterloo Road High School
2. What colour was Teletubby Tinky Winky’s handbag?
A) Red, B) Yellow, C) Blue ,D) Pink
3. Horatio Pugwash was the captain of which ship?
A) The White Dove, B) The Black Pig, C) The Dark Horse ,D) The Blue Dolphin
4. Which television show launched the careers of Ant and Dec?
I’m A Celeb hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly
A) Art Attack, B) Finders Keepers, C) Live & Kicking, D) Byker Grove
5. What were the team colours on Cheggers Plays Pop?
A) Red and yellow, B) Blue and yellow, C) Green and red, D) Purple and orange
6. Lulu the elephant stood on which Blue Peter presenter’s foot during an unfortunate appearance on the show in 1969?
A) Valerie Singleton, B) Peter Purves, C) John Noakes, D) Anita West
7. Alberto Frog had to choose the flavour of which beverage when he appeared on the cartoon Bod?
A) Juice, B) Smoothie, C) Milkshake, D) Water
8. Rosie and Jim travelled the canals on which narrowboat?
A) The Old Bear, B) The Ragdoll, C) The Rocking Horse, D) The Toybox
ROUND FIVE: Animal amigos
1. Who does Wilson the Belgian Shepherd terrify in Friday Night Dinner?
A) Jackie, B) Martin, C) Jonny, D) Jim
2. What breed of dog is Eddie in Frasier?
A) Jack Russell, B) German Shepherd, C) Labrador, D) Poodle
3. Mongy Boswell was the beloved family dog in which classic sitcom?
A) Hi-de-Hi, B) ’Allo ’Allo!, C) Bread, D) Golden Girls
4. What was the name of Ross’s capuchin monkey in Friends?
A) Marcel, B) Marie, C) Marco, D) Monica
5. Vienna was the feline friend of irascible landlord Rigsby in which comedy?
A) To The Manor Born, B) Rising Damp, C) Porridge, D) Open All Hours
6. Hit romantic ‘dramady’ Colin From Accounts is set in which Australian city?
Colin From Accounts. Pictured left to right: Ashley portrayed by Harriet Dyer, Colin the dog and Gordon portrayed as Patrick Brammall
A) Melbourne, B) Perth, C) Canberra, D) Sydney
7. Which teenage witch had a cat called Salem?
A) Sabrina, B) Hermione, C) Mildred, D) Glinda
8. What is the festive moniker of The Simpsons’ family dog?
A) Saint Nick, B) Elf On The Shelf, C) Santa’s Little Helper, D) Ho Ho Ho
ROUND SIX: Match the spin-off to its TV original
SPIN-OFF
1. Damon And Debbie
2. Frasier
3. George And Mildred
4. Grace And Favour
5. Better Call Saul
6. Private Practice
7. Knots Landing
8. Holby City
ORIGINAL
A) Man About The House
B) Brookside
C) Casualty
D) Grey’s Anatomy
E) Dallas
F) Are You Being Served?
G) Cheers
H) Breaking Bad
ROUND SEVEN: This year in TV
1. Comedian Richard Gadd wrote and starred in which Netflix series based on his autobiographical one-man show?
2. Which former ‘Doctor’ played Lord Tony Baddingham in the Disney+ adaptation of Jilly Cooper’s bonkbuster Rivals, alongside Alex Hassell?
3. Five teams battled it out to reach Indonesia from Japan, armed only with the cash equivalent of the air fare in which BBC series?
4. What were the names of the mother and son contestants on season two of The Traitors presented by Claudia Winkleman?
Claudia Winkleman, the host of BBC One’s The Traitors
Eddie Redmayne in The Day of the Jackal
5. Who starred as postmaster Alan Bates, the campaigner who exposed the Post Office IT scandal, in ITV drama Mr Bates Vs The Post Office?
6. Danny Dyer made his TV comedy debut playing the estranged brother of carpet salesman Glen (Ryan Sampson) in which Sky Max comedy series?
7. Which former TV presenter was cast away on a deserted island for ten days this year?
8. A British agent (Lashana Lynch) pursued a lone wolf assassin (Eddie Redmayne) in which thrilling television drama?
TV Quiz Answers:
ROUND ONE: 1) C – 1986. 2) A – In the bathroom. 3) C – Four. 4) B – Nessa. 5) D – Batman and Robin. 6) C – There Is Nothing Like A Dame. 7) A – Wallace and Gromit. 8) B – A turkey.
ROUND TWO: 1) D; 2) A; 3) H; 4) F; 5) B; 6) G; 7) C; 8) E
ROUND THREE: 1) The Galloping Gourmet. 2) Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood. 3) Ready Steady Cook. 4) Jamie Oliver. 5) Nigella Lawson. 6) Johnnie. 7) John Whaite. 8) Delia Smith.
ROUND FOUR: 1-B; 2-A; 3-B; 4-D; 5-A; 6-C; 7-C; 8-B.
ROUND FIVE: 1-D; 2-A; 3-C; 4-A; 5-B; 6-D; 7-A; 8-C.
ROUND SIX: 1-B; 2-G; 3-A; 4-F; 5-H; 6-D; 7-E; 8-C.
ROUND SEVEN: 1) Baby Reindeer. 2) David Tennant. 3) Race Across The World. 4) Diane and Ross Carson. 5) Toby Jones. 6) Mr Bigstuff. 7) Phillip Schofield. 8) The Day Of The Jackal.
