Thursday, 25 June 2009

Quiz Archive 16th June 2009

Twub Quiz on the Box!

Questionmaster: @joecassels

Round 1: General TV Knowledge

1. Who played Colombo in the television series of the same name? #twubquiz
2. What was the first television program to be shown on Channel Four in 1982?#twubquiz
3. What are the high-profile awards given by The British Academy of Film & Television Arts known as?#twubquiz
4. In Coronation Street, which pub did Stan Ogden frequent whenever he fell out with Annie Walker?#twubquiz
5. What is the surname of Margot and Jerry in "The Good Life"?#twubquiz
6. How is the Thunderbirds character Hiram J Hackenbacker better known?#twubquiz
7. Who plays the title role in the Yorkshire TV drama series ‘A Touch of Frost’?#twubquiz
8. What's the current surname of June Brown's Eastenders character, Dot?#twubquiz
9. Which Reginald was originally played by Leonard Rossiter?#twubquiz
10. What was the profession of Cadfael?#twubquiz

Round 2 TV Crime & Punishment

1. Which detective did Joan Hickson play on TV? #twubquiz
2. Which James Bond also played the Saint? #twubquiz
3. What colour was Inspector Morse's Jaguar? #twubquiz
4. What was the profession of TV's Horace Rumpole? #twubquiz
5. Where was PC George Dixon's patch? #twubquiz
6. The sitcom "Going Straight" was a spin off of which Ronnie Barker show? #twubquiz
7. "Murder Rooms" was a drama series about which detective? #twubquiz
8. Who is chief of police in the Simpsons' town of Springfield? #twubquiz
9. Holby Blue was a spin off of a spin off. What was the original show? #twubquiz
10. In which year was "Life on Mars" set? #twubquiz

Round 3
Identify the TV shows that featured the following cars.


















Round 4
TV Themes

Play the track below and identify each of the TV theme tunes. Some have gaps. These are to cover the title of the show being sung! You need Adobe Flash to play the audio.



Round 5: Children's TV

1. Who came out to dance when Andy Pandy and Teddy weren't around? #twubquiz
2. Which Saturday morning programme was succeded by Live and Kicking? #twubquiz
3. Gordon the Gopher first apeared with which presenter in the broom cupboard? #twubquiz
4. Blue's Clues first aired in the US in 1996. When was it cancelled? #twubquiz
5. Complete the group of Playschool toys: Humpty, Hamble, Big Ted, Little Ted and...? #twubquiz
6. What colour is Barney the dinosaur? #twubquiz
7. In Mary, Mungo and Midge, what was Mungo? #twubquiz
8. In what year was Blue Peter first broadcast? #twubquiz
9. Before she was Sabrina the Teenage Witch, what show starred Melissa Joan Hart? #twubquiz
10. What was the rabbit-like character in Pipkins called? #twubquiz

Tie Break
How many pixels are there in a 480i HDTV picture? Don't look it up, closest wins. #twubquiz

Answers

Round 1
1. Peter Falk
2. Countdown
3. BAFTA awards
4. The Flying Horse
5. Ledbetter
6. Brains
7. David Jason
8. Branning
9. Perrin
10. Monk

Round 2
1. Miss Marple
2. Roger Moore
3. Red
4. Barrister
5. Dock Green
6. Porridge
7. Sherlock Holmes
8. Clancy Wiggum
9. Casualty
10. 1973

Round 3

1. Dukes of Hazzard
2. Starsky and Hutch
3. Postman Pat
4. The Munsters
5. Mr Bean
6. Batman
7. The A Team
8. The Beverly Hillbillies
9. Only Fools and Horses
10. Doctor Who

Round 4
1. The Banana Splits
2. Z Cars
3. Dangermouse
4. Big Break
5. Cagney and Lacey
6. Terry and June
7. Worsel Gummidge
8. Grandstand
9. Captain Pugwash
10.Rentaghost

Round 5

1. Looby Loo
2. Going Live
3. Philip Schofield
4. 2006
5. Jemima
6. Purple
7. A dog
8. 1958
9. Clarissa Explains it all
10. Hartley Hare

Tie Break

345,600

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