How did you fare?

A. Michael McIntrye
B. Butthead
C. Lee Mack
D. Fry
E: Leonard Rossiter
F: Stanley Baxter
G: Larry David
H: Brian Murphy
I: Papa Lazarou
J: Lily Tomlin

ROUND TWO

1. What were Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise's real surnames?
Bartholomew and Wiseman

2. Of which prison was Fletcher an inmate?
Slade

3. Which character - played by Olivia Coleman – did Mark marry in Peep Show?
Sophie

4. Where does Father Ted live?
Craggy Island

5. Which race demolished the Earth in Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy?
The Vogons

6. Who lived at 24 Sebastapol Terrace with his spinster sister?
vEric Sykes

7. In which town were the Dad's Army platoon based?
Walmington-On-Sea

8. Who is Michael Pennington better known as?
Johnny Vegas

9. What was the name of the racially dodgy ITV sitcom starring a blacked up Spike Milligan as an Asian immigrant factory worker?
Curry & Chips

10. When was the first Leicester Comedy Festival?
1994

ROUND THREE

What do you associate these words or phrases:

1. Smeg
Red Dwarf

2. Grot
The Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin

3. Flowery Twats
Fawlty Towers (It was an anagram of the sign)

4. Jagshemash
Borat

5. Look at mooiye, ploise
Kath & Kim

ROUND FOUR

Clip one:30 Rock, named after 30 Rockefeller Plaza, where NBC is based

Clip two:Max Wall

Clip three:Tim Vine; Not Going Out

Clip four: The Thick Of It; Chris Langham

Clip five: Ross Noble

Clip six: Fonejacker; Kayvan Novak

Clip seven: Ruby Wax, Jennifer Saunders; Girls On Top

Clip eight: Tom O'Connor; The Comedians

Clip nine: Absolutely

Clip ten People Like Us

ROUND FIVE

What British sitcoms were the following US shows based on?

1. Sanford & Son
Steptoe & Son

2. All In The Family
Till Death Do Us Part

3. Reggie
The Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin

4. The Ropers
George & Milded

5. Rear Guard
Dad’s Army

6. Beane’s Of Boston
Are You Being Served?

ROUND SIX

1. What were Abbott & Costello's first names
Bud and Lou

2. Who was the first guest host of Have I Got News For You after Angus Deayton lost his job?
Paul Merton

3. What Marxist movement was led by 'Woolfie' Smith?
Tooting Popular Front

4. What was the full name of Peter Kay's recent Pop Idol spoof which aired on Channel 4?
Britain's Got The Pop Factor and Possibly A New Celebrity Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly On Ice.

5. What were the names of the two elderly female characters played by Les Dawson and Roy Barraclough ?
Cissie Braithwaite and Ada Shufflebotham

6. Whose stand-up shows have included Never Scared, Kill The Messenger and Bring the Pain?
Chris Rock

7. Which camp Eighties comedian had the catchphrase: 'Chase me?'
Duncan Norvelle

8. What is the name of Alan Partridge's long-suffering PA?
Lynn

9. What was the name of Dick Emery's character who had the catchphrase: "Ooh, you are awful ... but I like you!"
Mandy

10. In which film did Russell Brand play wayward rock star Aldous Snow?
Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Published: 16 Feb 2009