TV comedies quiz (complete)

TV Comedies  (Limit applied: 3 answers per person per day)

1 What is the character Geraldine Grainger more commonly known as ?
2 Who played Edina in Absolutely Fabulous ?
3 Norman Stanley Fletcher was the main character in which classic sitcom ?
4 Who did Rob Brydon play in Gavin and Stacey ?
5 What is the name of the family in Outnumbered ?
6 Frasier was a spin-off from which other sitcom ?
7 Who played Granville in Open All Hours ?
8 Sheldon, Penny, Leonard, Howard and Raj are characters in which US sitcom ? 
9 Which 3 priests lived on Craggy Island ? (0.5pt for each)
10 Which curmudgeonly comedian starred in Lead Balloon ?
11 What was the name of the coffee shop in Friends ?
12 Who played Blackadder in the TV series of the same name ?
13 Which wartime comedy was set in Walmington-on-sea ?
14 What British sitcom was set in a Peckham barber shop ?
15 Which bespectacled comedian hosts Chatty Man ?
16  The Office was set in which Berkshire town ?
17 Who is the female presenter on The Ten O'Clock Show ?
18 Home Truths; This Is My .....; and Ring of Truth are rounds in which comedy panel show ?
19 In My Family, what is Ben's occupation ?

20 Complete the sitcom title : Mrs Brown's  .....?

[gandalf the untidy]

3 porridge
6 cheers
8 big bang theory

[Chris_Sav]

12 Rowan Atkinson

13 Dads Army

1 Dawn French, The Vicar of Dibley


Yank stuff no chance here!

[barbelman]

4 Uncle Bryn

10. Jack Dee?

15. Alan Carr

[daveuk1]

2 Jennifer Saunders?

11 wasn't that central park

[bigjimsilverfox]

20 Boys

[barbelman]

7 is David Jason
16 Wonderful Slough...my birthplace! 
19 He's a dentist

Mar 22, 2020 12:55:11 GMT barbelman said:

16 Wonderful Slough...my birthplace! 

Here's a thing ...... all those years ago it used to be in Bucks so where would your allegiances lie ?

Same with me, my place of birth was at the time in Surrey: now it's part of Greater London.

[barbelman]

Mar 22, 2020 16:38:42 GMT tommo III said:

Mar 22, 2020 12:55:11 GMT barbelman said:

16 Wonderful Slough...my birthplace! 

Here's a thing ...... all those years ago it used to be in Bucks so where would your allegiances lie ?

Same with me, my place of birth was at the time in Surrey: now it's part of Greater London.

Always Bucks to me Clive but I was only there a few years before family move to Oxford.  I used to play at the Isis tavern in Iffley on the river but although in Oxford City it was in Berkshire.  Over the lock in Iffley was the Prince of Wales in Oxfordshire.  Friday night closing was 10.30 in Berkshire and 11pm in Oxon - guess where the mad dash came in on Friday nights!!   Boundary changes stopped all that quirky nonsense!

[barbelman]

All night I was trying to remember Desmond's for number 14 and it JUST came to me.

I can also remember 2 of the priests for Q9 - Father Ted and Father Jack

Mar 23, 2020 11:39:51 GMT barbelman said:

Always Bucks to me Clive but I was only there a few years before family move to Oxford.  I used to play at the Isis tavern in Iffley on the river but although in Oxford City it was in Berkshire.  Over the lock in Iffley was the Prince of Wales in Oxfordshire.  Friday night closing was 10.30 in Berkshire and 11pm in Oxon - guess where the mad dash came in on Friday nights!!   Boundary changes stopped all that quirky nonsense!

Happier times, Tony. We should start a thread about escapades in those halcyon days.

Many of the pubs in Horsham and its surrounding villages hold some sort of enduring memory for me. Plenty a tale to tell.

[daveuk1]

17 has so many truths in it that it has to be "would I lie to you"

Mar 25, 2020 0:15:17 GMT daveuk1 said:

17 has so many truths in it that it has to be "would I lie to you"

Well, spot on - apart from the fact you've answered number 18 !!!   1pt

[gandalf the untidy]

Mar 23, 2020 11:44:50 GMT barbelman said:

All night I was trying to remember Desmond's for number 14 and it JUST came to me.

I can also remember 2 of the priests for Q9 - Father Ted and Father Jack

Father Dougal should close it out

[gandalf the untidy]

5 Brockman
17 Lauren Laverne

Mar 25, 2020 17:20:56 GMT gandalf the untidy said:

5 Brockman
17 Lauren Laverne
9 Father Dougal should close it out

Final Points

Barbelman 8pts + 1pt 'escape from Slough' bonus
Gandalf the untidy 3pts +2.5 + 1 bonus for closing it out.....

Sav 3pts

Daveuk1 3pts
BigJimSilverFox 1pt