September’s Giggle Beats Comedy Quiz – The Answers

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On Sunday our comedy quiz night returned to The Stand Comedy Club in Newcastle. Here are the answers.

ROUND ONE: IN THE NEWS

1. Comedian Bill Kerr died last week aged 92, but which comic was he most famous for starring alongside? (Tony Hancock)
2. American comic Mike Epps has been cast as which legendary comedian in a biopic of his life? (Richard Pryor)
3. Jim Parsons bagged the Best Actor in a Comedy Series award at this year’s Emmys for his performance in which sitcom? (The Big Bang Theory)
4. Which comedian has been fined after getting caught reading a copy of The Sun while driving? (Roy Chubby Brown)
5. After scooping Best Newcomer last year, who was named Foster’s Comedy Award winner at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards last month? (John Kearns)
6. Simon Pegg and Nick Frost are to revive which of their characters for an animated Disney Channel show later this year? (Shaun and Ed)
7. Which Beyonce-loving comedian was named Most Likely To Make a Million Quid at this year’s Malcolm Hardee Comedy Awards? (Luisa Omelian)
8. Robin Williams tragically died last month; for which film did he win his only Oscar? (Good Will Hunting)
9. Which comedian has recently launched an iPhone game, in which players must dodge obstacles get him to his gig on time? (Lee Evans)
10. Who won Dave’s Joke of the Fringe award this year with this gag: ‘I’ve decided to sell my Hoover… well, it was just collecting dust’? (Tim Vine)

ROUND TWO: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

1. Sketch show A Bit of Fry and Laurie was first broadcast in which decade? (1980s)
2. Ed Helms, of The Hangover and The American Office fame, made his first television appearance as a correspondent on which satirical US news show? (The Daily Show)
3. Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps ran for how many series? (Nine)
4. A one-off episode of which classic sitcom was broadcast in July 2012 as a tie-in with the London Olympics? (Absolutely Fabulous)
5. Which female comic had a TV show in the nineties entitled Through the Cakehole? (Jo Brand)
6. British sitcom Plebs is set in within which historical civilisation? (Ancient Rome)
7. The eponymous characters in animated series Bob’s Burgers and Archer share which comedian as their voiceover artist? (H. Jon Benjamin)
8. In the 1974 film Lenny, Dustin Hoffman plays which controversial stand-up? (Lenny Bruce)
9. The Divine Comedy track Songs of Love was the theme tune to which Ireland/island-set sitcom? (Father Ted)
10. Which British comedian became the first ever comic to sell 10 million DVDs? (Peter Kay)

ROUND THREE: SHOWING ME, SHOWING YOU

Stand-up show titles from this year’s Edinburgh Festival – we want you to name the comedian…

1. Lord of the Dance Settee (Richard Herring)
2. Rom Wasn’t Built in a Day (Romesh Ranganathan)
3. Here Comes Trouble (Ray Peacock)
4. Reasons to Kill Yourself (Andrew Lawrence)
5. No Further Action (Jim Davidson)
6. The Most Dangerous Man on Saturday Morning Television (Chris Ramsey)
7. Laughter is the Worst Medicine (Lost Voice Guy)
8. A Controversial Title In Order To Sell Tickets (Gavin Webster)
9. Me Neither (Alun Cochrane)
10. Adam of the Riches (Adam Riches)

ROUND FOUR: PICTURE ROUND

Ten faces from the world of comedy – we want you to name them…

1. Ed Gamble
2. Will Arnett
3. Alex Edelman
4. Julia Louis Dreyfuss
5. Rodney Dangerfield
6. Ardal O’Hanlon
7. Holly Walsh
8. Mark Heap
9. Katy Brand
10. The Boy With Tape on his Face

Think you know your comedy? The Giggle Beats Comedy Quiz takes place every first Sunday at The Stand Comedy Club in Newcastle. The next show is 5 October at 7pm. Entry is £3, and prizes include a three-course meal for two at The Stand bistro, comedy tickets, DVDs and more. Reserve your team by calling The Stand box office on 0844 693 3336.