Added on July 8, 2014  Andrew Dipper and Nic Wright

July’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, minus our audio round…

ROUND ONE: IN THE NEWS

  1. Motoring retailer Halfords unveiled a series of online adverts this week, but which Canadian comic appears in the ads, as the ‘Bike Whisperer’? (A: Tony Law)
  2. Rik Mayall and Patsy Byrne both sadly passed away last month. Which comedy did they appear together in? (A: Blackadder)
  3. Which country’s unauthorised remake of US sitcom Modern Family has replaced gay parents Mitch and Cam with a straight couple? (Iran)
  4. Sky 1 has announced plans for a second series of family fantasy Yonderland, but which CBBC comedy are the Yonderland team also responsible for? (A: Horrible Histories)
  5. Which comedian was last month revealed to have twice been rejected for an OBE? (A: Les Dawson)
  6. Tragically, a bid to legally force Ireland to adopt My Lovely Horse as its next Eurovision Song Contest Entry fell flat last week; which sitcom spawned the song? (A: Father Ted)
  7. New festival director and Dame Edna Everage star Barry Humphries has banned comics from using which word at next year’s Adelaide Cabaret Festival? (A: Fuck)
  8. It has been announced that a section of West 121st Street in New York is to be renamed in honour of which comedian? (A: George Carlin)
  9. Comedy channel Dave is to produce a Curb Your Enthusiasm style mockumentary, featuring which US star? (A: David Hasselhoff)
  10. Upcoming comedy film The Interview has been declared ‘an act of war’ by North Korea; but who co-writes and stars in the movie? (A: Seth Rogen)

ROUND TWO: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

  1. Which comedian is William Makepeace Thackeray’s great-great-great-grandson? (A: Al Murray)
  2. Oasis’ Half The World Away is the theme tune to which sitcom? (A: The Royle Family)
  3. Which Olympian did the BBC apologise to after Frankie Boyle insulted her on Mock The Week? (A: Rebecca Adlington)
  4. What is the coffee shop called in Friends? (A: Central Perk)
  5. What was Spike Milligan’s real first name? (A: Terence)
  6. Which comedy series is set in East Hampton Hospital Trust? (A: Green Wing)
  7. Which sitcom centres on a perpetually drunk and abusive book shop owner, Bernard, and his long suffering assistant, Manny? (A: Black Books)
  8. In Citizen Smith, what Marxist movement is led by ‘Woolfie’ Smith? (A: Tooting Popular Front)
  9. In the US sitcom Frasier, what is Frasier`s surname? (A: Crane)
  10. Name the four regular presenters of Channel 4’s 10 O’Clock Live. (A: Charlie Brooker, Lauren Laverne, David Mitchell and Jimmy Carr)

ROUND THREE: DOUBLE ACTS

We’re going to give you the name of a comedian and we want you to name their double-act partner. Full name please!

  1. Ernie Wise (A: Eric Morecambe)
  2. Ronnie Corbett (A: Ronnie Barker)
  3. Stewart Lee (A: Richard Herring)
  4. Eddie Large (A: Syd Little)
  5. Stan Laurel (A: Oliver Hardy)
  6. Dudley Moore (A: Peter Cook)
  7. Dawn French (A: Jennifer Saunders)
  8. Ade Edmondson (A: Rik Mayall)
  9. Gareth Hale (A: Norman Pace)
  10. Mel Smith (A: Griff Rhys Jones)

PICTURE ROUND:

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

  1. Seth Rogen
  2. Chris Ramsey
  3. Chris Lilley
  4. John Thomson
  5. Roy Clarke
  6. Harry Hill
  7. Katy Wix
  8. Paul Tonkinson
  9. Dave Spikey
  10. Jeremy Dyson

Tiebreaker 1: What is the combined age of the surviving Pythons? (A: 357)

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 3 August 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.

by Andrew Dipper and Nic Wright