Play: April’s Giggle Beats Comedy Quiz

On Sunday our comedy quiz night returned to The Stand Comedy Club in Newcastle. Here are the questions, minus our music round. How would you have fared?

ROUND ONE: IN THE NEWS

1. Sky Arts announced last week they are ordering a second series of which ensemble comedy series?
2. Simon Nye has announced he is to write a new sitcom, set in a hotel, but which 1990s sitcom is he most famous for?
3. Last month, who ran up a £3500 bar tab after buying drinks for his audience when he ran late for a gig?
4. Which British comedy actress is to star in a new Hollywood film from the director of Bridesmaids?
5. Which comedian is to release the first volume of his memoirs this autumn?
6. Muppets Most Wanted, released last week, features songs by one half of which musical comedy double act?
7. The brand new Museum of Comedy opens this month in which city?
8. Which controversial comedian announced this week he will author a series a children’s books entitled Trickster Tales?
9. Sky Atlantic are to screen a sitcom named after and set in which Californian hotbed of technology?
10. Which comic won Best Tour Show at this year’s Chortle Awards? A: Harry Hill, B: Micky Flanagan or C: Bo Burnham.

ROUND TWO: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

1. News of the World by The Jam is the theme tune to which panel show?
2. Chandler Bing and Krusty the Clown share which birth defect?
3. Which TV comedy’s second series featured a deadly epidemic of nosebleeds?
4. Which 1996 sitcom marked the first collaboration of Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg and Jessica Stevenson?
5. In Gavin and Stacey, which Essex town does Gavin come from?
6. Which guest on Have I Got News For You was replaced at the last minute by a block of lard?
7. Indie horror film Stitches stars which comedian as a murderous, undead clown?
8. In which sketch show would you find characters Ed Winchester, Unlucky Alf and Colin Hunt?
9. Man to Man with Dean Learner was a spin-off of which comedy show?
10. In which 80s comedy did Rik Mayall appear as Lord Flashheart?

ROUND THREE: CATCHPHRASE

We’re going to give you catchphrases from ten comedy shows. One point will be awarded for the show, and a bonus point if you can name the character.

1. Don’t mention the war!
2. I’ve made a huge mistake…
3. I was very, very drunk…
4. It’s all done in the best possible taste!
5. Listen very carefully, I shall say this only once…
6. This is an outrage!
7. You wouldn’t let it lie!
8. What a fucking liberty.
9. Pretty, pretty, pretty… pretty good.
10. You dirty old man.

ROUND FOUR: PICTURE ROUND

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

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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 4 May at 5pm. Entry is £2, 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.