Welcome back to My 70s TV Childhood and to Quiz #73.
This week we are heading back to the golden age of 1970s television advertising. Round One is called Commercial Break, and it features some of the most memorable adverts from that era. I will give you some information from a famous advert and you have to tell me the product or brand. Some of these will bring back very fond memories. Others may be trickier than you expect. As always, there are questions across four rounds, plus a bonus question at the end. Have a go, keep score, and let us know how you get on.
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Let’s Go!
Round 1: Commercial Break
I will give you some information from a famous 1970s TV advert and you have to name the product or brand it was for. Ready?
Question 1: Which chocolate treat was advertised with the line “just enough to give your kids a treat?”
Question 2: Which soft drink was famously advertised by Elvis Costello’s father, Ross McManus?
Question 3: Which beverage brand featured chimpanzees shifting a piano, ending with the immortal lines, “Dad, do you know the piano’s on my foot?” “No, son, you hum it and I’ll play it.”
Question 4: “A man’s gotta chew what a man’s gotta chew” was the advertising slogan for which sweet?
Question 5: “Watch out, there’s a Humphrey about!” was the catchphrase for adverts for which company?
Round 2: Marathon/Fil Rouge
Named in honour of the recurring rounds in It’s a Knockout and Jeux Sans Frontières, these questions all refer to things covered in previous episodes of the podcast. If you are a regular listener, you may have a slight advantage, though I would not count on it.
Question 1: In May of this year, we celebrated the 100th birthday of Sir David Attenborough. What was the name of his probably equally as famous brother?
Question 2: In our January 2025 episode, “Life Is the Name of the Game,” we looked back at The Generation Game. Who was Bruce Forsyth’s glamorous assistant on the show, whom he eventually married?
Question 3: “Going for a Song” featured in September 2021. What was the name of that show’s resident antiques expert?
Question 4: Last month, June 2026, we featured the groundbreaking documentary “The Family,” which featured the Wilkins family. Which town did the Wilkins family come from?
Question 5: Throughout the run of this podcast, we have mentioned It’s a Knockout from time to time, not least because of its Marathon or Fil Rouge round, which inspired this round of our own quiz. Which of the regular presenters commentated on the marathon round of the UK competition?
Round 3: Name That Tune, 1971
The Wheel of Fate has landed on 1971 this week. Five theme tunes from shows first broadcast on UK TV in 1971.
You will need to tune into the podcast for this round.
Round 4: TV Times
Our general 70s TV trivia round. No particular theme this week, just five questions covering the full breadth of what British television had to offer in the 1970s.
Question 1: Who was the host of the chat show “Friday Night, Saturday Morning,” first broadcast in 1979 on BBC Two?
Question 2: In “Here Come the Double Deckers,” Brinsley Ford played Spring. As well as being a well-known child actor at the time, he was a founder member of which reggae band?
Question 3: Sticking with Brinsley Ford: he also appeared in the sitcom “Please Sir!” Who played the headmaster, Mr Cromwell, in that show?
Question 4: Anthony Andrews starred in the ITV drama series “Danger UXB.” What does UXB stand for?
Question 5: The ITV sitcom “Queenie’s Castle” was set in the famous flats at Quarry Hill in Leeds. Who played the title character, Queenie Shepherd?
Bonus Question
Last week I asked you: still on the Summer Holiday theme, we all watched The Adventures of Champion the Wonder Horse, which was made in the 1950s but repeated over decades. Who sang the famous theme tune?
The answer will be revealed with this week’s full answers. Well done if you got it, and well done to all who took part in what turned out to be a fairly heated debate on our Facebook page!
This Week’s Bonus Question
Which popular TV actor died unexpectedly from a congenital heart defect on 19th March 1979, at the age of 31? If you know the answer, drop me an email at quiz@my70stvchildhood.com
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We are back next week with a regular episode and in a fortnight with Quiz 74. Until then, thank you for playing.
Take care,
Oliver
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