My 70s TV Childhood Quiz #70 Answers: How Did You Scooby Doo?

⚠️ SPOILER WARNING! The answers are below.

Hello and welcome back. If you haven’t taken the quiz yet, head over to the questions blog first and have a go before reading on. For everyone else, let’s see how you got on with Quiz 70. I hope at least a few of those Hanna-Barbera catchphrases put a smile on your face, even if the character names were harder to pin down than expected.

Round 1: Yabba Dabba Doo!

1. “Heavens to Murgatroyd!” – whose catchphrase is this?

Answer: Snagglepuss

2. “I hate meeces to pieces!” – whose catchphrase is this?

Answer: Mr Jinks

3. “Smarter than the average bear!” – whose catchphrase is this?

Answer: Yogi Bear

4. “Drat, drat and double drat!” – whose catchphrase is this?

Answer: Dick Dastardly

5. “Augie, my son, my son!” – whose catchphrase is this?

Answer: Doggie Daddy

Round 2: Marathon/Fil Rouge

1. March 2024 saw me feature “Wacky Races.” Who drove car number 6, the Army Surplus Special?

Answer: Sergeant Blast and Private Meekly

2. Way back in October 2020 I looked at some of the programmes designed for under-fives shown at lunchtime on ITV. Which show featured the death of the main character when the actor who played him unexpectedly died?

Answer: Pipkins (also accepted: Inigo Pipkin)

3. “Michael Bentine’s Potty Time” was the show featured in a November 2025 episode. Which famous radio comedy group did Michael Bentine originally star in?

Answer: The Goons

4. I looked back at “The Good Life” in September 2024. Where was the series set?

Answer: Surbiton

5. “Fantasy Island” featured in December 2023. What was the name of Mr Roarke’s assistant, played by Hervé Villechaize?

Answer: Tattoo

Round 3: Name That Tune (1979)

1. Theme Tune One

Answer: Minder

2. Theme Tune Two

Answer: Charles Endell Esquire

3. Theme Tune Three

Answer: Turtle’s Progress

4. Theme Tune Four

Answer: Tales of the Unexpected

5. Theme Tune Five

Answer: The Legend of King Arthur

Round 4: TV Times

1. In which year did “John Craven’s Newsround” broadcast its first episode?

Answer: 1972

2. Who was the original host of ITV’s “The Krypton Factor?”

Answer: Gordon Burns

3. What was different about the episode of “Blue Peter” shown on BBC1 on 14th September 1970?

Answer: It was the first episode of Blue Peter to be shown in colour.

4. Ernest Bishop was probably one of the dullest characters ever to feature in “Coronation Street.” What happened to him on 11th January 1978 which ensured his place in the show’s folklore?

Answer: He was shot dead during a wages robbery at Mike Baldwin’s factory.

5. The Carla Lane comedy show “Butterflies” first aired in 1978 and featured Wendy Craig as Ria Parkinson considering an affair. What was the profession of her husband Ben, played by Geoffrey Palmer?

Answer: He was a dentist.

Bonus Questions

Last Week’s Bonus: TV technicians in ITV companies went on a work-to-rule protest between 13th November 1970 and 8th February 1971. What did they stop doing?

Answer: Making programmes in colour. All output was produced in black and white during what became known as the Colour Strike. A special mention to regular listener Mark who got the correct answer almost immediately!

This Week’s Bonus: How old was Clive Dunn when he was first cast as Corporal Jones in “Dad’s Army?”

Answer: To follow in the next quiz!

So how did you get on? Whether you are on top of the world or wondering how you missed some of those, thank you so much for playing along. Do tell your friends, leave a review wherever you get your podcasts, and I will see you in a fortnight for Quiz 71.

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