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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 73.
Round 1: Commercial Break
Question 1: Which chocolate treat was advertised with the line “just enough to give your kids a treat?”
Answer: Finger of Fudge
Question 2: Which soft drink was famously advertised by Elvis Costello’s father, Ross McManus?
Answer: R. White’s Lemonade
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.”
Answer: PG Tips
Question 4: “A man’s gotta chew what a man’s gotta chew” was the advertising slogan for which sweet?
Answer: Toffo
Question 5: “Watch out, there’s a Humphrey about!” was the catchphrase for adverts for which company?
Answer: Unigate Dairies (milk or dairy alone is not sufficient)
Round 2: Marathon/Fil Rouge
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?
Answer: Richard Attenborough
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?
Answer: Anthea Redfern
Question 3: “Going for a Song” featured in September 2021. What was the name of that show’s resident antiques expert?
Answer: Arthur Negus
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?
Answer: Reading
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?
Answer: Eddie Waring
Round 3: Name That Tune (1971)
Theme Tune One:
Answer: Bless This House
Theme Tune Two:
Answer: It’s Awfully Bad for Your Eyes, Darling (written by Jilly Cooper and starring, among others, a young Joanna Lumley)
Theme Tune Three:
Answer: The Wonderful World of Disney
Theme Tune Four:
Answer: Alexander the Greatest
Theme Tune Five:
Answer: The Fenn Street Gang
Round 4: TV Times
Question 1: Who was the host of the chat show “Friday Night, Saturday Morning,” first broadcast in 1979 on BBC Two?
Answer: Harold Wilson
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?
Answer: Aswad
Question 3: Sticking with Brinsley Ford: he also appeared in the sitcom “Please Sir!” Who played the headmaster, Mr Cromwell, in that show?
Answer: Noel Howlett
Question 4: Anthony Andrews starred in the ITV drama series “Danger UXB.” What does UXB stand for?
Answer: Unexploded bomb
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?
Answer: Diana Dors
Bonus Questions
Last Week’s Bonus: Still on the Summer Holiday theme: who sang the famous theme tune to The Adventures of Champion the Wonder Horse?
Answer: The answer was not, as many suggested, Frankie Laine. The song was written for, and the single version was sung by, Frankie Laine. However, he was unavailable to record the version for the TV show, so a lesser-known singer called Mike Stewart sang the version used on screen. Well done to all who got that, and to everyone who contributed to the lively debate on our Facebook page!
This Week’s Bonus: Which popular TV actor died unexpectedly from a congenital heart defect on 19th March 1979, at the age of 31?
Answer: To follow in the next quiz!
So how did you get on? Whether you are jumping for joy or crawling into a corner to hide your head in shame, 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 74.
Take care,
Oliver
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