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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 77.
Round 1: 50 Years of the Muppet Show
Question 1: Celebrating its fiftieth anniversary in September 2026, The Muppet Show was actually made in the UK. Which ITV company produced the show?
Answer: ATV
Question 2: Dr Bunsen Honeydew ran the Muppet Labs science spot on the show. What was the name of his assistant who usually ended up coming off worse from their experiments?
Answer: Beaker
Question 3: What was the name of the song sung by Kermit the Frog’s nephew Robin on the show, which reached number 7 in the UK singles chart in 1977?
Answer: Halfway Down the Stairs
Question 4: Bruce Forsyth appeared on the show in January 1977. With which Muppet did he do a stand-up comedy double act?
Answer: Fozzie Bear
Question 5: What was the name of the house band on The Muppet Show?
Answer: Dr Teeth and the Electric Mayhem
Round 2: Marathon/Fil Rouge
Question 1: In January 2025 we featured the US animated sitcom Wait Till Your Father Gets Home. What was the name of the communist-obsessed next-door neighbour in the show?
Answer: Ralph Kane
Question 2: Secret Army featured in March 2023 alongside the wartime-set Colditz. In which city was Secret Army set?
Answer: Brussels
Question 3: US magical comedy Bewitched featured in February 2022. Who played glamorous suburban witch Samantha in the show?
Answer: Elizabeth Montgomery
Question 4: Last month, August, saw an episode on Fawlty Towers. Where was the hotel-based sitcom set?
Answer: Torquay
Question 5: In March 2024 we looked back at Wacky Races. Who were the drivers of car number 10, The Buzzwagon?
Answer: Rufus Ruffcut and Sawtooth
Round 3: Name That Tune (1979)
Theme Tune One:
Answer: The Glums
Theme Tune Two:
Answer: Thomas and Sarah
Theme Tune Three:
Answer: The Book Tower
Theme Tune Four:
Answer: Dick Turpin
Theme Tune Five:
Answer: Minder
Round 4: TV Times
Question 1: What was the name of the long-running variety show featuring music hall-type acts on stage at the City Varieties Theatre in Leeds?
Answer: The Good Old Days
Question 2: What was the name of the incompetent and probably corrupt sheriff of Hazzard County in the US show The Dukes of Hazzard?
Answer: Sheriff Rosco P Coltrane
Question 3: In the Hanna-Barbera cartoon series Captain Caveman, the title character helped three young women, Dee Dee, Taffy and Brenda to solve various mysteries. They were also an all-girl pop group. What was the group’s name?
Answer: The Teen Angels
Question 4: There were two regular hosts of Crackerjack during the 1970s. Who were they?
Answer: Michael Aspel and Ed ‘Stewpot’ Stuart
Question 5: In The Return of the Saint starring Ian Ogilvy, what type of car did The Saint drive with the number plate ST1?
Answer: Jaguar XJS
Bonus Questions
Last Week’s Bonus: Like many families, Oliver’s rented their television from Radio Rentals for many years. What was the brand name of the television sets the company provided?
Answer: [TO BE CONFIRMED]
This Week’s Bonus: In the cartoon show Battle of the Planets, UK audiences got quite a few scenes where a robot called 7 Zark 7 gave narrative updates of the plot and told the odd joke. These scenes were not included in the Japanese original. Why were they added to the US and UK version?
Answer: To replace scenes which were considered too violent for US and UK audiences or contained swearing.
So how did you get on? Whether you are doing the Wocka Wocka or wondering how you missed that one about the house band, 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 78.
Take care,
Oliver
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