Hello, and welcome back to the My 70’s TV Childhood Quiz! We’re here with the answers to Quiz #27, and I hope you enjoyed taking a nostalgic dive into the world of 1970s British television.
As always, it’s all in good fun, so feel free to compare your answers with the ones below and see how well you did. Let’s get started with the answers!
Round One – Variety Pack
- The traditional home of the annual Royal Variety Performance was The London Palladium, and it was held there every year during the 1970s apart from 1979. Which theatre hosted it that year?
Answer: Theatre Royal, Drury Lane - Princess Anne avoided attending most performances in the 1970s but did attend in one specific year. Which year was it?
Answer: 1972 - Who became the first female presenter of the Royal Variety Performance in 1974?
Answer: Noelle Gordon - In which year did the show top the annual TV ratings in the 1970s?
Answer: 1975 - Which of these acts did not appear in the Royal Variety Performance of 1978: Showaddywaddy, Paul Daniels, Marti Caine, Harry Secombe, Jim Davidson, or The Krankies?
Answer: Jim Davidson
Round Two – Marathon – Fil Rouge
- In February 2024, we marked the passing of David Soul and looked back at Starsky and Hutch. What were their first names?
Answer: Dave Starsky and Ken Hutchinson - A month earlier, we fondly looked back at The Goodies and one of my favourite episodes, “Kitten Kong.” What was the name of the kitten who terrorized London?
Answer: Twinkle - In our episode “Watching the Detectives” from May 2021, we remembered Dixon of Dock Green. Who played the title role in that show?
Answer: Jack Warner - How old am I as of September 2024, given that my birthday is in February?
Answer: 57 years old - In December 2023, we remembered The Love Boat. Who was the Captain of the MS Pacific Princess?
Answer: Merril Stubing
Round Three – Spin the Wheel/Name That Tune
In this round, we used our AI-powered theme tune generator to spin the wheel and guess theme tunes from TV shows that ended in 1979. Here’s what they were:
- Fawlty Towers
- Sykes
- General Hospital
- Anne of Green Gables
- The Liver Birds
Round Four – TV Times
- Not the Nine O’Clock News burst onto our screens in 1979 with Rowan Atkinson, Mel Smith, and Pamela Stephenson. Griff Rhys Jones didn’t become a regular presenter until series two when he replaced whom?
Answer: Chris Langham - How tall was Big Bird in Sesame Street?
Answer: Eight feet two inches - Who turned down Eamonn Andrews and his big red book in This Is Your Life in 1974?
Answer: Richard Gordon, author of the Doctor books, films, and TV series - HTV’s show King of the Castle was a kids’ show that left many of us with nightmares. Where was the action set?
Answer: A tower block of flats - What was the name of Christopher Biggins’ character in Porridge?
Answer: Lukewarm
Bonus Question
In 2012, the BBC’s Ceefax teletext service was decommissioned. In what month and year did it go live on BBC television?
Answer: September 1974
So, how did you do? Did you manage to top the charts, or were there a few tricky questions? Either way, we hope you enjoyed testing your knowledge of 1970s TV.
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Take care,
Oliver
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