Ready to test your knowledge of 1970s television? This week’s quiz takes us on a journey “Down Under” with Australian TV shows that graced UK screens during the decade, plus our usual mix of nostalgic television trivia.
Grab a pen and paper, settle in with your favourite beverage, and see how many you can get right!
Round One: A Land Down Under
In honour of the British and Irish Lions rugby tour to Australia, this round focuses on Australian TV shows that were shown in the UK during the 1970s.
1️⃣ What was the name of the hospital in The Young Doctors?
2️⃣ In the Aussie series The Outsiders, what was the relationship between Pete Jarrett and Charlie Cole?
3️⃣ Who was regularly seen on screen in the 1970s as Australia’s famous housewife superstar, Dame Edna Everage?
4️⃣ The long-running Aussie soap The Sullivans followed the family of the same name through the 1930s and 40s. In which Australian city did they live?
5️⃣ In the 1970s detective show Boney, what was the name of the title character—known as “Bony” for short?
Round Two: Marathon/Fil Rouge
Questions related to topics and personalities we’ve featured in previous episodes of the My 70’s TV Childhood podcast.
1️⃣ In September 2023, we looked back at Tomorrow’s World. What was the name of the presenter who had been a Second World War Spitfire pilot?
2️⃣ The US cartoon Wait Till Your Father Gets Home featured in January 2025. What was the name of the father in the show’s title?
3️⃣ In June this year, I shared memories of Opportunity Knocks. What was the name of the act from my hometown of Warrington that appeared on the show—and won (more than once, I believe)?
4️⃣ Way back in September 2020, we featured Hector’s House. Which country did the animated series originally come from?
5️⃣ We’ve revisited public information films several times over the life of the podcast—including the Green Cross Man. Who played the Green Cross Man? And for a bonus point—what was his most famous acting role?
Round Three: Name That Tune (1971)
Our specially constructed Wheel of Fate has landed on 1971!
Can you identify these five theme tunes from TV shows first broadcast on UK television that year? You will have to tune in for this round!
Round Four: TV Times
Anything goes in this round – questions about various 70s television shows, personalities, and notable programming from the era.
1️⃣ How many firemen are there in the Trumpton Fire Brigade?
2️⃣ The Brothers featured the dramatic world of a family-owned road haulage business. What was the family’s surname?
3️⃣ In which US TV show did Herb Edelman play a 40-year-old science teacher who inadvertently drank from the Fountain of Youth and kept inconveniently turning into his 12-year-old self, played by Robbie Rist?
4️⃣ What were the names of the two Muppet Show characters who heckled the cast from their theatre box?
5️⃣ Who was the small, bald-headed man who regularly got slapped on the head by Benny Hill?
Bonus Question
It’s about the popular US super-soap Dallas. J.R. and Bobby Ewing’s brother Gary appeared early on in the series. After lots of scheming and intrigue from J.R., Gary remarried his first wife Val and left to live in California. This led to a Dallas spin-off series featuring the newly remarried couple. What was the name of that spin-off series?
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