SPOILER ALERT: This post contains all the answers to Quiz #49. If you haven’t taken the quiz yet, you might want to try the questions-only version first!
Ready to see how you did? Here are all the questions and answers from this week’s quiz, which focused on the game shows that entertained audiences during the 1970s.
Round One: Name That Game Show
This round was all about identifying 1970s game shows from clues.
1️⃣ Hosted by Hughie Green, this show had a travel theme and contestants could win a luxury holiday.
Answer: The Sky’s the Limit
2️⃣ This blackjack or pontoon themed gameshow was hosted by Fred Dineage of How fame.
Answer: Gambit
3️⃣ This wasn’t so much a gameshow rather a show of games where contestants played pub games like darts, bar billiards and shove ha’penny all linked together by England cricket legend Fred Trueman smoking a pipe.
Answer: The Indoor League
4️⃣ A TV version of Cluedo, this murder mystery game show was hosted by Edward Woodward in its first series and then by Jon Pertwee. What was it called?
Answer: Whodunnit!
5️⃣ In this show, which was unusual as there were different versions produced in different ITV regions, couples would demonstrate how much they knew, or didn’t know, about each other in the hope they might win a carriage clock.
Answer: Mr & Mrs
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 April of this year we looked back at a few of the many shows featuring pop music, including “Shang a Lang”. Who presented Shang a Lang?
Answer: The Bay City Rollers
2️⃣ In February 2023 we celebrated “The Six Million Dollar Man” starring Lee Majors. What was the name of his character?
Answer: Steve Austin
3️⃣ September 2021 had us reminiscing about the old 1930’s cinema serials which were reshown as part of our holiday broadcasting. Buster Crabbe starred as Flash Gordon in those shows but he also starred in another set of serials as an astronaut. What was the other character’s name?
Answer: Buck Rogers (in the 25th Century)
4️⃣ Bagpuss featured in an episode released in March this year. What was the name of the little girl who owned Bagpuss?
Answer: Emily
5️⃣ In February 2022 we looked at Magic of different sorts from Bewitched to Catweazle via Sooty. Which actor played Catweazle?
Answer: Geoffrey Bayldon
Round Three: Name That Tune (1974)
Our specially constructed Wheel of Fate landed on 1974! Here are the five theme tunes from TV shows first broadcast on UK television that year.
1️⃣ Theme Tune 1
Answer: Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings
2️⃣ Theme Tune 2
Answer: Planet of the Apes
3️⃣ Theme Tune 3
Answer: Mr Men
4️⃣ Theme Tune 4
Answer: It Ain’t Half Hot Mum
5️⃣ Theme Tune 5
Answer: The Squirrels
Round Four: TV Times
Anything goes in this round – questions about various 70s television shows, personalities, and notable programming from the era.
1️⃣ Who narrated the cartoon series Bod?
Answer: John Le Mesurier
2️⃣ In which year of the 1970’s was “Carry On Camping” first shown on UK TV?
Answer: 1975
3️⃣ Before “Terry and June” Terry Scott and June Whitfield played a married couple in a very similar BBC sitcom. What was it called?
Answer: Happy Ever After
4️⃣ What was the name of the travel related show shown on ITV as it tried to compete with the BBC’s “Holiday” programme?
Answer: Wish You Were Here…?
5️⃣ And finally on John Craven’s Newsround, who was the long serving Space Editor?
Answer: Reg Turnhill
Bonus Question
In the controversial sitcom “Love thy Neighbour” what were the names of the two couples who lived next door to each other?
Answer: Eddie and Joan Booth and Bill and Barbie Reynolds
Scoring Guide:
- 18-21 correct: Excellent! You’re a true 70s TV expert
- 14-17 correct: Very good! Your 70s knowledge is impressive
- 10-13 correct: Not bad! You remember the decade well
- 6-9 correct: Fair effort! Time for some 70s TV revision
- 0-5 correct: Oh dear! Perhaps some box set viewing is in order
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