My 70s TV Childhood – Quiz #60- How Did You Do?

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Welcome to Quiz #60 – the first quiz of 2026!

This is the 60th edition of our 70s TV trivia challenge, and we’ve got questions covering drinks on TV, previous podcast episodes, iconic theme tunes from 1979, and general 70s TV trivia.

Grab a pen and paper and see how you did!

🍹 Round One: Dry January

1. In the Dad’s Army episode “Fallen Idol” from 1970, which drinking game results in Captain Mainwaring getting very, very drunk? Answer: Here’s to the Health of Cardinal Puff (or making a Cardinal)

2. What is the name of the brewery which owned and supplied the Rover’s Return Pub in 1970s Coronation Street? Answer: Newton and Ridley

3. What was Arthur Daley’s drink of choice at the Winchester Club as featured in Minder? Answer: A large VAT vodka and tonic (“Large VAT, Dave, a bullet on the slate” became quite a catchphrase)

4. About whom did Anna Ford say “You wouldn’t have chosen a man who had epilepsy, was an alcoholic, had had a stroke, and wore a toupee to read the news, but the combination was absolute magic”? Answer: Reginald Bosanquet

5. Which drink did Alberto Frog, leader of the Amazing Animal Band, always choose as his reward for his good deeds as featured in the children’s TV show Bod? Answer: A milkshake

📺 Round Two: Marathon or Phil Rouge

1. Given this is our 60th edition, in which month of which year was our first quiz edition of the podcast released? Answer: August 2023 (If you counted back and got August 2023, you get the point. The first quiz was released on the 22nd of August 2023)

2. In May 2022, we looked at Australian shows shown on UK TV in the 1970s. In which Australian National Park was Skippy set? Answer: Waratah National Park (fictional)

3. We said farewell to David Soul in February 2024. What was his character’s full name in Starsky and Hutch? Answer: Kenneth Hutchinson (or Ken Hutchinson)

4. In July 2024, we looked back at the Two Ronnies. The serial “The Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old London Town” was co-written by Ronnie Barker and which other famous comedian? Answer: Spike Milligan

5. Way back in November 2020, we featured the horse drama Follyfoot. In which English county was the show set? Answer: North Yorkshire

🎵 Round Three: Theme Tune Spin – 1979

1. Theme Tune One Answer: The Red Hand Gang (Oliver found it intensely irritating!)

2. Theme Tune Two Answer: The Cannon and Ball Show (launched in 1979, not one of Oliver’s favourites)

3. Theme Tune Three Answer: Battle of the Planets (Japanese cartoon series, popular with many listeners)

4. Theme Tune Four Answer: Mork and Mindy

5. Theme Tune Five Answer: Cribb (Victorian police drama featuring the adventures of Sergeant Cribb)

🎬 Round Four: TV Times

1. In which year was Jim’ll Fix It first shown? Answer: 1975

2. Eamonn Andrews is best known as the host of This is Your Life, but as a young man, he was an Irish champion in which sport? Answer: Boxing (He won the Irish Junior Middleweight Championship in 1944)

3. Scooby-Doo is a dog, obviously, but which breed of dog is he supposed to be? Answer: A Great Dane

4. Jimmy Perry wrote a sitcom in 1979 without his usual partner, David Croft. It was set in a hotel and is often described as one of the worst sitcoms ever produced. What was the show called? Answer: Room Service

5. In On the Buses, who was Arthur Rudge’s wife? Answer: Olive (Arthur Rudge’s sister, the long-suffering wife. Mrs. Rudge won’t do – which character was it?)

🎁 Bonus Question

This Week’s Bonus Question:Name the five toys who featured in Play School?

Are you feeling smug with a high score or squirming in your chair with a low one? Whichever, we hope you’ve enjoyed playing along!

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