Ready to see how you did? Here are all the questions and answers for Quiz #61. Let us know your score!
🎲 Round One: The Name of the Game
1.Question: In which gameshow did contestants have to guess the price of items to win prizes, often ending with the catchphrase, “Come on down!”?Answer: The Price is Right
2.Question: Which show, hosted by Nicholas Parsons, tested contestants’ ability to talk for one minute on a given subject without hesitation, repetition, or deviation?Answer: Just a Minute
3.Question: This celebrity panel game involved guessing a guest’s unusual occupation. It was hosted by Eamonn Andrews.Answer: What’s My Line?
4.Question: In this show, two families would compete to guess the most popular answers to survey questions.Answer: Family Fortunes
5.Question: Which children’s gameshow involved the host shouting “Runaround… NOW!”?Answer: Runaround
📺 Round Two: Marathon or Fil Rouge
1.Question: In our episode on “The Good Life,” what were the names of Tom and Barbara’s pigs?Answer: Pinky and Perky
2.Question: We recently discussed the sci-fi show “Blake’s 7.” What was the name of the show’s main villain, the Supreme Commander of the Terran Federation?Answer: Servalan
3.Question: In our look back at children’s television, we remembered the magical adventures of “Mr. Benn.” What was the name of the fancy-dress shop owner who assisted him?Answer: The Shopkeeper (As if by magic, the shopkeeper appeared!)
4.Question: We celebrated the music of “Top of the Pops” in a previous episode. Which group of dancing girls were the show’s resident troupe for much of the 1970s?Answer: Pan’s People
5.Question: Way back in March 2022, we looked back at “Hong Kong Phooey.” In that show, what was the occupation of the character Rosemary?Answer: Rosemary was the telephone operator at the police station.
🎵 Round Three: Theme Tune Spin (1973)
1.Theme Tune 1: The Tomorrow People
2.Theme Tune 2: A Picture of Katherine Mansfield
3.Theme Tune 3: The World at War
4.Theme Tune 4: Black and Blue
5.Theme Tune 5: Man About the House
🎬 Round Four: TV Times
1.Question: Who presented the long-running astronomy show “The Sky at Night” during the 1970s?Answer: Sir Patrick Moore
2.Question: Frank Muir and Patrick Campbell were two of the team captains in which TV gameshow?Answer: Call My Bluff
3.Question: In “Arthur of The Britons,” a reimagining of the story of King Arthur, who played the title role?Answer: Oliver Tobias
4.Question: In what fictional town was the BBC police drama “Z Cars” set?Answer: Newtown
5.Question: “The Little Mole” cartoons were shown often in the 1970s. Which country did the BBC buy the cartoons from?Answer: Czechoslovakia
🎁 Bonus Question
Question: In the Gerry and Sylvia Anderson sci-fi show Space:1999, on what date was the moon blown out of earth’s orbit by a huge nuclear explosion?
Answer: 13th September 1999
