Hello again, 70s TV fans! If you’ve taken My 70s TV Childhood Quiz #46, it’s time to see how you fared!
If you haven’t taken the quiz yet, I highly recommend you pop over to our previous blog post or listen to Quiz #46 on the My 70’s TV Childhood podcast before you peek at these answers.
Spoilers ahead!
Ready to mark your answers? Let’s see those scores!
Round One – Animal Crackers
I asked you about famous animal stars from 70s television shows.
1️⃣ Johnny Morris often appeared on “Animal Magic” with a ring tailed lemur called what? Answer: Dotty
2️⃣ Still with Johnny Morris, what was the name of the show he narrated which featured live animals including Hammy the Hamster, Roderick the Rat and GP the guinea pig? Answer: Tales of the Riverbank
3️⃣ What was the name of the longest lived Blue Peter pet who died on 14th September 1977? Answer: Petra
4️⃣ Following the split from his brother Mike, Bernie Winters made his first appearance with a large St Bernard dog in October 1978. What was the name of the dog? Answer: Schnorbitz
5️⃣ In the sitcom “Rising Damp” what was the name of Rigsby’s cat? Answer: Vienna
Round Two – Marathon/Fil Rouge
This round featured questions related to things we have featured in previous episodes of the My 70’s TV Childhood podcast.
1️⃣ In January 2024 we celebrated the New Year by looking at a thoroughly miserable TV show which featured Britain after the outbreak of a global pandemic had killed most of the population. What was the show called? Answer: Survivors
2️⃣ In our third episode way back in September 2020, we remembered “Watch with Mother” Which classic show which featured in the slot between the 1950’s and 1980’s did I absolutely hate? Answer: Andy Pandy
3️⃣ In August 2024 we featured Basil Brush and in April this year we featured the pop show “Get It Together.” What was the connection between the two shows? Answer: Both featured Roy North or “Mr Roy” as we all knew him better!
4️⃣ Our September 2021 episode looked back at “Going for a Song” featuring Arthur Negus. Unfortunately it didn’t feature Arthur singing but what did it feature? Answer: Antique valuations
5️⃣ In July 2023 we looked back at “How!”. One of the regular panel was probably the last regular pipe smoker on children’s TV, Jack Hargreaves. What was the name of Jack’s other show which featured Jack in a shed looking at the ways and traditions of the countryside? Answer: Out of Town
Round Three – Name That Tune (Debut 1972)
Our wheel of fate selected 1972! Here are the answers to the theme tunes played in the podcast.
1️⃣ Theme Tune 1: The Protectors
2️⃣ Theme Tune 2: Clochemerle
3️⃣ Theme Tune 3: John Craven’s Newsround
4️⃣ Theme Tune 4: The Frighteners
5️⃣ Theme Tune 5: The Adventures of Black Beauty
Round Four – TV Times
Anything 70s TV trivia wise went in this final round!
1️⃣ How did Coronation Street’s Ernie Bishop die in 1978? Answer: He was shot dead during a wages robbery at Mike Baldwin’s clothing factory
2️⃣ Still on soaps, which popular character did Paul Henry play in Crossroads? Answer: Benny Hawkins
3️⃣ “The Glittering Prizes”, starring Tom Conti, Barbara Kellerman and others was a 1976 series following the lives of graduates of which university? Answer: Cambridge
4️⃣ What did Lesley Judd do immediately before she joined “Blue Peter”? Answer: She was a member of The Young Generation dance group
5️⃣ In what year did “Stars on Sunday” the ITV Sunday religious show broadcast its final episode? Answer: 1979
Bonus Question & Answer
The US TV show HR Pufnstuf was very odd in my opinion and parts of it may well have been inspired by illicit substances but it is a show many listeners remember. What type of creature was HR Pufnstuf and, for a bonus point on our bonus question, what official title did he have? Answer: He was a dragon who was Mayor of Living Island.
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