Ready to test your knowledge of 1970s television? This week’s quiz features our fun “Making a Muppet Out of You” theme, plus our usual mix of nostalgic TV trivia!
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Quick Correction: The Goodies’ “Funky Gibbon” hit was in 1975, not 1974. Thanks to all who pointed this out!
Grab a pen and paper, settle in with your favourite beverage, and see how many you can get right!
Round One: Making a Muppet Out of You
Simple concept, we give you the name of a Muppet character and you tell us whether they were in Sesame Street, The Muppet Show, or both.
1️⃣ Bert and Ernie
2️⃣ Dr Teeth
3️⃣ Robin the Frog
4️⃣ Oscar the Grouch
5️⃣ Marvin Suggs
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 The Mr Men cartoons featured in February 2024. Who was the original narrator of the series?
2️⃣ Way back in June 2021 we looked back at the usually pretty dire programming on bank holidays. A regular feature was the Harlem Globetrotters playing at the Empire Pool Wembley. What was the name of their usual opponents who kept on coming back for a beating?
3️⃣ In September this year we looked back at “All Creatures Great and Small.” Who played James Herriot’s wife Helen in the original run of the show?
4️⃣ Christmas memories were to the fore in December 2020. Which circus regularly appeared on BBC TV on Christmas Day, much to Oliver’s irritation!
5️⃣ In October 2023 we celebrated the life of Brian Cant. As a host of Play School, he had to work with the famous group of toys. Which one of those did Oliver, and from listener feedback many of you, find deeply disturbing?
Round Three: Name That Tune (1971)
Our specially constructed Wheel of Fate has landed on 1971! This round features five theme tunes from TV shows first broadcast on UK television that year.
Listen to the podcast episode to hear the music and test your knowledge!
Round Four: TV Times
Anything goes in this round, questions about various 70s television shows, personalities, and notable programming from the era.
1️⃣ In what year did strike action cause ITV to be off the air for eleven weeks?
2️⃣ According to BARB ratings, the most watched TV show of 1971 was a boxing match in March of that year billed as “The Fight of the Century.” Who were the two fighters involved?
3️⃣ In the sitcom “Citizen Smith” what was the name of the revolutionary organisation led by Wolfie Smith played by Robert Lindsay?
4️⃣ Staying with Citizen Smith, Peter Vaughan played Mr Johnson, Wolfie’s girlfriend Shirley’s father. What role did he play in the sitcom “Porridge?”
5️⃣ What was the setting for the sitcom “Only When I Laugh” starring James Bolam and Peter Bowles which was first shown in 1979?
Bonus Question
Excluding the pilot, how many episodes of “The Sweeney” were produced? (You can have three either way as Oliver’s feeling generous!)
How did you do? Send your answers and score to: quiz@my70stvchildhood.com
Take care,
Oliver
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