Daily Cuppa and Quiz: April 8, 2023

#OnThisDay - in 1913 Opening of China's 1st parliament takes place in Peking (now Beijing)

Bit of a TV-themed quiz today, for no other reason than it's Saturday and you may want to reminisce. Feel free to share your favourites in the comments section!

1. In Man About the House what football team did Robin Tripp support?
2. What was the business owned by Ted Simcock called in A Bit of a Do?
3. What was Jean Boht's codename for This Is Your Life?
4. What was the name of the shingles club in Dear John by John Sullivan?
5. In May to December Miss Flood became Mrs Who?
6. What was Poll's surname in Fawlty Towers?
7. On which UK sitcom special did Fergie make a guest appearance?
8. In what type of hospital was Get Well Soon set?
9. In 1979, which sitcom netted the highest audience of the year of 24 million viewers?
10. Written by Carla Lane, Butterflies aired in 1978. Which actors played Ria and Ben?

Answers for April 7
Questions: 1.Henry Becquerel shared a Nobel prize for his work in discovering what? 2.Who took the assumed name Sebastian Melmoth when living in Paris? 3.At which ground did Muralitharan take nine wickets v England? 4.Established in 1919 which is the world's oldest surviving airline? 5.Which personality had her shoe replaced by an army boot in a classic Morecambe and Wise sketch? 6.Which Deputy Party leader appeared in an episode of Chef!? 7.What was the provisional title of Last of the Summer Wine? 8.Empty Nest was a spin off from which sitcom? 9.Which Seinfeld star was the voice of Hugo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame? 10.Whose song provided the music for Girls On Top?
Answers: 1.Radioactivity 2.Oscar Wilde 3.The Oval 4.KLM 5.Shirley Bassey 6.Roy Hattersley 7.Last of the Summer Wine 8.The Golden Girls 9.Jason Alexander 10.Squeeze

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