{"id":3277,"date":"2022-01-18T14:46:07","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T14:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/DailyQuizzes\/?p=3277"},"modified":"2022-01-22T11:09:09","modified_gmt":"2022-01-22T11:09:09","slug":"the-1980s-british-tv-comedy-quiz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/DailyQuizzes\/the-1980s-british-tv-comedy-quiz\/entertainment\/tv\/","title":{"rendered":"The 1980s British TV Comedy Quiz!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>British TV Sitcoms<\/h3>\n<p>The popularity of the British TV sitcom started in the 1950s and grew steadily throughout the 60s and 70s. In the 1980s there were almost 200 different sitcoms that happened to grace the UK&#8217;s TV screens. However, as we all know; not all sitcoms are equal! The 1980s in particular saw the standard of sitcoms range from the sublime to the utter rubbish. Here&#8217;s a quiz on some of the more memorable British TV comedies of the 1980s.<\/p>\n<h4>Take the 1980s British TV Comedy Quiz!<\/h4>\n<div class=\"riddle_target\" style=\"margin: 0 auto; max-width: 100%; width: 640px;\" data-rid-id=\"363381\" data-fg=\"#FF00FF\" data-bg=\"rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3)\" data-auto-scroll=\"true\" data-auto-scroll-offset=\"5\"><script src=\"https:\/\/www.riddle.com\/embed\/files\/js\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 300px; border: 1px solid #cfcfcf;\" title=\"Quiz - The 1980s British TV Comedy Quiz!\" src=\"https:\/\/www.riddle.com\/embed\/a\/363381?\"><\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>The 1980s British TV Comedy Quiz!<\/h2>\n<p>There was loads of British TV comedy in the 1980s. Here&#8217;s a fun trivia quiz on some of the best-known sitcoms.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h2>In Blackadder Goes Forth what rank does Melchett hold?<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h3>In the sitcom Rab C. Nesbitt, Rab usually refers to his wife by which name?<\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h3>In Hi-de-Hi, which former &#8216;Carry On&#8217; regular takes on the role of Children&#8217;s Entertainer, replacing the grumpy Mr. Partridge?<\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h3>\n<h2>Who starred in the principal role as the &#8216;Magnificent Evans&#8217; in the 1984 sitcom?<\/h2>\n<\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h3>Only Fools and Horses&#8217; character &#8216;Uncle Albert&#8217; has which middle name?<\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h3>\n<h2><strong>In &#8216;Desmond&#8217;s&#8217;, the main character barber &#8216;Desmond Ambrose&#8217; has aspirations to return home to where?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h3>The opening theme to the sitcom &#8216;Brush Strokes&#8217; titled &#8216;Because of You&#8217;, was recorded by which 1980s band?<\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h3>In &#8216;Allo Allo!&#8217; which character has the suffix &#8221;of the Resistance&#8221; to her name?<\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h3>In Last of the Summer Wine, what was &#8216;Foggy&#8217; Dewhurst&#8217;s Christian name?<\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h3>In the first episode of the first series of Blackadder, which British comedy legend plays Richard III?<\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h3>What&#8217;s the name of the educational establishment that the &#8216;The Young Ones&#8217; attend?<\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h3>\n<h2>In &#8216;Duty Free&#8217;, the four main characters, two couples, initially meet at a hotel in which Spanish resort?<\/h2>\n<\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p>No worries! After all, it&#8217;s been a little while since the 80s.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>A good effort! You&#8217;re obviously a fan of British 80s comedy<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>Very good! You must be watching as many repeats on Freeview that you can.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>Excellent! You&#8217;re obviously still living in the 80s. And, who can argue with the Housemartin&#8217;s; &#8221;What a good place to be&#8221; (Happy Hour, 1986).<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p class=\"link-riddle\" style=\"width: 640px; margin: 0px auto; padding-top: 10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.riddle.com\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Quiz Maker<\/a> &#8211; powered by Riddle<\/p>\n<p>Hope you enjoyed taking our British TV Comedy quiz? If so, why not try some of our other TV, general knowledge or other themed<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/DailyQuizzes\/\">\u00a0quizzes<\/a>? And, while you&#8217;re here why not sign up and join our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/registration2\">growing community.<\/a> It&#8217;s free, there&#8217;s no catch, or bombarding you with crappy ads. And, better still, we&#8217;ll be rewarding our members in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Header image credit: CarlsPix\/Shutterstock.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British TV Sitcoms The popularity of the British TV sitcom started in the 1950s and grew steadily throughout the 60s and 70s. In the 1980s there were almost 200 different sitcoms that happened to grace the UK&#8217;s TV screens. However, as we all know; not all sitcoms are equal! 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