Who presents Lake District documentary ‘The Lakes’? | Rory McGrath |
The brothers Sam and Dean Winchester are demon-hunters in which US TV drama? | Supernatural |
Which TV magician had the catchphrase ‘Piff Paff Poof!’? | The Great Soprendo |
In what TV series does Dawn French play ‘desperately misguided’ midwife Joy Aston? | Psychoville |
Who co-starred with Roger Moore in the ’70s TV show ‘The Persuaders’? | Tony Curtis |
Who succeeded Bob Monkhouse as host of ‘Family Fortunes’? | Max Bygraves |
‘OTT’ was an adult version of what children’s TV show? | Tiswas |
What ’70s TV drama was based on the life-story of kitchen maid Rosa Lewis? | The Duchess of Duke Street |
Which Girls Aloud member presents TV’s ‘Dating in the Dark’? | Sarah Harding |
What hospital features in the TV show ’24 Hours in A&E’? | King’s College, London |
Which reality TV show features B&B owners judging each other’s businesses? | Three In A Bed |
Hugh Grant appeared as a preacher in which TV medical drama? | A Very Peculiar Practice |
How were TV’s ‘Gilmore Girls’ related? | Mother and daughter |
In metres, what are the measurements of the cube in the game show ‘The Cube’? | 4 x 4 x 4 |
What does Emmerdale’s Paddy Kirk do for a living? | Vet |
Which Scottish TV presenter came to fame as hostess on ”Wheel of Fortune’? | Carol Smillie |
Who plays Jackson’s mother Hazel in ‘Emmerdale’? | Pauline Quirke |
Which actress played the title role in the TV comedy series ‘Linda Green’? | Liza Tarbuck |
Which TV couple lived at 46 Peacock Crescent? | George and Mildred |
In the TV cartoon ‘Wacky Races’, who drove the Arkansas Chuggabug? | Luke and Blubber Bear |
Which ‘EastEnders’ star won ‘I’m a Celebrity..’ in 2008? | Joe Swash |
What was Kara Tointon’s character in ‘EastEnders’? | Dawn |
Who won the last ‘Celebrity Big Brother’ on Channel 4? | Alex Reid |
Which TV police detective is assisted by Samantha Stewart? | Christopher Foyle |
Who plays River Song in ‘Doctor Who’? | Alex Kingston |
Colin Morgan plays which legendary character on TV? | Merlin |
Who played Mary Whitehouse in TV drama ‘Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story’? | Julie Walters |
Who was the first male ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ winner? | Darren Gough |
‘Caprica’ was a prequel to what TV sci-fi show? | Battlestar Galactica |
Which comedian was one of the co-anchors for the launch of Channel 5 with Julia Bradbury? | Tim Vine |
What island country was the title of a 2011 David Attenborough wildlife series? | Madagascar |
Matthew Fox played Jack Shephard in what TV drama? | Lost |
Michael J. Fox played a New York Deputy Mayor in what sitcom? | Spin City |
In the TV soap, what village was renamed Emmerdale in 1994? | Beckindale |
Lucy Liu played Ling Woo in what US TV series? | Ally McBeal |
What was the real first name of TV cook Fanny Cradock? | Phyllis |
Alec Baldwin plays Jack Donaghy in what hit American TV comedy? | 30 Rock |
Which ballet dancer played one of Carrie’s love interests in ‘Sex and the City’? | Mikhail Baryshnikov |
In the TV show ‘Hustle’, which American plays Albert Stroller? | Robert Vaughn |
Who hosts comedy panel show ‘The Marriage Ref’? | Dermot O’Leary |
TV drama ‘Mad Dogs’ is set on what Spanish island? | Majorca |
Which TV writer has acted under the stage name Lynda Marchal? | Lynda La Plante |
Paul Nicholls and Claire Sweeney star in what TV drama set in a minicab firm? | Candy Cabs |
Which ‘Ugly Betty’ character is played by Vanessa Williams? | Wilhelmina Slater |
Which comedian co-hosted the game show ‘Your Face or Mine?’? | Jimmy Carr |
What was the family called in TV’s ‘Lost in Space’? | Robinson |
In the TV sitcom ‘Desmond’s’, what was the name of Desmond’s wife? | Shirley |
The TV drama ‘Band of Brothers’ took its title from which Shakespeare play? | Henry V |
Who directed the TV play ‘Nuts in May’? | Mike Leigh |
What ’70s sitcom starred Diane Keen and Lewis Collins? | The Cuckoo Waltz |
Who presented the TV series ‘Power of Art’? | Simon Schama |
How many attempts did the UK make at the Eurovision Song Contest before finally winning it? | Nine |
Which Roman Emperor was played by George Baker in the TV drama ‘I, Claudius’? | Tiberius |
Of which TV talk show host was it once said: “He rose without a trace”? | David Frost |
‘Boss of Me’ by They Might Be Giants was which US sitcom’s theme song? | Malcolm in the Middle |
Vanessa Hudgens played Gabriella in what series? | High School Musical |
Who presents ‘Country House Rescue’? | Ruth Watson |
What’s the name of the dinosaur in TV show ‘The Wiggles’? | Dorothy |
The Mitchell Library, one of the largest public reference libraries in Europe, is in which British city? | Glasgow |
Which historian and biographer helped to found the London library? | Thomas Carlyle |
Which children’s publisher created the Adventures from History series? | Ladybird |
Which French ruler founded the Foreign Legion? | Louis-Phillipe |
What term for a disreputable old man comes from the French for ‘someone deserving to be broken on a wheel’? | Roue |
Benjamin Franklin Chemistry Scholarships are awarded by what Scottish university? | St Andrews |
What two-word term means the folded exterior of the brain, also called grey matter? | Cerebral cortex |
What part of the brain regulates motor activity? | Cerebellum |
Karakalpakstan is the westernmost region of what country? | Uzbekistan |
Dead Christ and Dance of Death are works by what German-born British artist? | Hans Holbein |
Name all three elements named after global regions larger than a single country? | Americium, Europium, Scandium |
What kind of feedback occurs when an effect amplifies an original cause? | Positive |
Out of Sight was a film based on the work of what author? | Elmore Leonard |
John Paul Jones led the daring but useless raid on which seaport in Cumbria? | Whitehaven |
What colour was Wallace Simpson’s wedding gown? | Light blue |
Michael Knighton tried to buy which club in 1989? | Manchester United |
What’s the name of the 2011 Sherlock Holmes book by Anthony Horowitz? | House of Silk |
What is the UK’s largest bird of prey, reintroduced to Rhum in the 1980s? | Sea Eagle |
What part of the lower digestive system comes from the Italian for ‘little sausage’? | Bowels |
In Greek myth, who unravelled her knitting every night to keep her suitors at bay? | Penelope |
Catherine Deneuve is known for her long association with what French film director? | Yves St Laurent |
What major port lies on the New Meuse River? | Rotterdam |
What Satanic nickname is usually given to Tartini’s Violin Sonata in D Minor? | Devil’s Trill |
Bean Bag by Herb Alpert was the theme to what TV series? | It’s A Knockout |
Bell Hop, written by John Shakespeare, was the TV theme to what? | Terry and June |
Steve Nallon is a famous impersonator of which Prime Minister? | Margaret Thatcher |