1983-1989

Blackadder

From medieval England to the trenches of WWI, test your knowledge of Edmund Blackadder and Baldrick.

Medium 15 questions

About this quiz

This Blackadder quiz follows the family line from the medieval court of the first series, through Tudor and Georgian England, to the Western Front. There are questions and answers on the cast and their many roles, the put-upon servant's catchphrase and favourite vegetable, the writing partnership behind the scripts and how Goodbyeee ends. A fair middle-ground test for anyone who has seen all four series.

15 multiple-choice questions, rated medium. Answer them all and you get your score, with every correct answer revealed at the end. Hosting a quiz night? The printable Blackadder quiz has a question sheet for players and a separate answer sheet for the quizmaster.

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  1. Which actor plays Edmund Blackadder in all four series?
  2. What is the name of Blackadder's put-upon dogsbody?
  3. Which catchphrase does Baldrick repeatedly announce?
  4. Which series is set in the trenches of the First World War?
  5. Which monarch, nicknamed 'Queenie', does Miranda Richardson play in Blackadder II?
  6. In Blackadder the Third, whom does Blackadder serve as butler?
  7. Which actor plays the dim-witted Prince Regent and, later, Lieutenant George?
  8. Which vegetable is Baldrick particularly obsessed with?
  9. What is the title of the very first series, set in the Middle Ages?
  10. How does the final episode of Blackadder Goes Forth, 'Goodbyeee', famously end?
  11. Which character does Stephen Fry play across Blackadder II and Blackadder Goes Forth?
  12. What is Blackadder's first name?
  13. How many main television series of Blackadder were made?
  14. What military rank does Blackadder hold in Blackadder Goes Forth?
  15. Who co-wrote Blackadder with Richard Curtis from the second series onwards?

Blackadder (BBC One, 1983-1989), created by Richard Curtis and Rowan Atkinson. Setting: England, from 1485 to the First World War.

Blackadder cast, characters and facts