Blackadder: Characters & Catchphrases
From Flashheart to Speckled Jim. Get to know the schemers, fools and toffs of the Blackadder dynasty.
About this quiz
A friendly Blackadder quiz about the people around Edmund rather than the plots. It covers the actors behind the regulars and guest stars, Queenie's household in the Elizabethan series, the puritan relatives who come to dinner, a famous lexicographer, a German master of disguise, and the officers and pets of the Goes Forth trenches. Ideal for casual fans who remember the faces and the best lines.
13 multiple-choice questions, rated easy. Answer them all and you get your score, with every correct answer revealed at the end. Hosting a quiz night? The printable Blackadder: Characters & Catchphrases quiz has a question sheet for players and a separate answer sheet for the quizmaster.
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- Which loud, oversexed adventurer shouts "Woof!" at his admirers?
- Which actor plays the swaggering Lord Flashheart?
- In Blackadder II, a young woman disguised as a man works for Blackadder under which name?
- What is the name of Hugh Laurie's dim aristocratic officer in Blackadder Goes Forth?
- Which actor plays the ever-present servant Baldrick?
- What is the name of General Melchett's beloved pet pigeon?
- Which actor plays the foppish Lord Percy in the first two series?
- Which puritanical, joyless aunt visits for dinner in the episode "Beer"?
- Which famous lexicographer, played by Robbie Coltrane, visits in Blackadder the Third?
- What is the name of Queenie's doting nanny in Blackadder II?
- Which actor plays Blackadder's German nemesis Prince Ludwig the Indestructible?
- Which cowardly staff officer is forever clashing with Blackadder in the trenches?
- What military rank does Baldrick hold in Blackadder Goes Forth?
Blackadder (BBC One, 1983-1989), created by Richard Curtis and Rowan Atkinson. Setting: England, from 1485 to the First World War.
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