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A Blackadder quiz
1983-1989

Blackadder: Episodes & Moments

Dictionaries, duels and doomed pigeons. A tougher test on the plots and moments across all four series.

Hard 13 questions
Printable version (question & answer sheets)

About this quiz

This harder Blackadder quiz goes episode by episode, with several questions on Dr Johnson's visit in Ink and Incapability alongside Bells, Beer, Chains, Corporal Punishment, Private Plane and Major Star. You will need to recall who kidnaps whom, who gatecrashes a wedding and how the final scene of Goodbyeee fades out. Best suited to superfans who can quote the scripts line for line.

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

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  1. In "Ink and Incapability", which monumental work does Dr Johnson bring for the Prince's patronage?
  2. In that same episode, which manuscript does Baldrick accidentally burn instead of the dictionary?
  3. Which single word does Dr Johnson realise he has left out of his dictionary?
  4. In "Corporal Punishment", Blackadder shoots and eats which cherished creature?
  5. In the Blackadder II episode "Bells", who does Blackadder fall for, a servant disguised as a boy?
  6. In "Bells", who steals the bride away at the wedding?
  7. In the episode "Beer", which disapproving relatives come to dine with Blackadder?
  8. In "Chains", who kidnaps Blackadder and Lord Melchett?
  9. The final scene of Blackadder Goes Forth famously dissolves from the battlefield into an image of what?
  10. The episode "Private Plane" sees the return of which flamboyant character from Blackadder II?
  11. In "Major Star", Blackadder is ordered to stage what in order to boost the troops' morale?
  12. In Blackadder the Third, with which real historical figure does Blackadder discuss military tactics?
  13. How does Blackadder repeatedly infuriate Dr Johnson in "Ink and Incapability"?

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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