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Christmas Comedy: Sitcom Specials Quiz

20 questions · Difficulty: Medium· 1975-2024. Circle one answer per question.

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  1. 1. Which Only Fools and Horses Christmas special drew 24.35 million viewers in 1996, a record UK audience for a sitcom episode?

    A) Heroes and Villains
    B) Modern Men
    C) Time on Our Hands
    D) If They Could See Us Now
  2. 2. The 2019 Gavin & Stacey Christmas special ended on which cliffhanger?

    A) Nessa proposing to Smithy
    B) Smithy proposing to Nessa
    C) Smithy proposing to Sonia
    D) Dave Coaches proposing to Nessa
  3. 3. Who played the Spirit of Christmas in Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988)?

    A) Brian Blessed
    B) Jim Broadbent
    C) Nigel Planer
    D) Robbie Coltrane
  4. 4. In The Vicar of Dibley's "The Christmas Lunch Incident" (1996), how many Christmas dinner invitations does Geraldine accept?

    A) Three
    B) Four
    C) Five
    D) Two
  5. 5. In Father Ted's "A Christmassy Ted", Ted wins the Golden Cleric award for leading a group of priests out of which part of a department store?

    A) The lingerie section
    B) The toy department
    C) The perfume counter
    D) The menswear department
  6. 6. In The Office's 2003 Christmas specials, what is Tim's Secret Santa present to Dawn?

    A) A book of poems
    B) A snow globe
    C) An oil painting set
    D) A mixtape
  7. 7. In Dad's Army's 1975 Christmas special "My Brother and I", who plays Captain Mainwaring's drunken brother Barry?

    A) John Le Mesurier
    B) Bill Pertwee
    C) Clive Dunn
    D) Arthur Lowe
  8. 8. In the Only Fools and Horses special "To Hull and Back" (1985), from which city do the Trotters smuggle diamonds?

    A) Antwerp
    B) Amsterdam
    C) Rotterdam
    D) Brussels
  9. 9. In The Royle Family's 1999 Christmas special, Denise goes into labour. What is the baby called?

    A) David
    B) Antony
    C) Jim
    D) Michael
  10. 10. In the final Keeping Up Appearances episode, the 1995 Christmas special "The Pageant", which queen does Hyacinth play?

    A) Catherine of Braganza
    B) Anne of Denmark
    C) Queen Henrietta Maria
    D) Queen Mary II
  11. 11. In the Ghosts finale (Christmas 2023), what has Button House become when an elderly Alison and Mike return decades later?

    A) A school
    B) A National Trust museum
    C) A care home
    D) A luxury hotel
  12. 12. In Porridge's 1976 Christmas special "The Desperate Hours", which prisoner takes Fletch, Godber and Mr Barrowclough hostage?

    A) Harry Grout
    B) Reg Urwin
    C) Lukewarm
    D) Blanco
  13. 13. Raquel first appears in which Only Fools and Horses Christmas special?

    A) The Frog's Legacy
    B) Rodney Come Home
    C) The Jolly Boys' Outing
    D) Dates
  14. 14. In The Vicar of Dibley's 1999 special "Winter", Alice gives birth during the Nativity. What is the baby named?

    A) Geraldine
    B) Mary
    C) Holly
    D) Alice
  15. 15. In Peep Show's Christmas episode "Seasonal Beatings", what "two for one" present does Mark give Dobby?

    A) A salad spinner
    B) An oven glove
    C) Kitchen tongs
    D) A pepper grinder
  16. 16. In Gavin & Stacey: The Finale (Christmas 2024), the gang race to which docks to stop Nessa sailing away?

    A) Tilbury
    B) Southampton
    C) Cardiff
    D) Dover
  17. 17. The Office Christmas specials reveal that David Brent released a cover version of which song as a single?

    A) Unchained Melody
    B) Simply the Best
    C) Lady in Red
    D) If You Don't Know Me by Now
  18. 18. In the final Men Behaving Badly episode, "Delivery" (1998), who is on hand to help deliver Gary and Dorothy's baby?

    A) Deborah
    B) Tony
    C) Anthea
    D) Les
  19. 19. In Blackadder's Christmas Carol, what does Ebenezer Blackadder's Victorian shop sell?

    A) Hats
    B) Candles
    C) Moustaches
    D) Snuff
  20. 20. "A Christmassy Ted" opens with Ted dreaming himself into which BBC drama?

    A) Hamish Macbeth
    B) Ballykissangel
    C) Heartbeat
    D) All Creatures Great and Small
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Christmas Comedy: Sitcom Specials Quiz: Answers

  1. 1. C - Time on Our Hands
  2. 2. A - Nessa proposing to Smithy
  3. 3. D - Robbie Coltrane
  4. 4. B - Four
  5. 5. A - The lingerie section
  6. 6. C - An oil painting set
  7. 7. D - Arthur Lowe
  8. 8. B - Amsterdam
  9. 9. A - David
  10. 10. C - Queen Henrietta Maria
  11. 11. D - A luxury hotel
  12. 12. B - Reg Urwin
  13. 13. D - Dates
  14. 14. A - Geraldine
  15. 15. C - Kitchen tongs
  16. 16. B - Southampton
  17. 17. D - If You Don't Know Me by Now
  18. 18. A - Deborah
  19. 19. C - Moustaches
  20. 20. B - Ballykissangel

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