Comedy Classics Pub Quiz
Christmas Comedy: Sitcom Specials Quiz
20 questions · Difficulty: Medium· 1975-2024. Circle one answer per question.
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 VillainsB) Modern MenC) Time on Our HandsD) If They Could See Us Now2. The 2019 Gavin & Stacey Christmas special ended on which cliffhanger?
A) Nessa proposing to SmithyB) Smithy proposing to NessaC) Smithy proposing to SoniaD) Dave Coaches proposing to Nessa3. Who played the Spirit of Christmas in Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988)?
A) Brian BlessedB) Jim BroadbentC) Nigel PlanerD) Robbie Coltrane4. In The Vicar of Dibley's "The Christmas Lunch Incident" (1996), how many Christmas dinner invitations does Geraldine accept?
A) ThreeB) FourC) FiveD) Two5. 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 sectionB) The toy departmentC) The perfume counterD) The menswear department6. In The Office's 2003 Christmas specials, what is Tim's Secret Santa present to Dawn?
A) A book of poemsB) A snow globeC) An oil painting setD) A mixtape7. In Dad's Army's 1975 Christmas special "My Brother and I", who plays Captain Mainwaring's drunken brother Barry?
A) John Le MesurierB) Bill PertweeC) Clive DunnD) Arthur Lowe8. In the Only Fools and Horses special "To Hull and Back" (1985), from which city do the Trotters smuggle diamonds?
A) AntwerpB) AmsterdamC) RotterdamD) Brussels9. In The Royle Family's 1999 Christmas special, Denise goes into labour. What is the baby called?
A) DavidB) AntonyC) JimD) Michael10. In the final Keeping Up Appearances episode, the 1995 Christmas special "The Pageant", which queen does Hyacinth play?
A) Catherine of BraganzaB) Anne of DenmarkC) Queen Henrietta MariaD) Queen Mary II11. In the Ghosts finale (Christmas 2023), what has Button House become when an elderly Alison and Mike return decades later?
A) A schoolB) A National Trust museumC) A care homeD) A luxury hotel12. In Porridge's 1976 Christmas special "The Desperate Hours", which prisoner takes Fletch, Godber and Mr Barrowclough hostage?
A) Harry GroutB) Reg UrwinC) LukewarmD) Blanco13. Raquel first appears in which Only Fools and Horses Christmas special?
A) The Frog's LegacyB) Rodney Come HomeC) The Jolly Boys' OutingD) Dates14. In The Vicar of Dibley's 1999 special "Winter", Alice gives birth during the Nativity. What is the baby named?
A) GeraldineB) MaryC) HollyD) Alice15. In Peep Show's Christmas episode "Seasonal Beatings", what "two for one" present does Mark give Dobby?
A) A salad spinnerB) An oven gloveC) Kitchen tongsD) A pepper grinder16. In Gavin & Stacey: The Finale (Christmas 2024), the gang race to which docks to stop Nessa sailing away?
A) TilburyB) SouthamptonC) CardiffD) Dover17. The Office Christmas specials reveal that David Brent released a cover version of which song as a single?
A) Unchained MelodyB) Simply the BestC) Lady in RedD) If You Don't Know Me by Now18. In the final Men Behaving Badly episode, "Delivery" (1998), who is on hand to help deliver Gary and Dorothy's baby?
A) DeborahB) TonyC) AntheaD) Les19. In Blackadder's Christmas Carol, what does Ebenezer Blackadder's Victorian shop sell?
A) HatsB) CandlesC) MoustachesD) Snuff20. "A Christmassy Ted" opens with Ted dreaming himself into which BBC drama?
A) Hamish MacbethB) BallykissangelC) HeartbeatD) All Creatures Great and Small