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A Rising Damp quiz
1974-1978

Rising Damp

Think you know Rigsby's crumbling boarding house? Take on this tricky ITV comedy quiz.

Hard 15 questions
Printable version (question & answer sheets)

About this quiz

A tricky Rising Damp quiz on Rigsby's crumbling boarding house and the people behind it. Questions cover the landlord's cat, the lodger who claims royal African blood, what the student is studying, the stage play it grew from and the ITV company that made it, plus the show's awards and the 1980 film. Best suited to fans who know the lodgers well.

15 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 Rising Damp quiz has a question sheet for players and a separate answer sheet for the quizmaster.

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  1. Which actor plays the seedy landlord Rupert Rigsby?
  2. What is the name of Rigsby's cat?
  3. Which lodger claims to be the son of an African chief?
  4. What does the lodger Alan study?
  5. Which actress plays the refined spinster Miss Jones?
  6. Rising Damp was adapted from which stage play by Eric Chappell?
  7. Which company produced Rising Damp for ITV?
  8. Who created and wrote Rising Damp?
  9. What is Miss Jones's first name?
  10. Rigsby harbours a hopeless, unrequited crush on which character?
  11. How many series of Rising Damp were made?
  12. Which award did Rising Damp win in 1978?
  13. Richard Beckinsale, who played Alan, also starred in which other classic sitcom?
  14. In which decade was Rising Damp first broadcast?
  15. In the 1980 film version, where is Philip actually revealed to be from?

Rising Damp (ITV, 1974-1978), created by Eric Chappell. Setting: A run-down boarding house in an unnamed northern English university town.

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