10 free The Young Ones trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
The Young Ones was so ahead of its time that it still feels fresh today—a perfect blend of absurdist humor and genuine heart that influenced every comedy show after it. Ready to prove you're a true fan? Take our 10-question quiz and find out how deep your knowledge really goes.
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Q 01Which of the four housemates was a punk-rock medical student who kept attacking the others?
Vyvyan Basterd
Adrian Edmondson played the sadistic punk, whose only real affection was reserved for a talking hamster and a flame-painted car.
Q 02How is "The Young Ones" best described as a piece of television?
Surreal sitcom
Its anarchic slapstick and puppet cutaways helped bring alternative comedy to British TV, and it was voted number 31 in the BBC's Best Sitcom poll in 2004.
Q 03Adrian Edmondson's character owned which car, painted yellow with red flames along the sides?
Ford Anglia
The car had his nickname "Vyv" written across the back window and suffered as much abuse as his housemates.
Q 04What was the name of the students' landlord, played by Alexei Sayle with a fake Russian accent?
Jerzei Balowski
Sayle also played most of Balowski's relatives, each one as eccentric as the last.
Q 05Which band performed "Ace of Spades" in the living room during the episode "Bambi"?
Motörhead
The show booked a live band almost every week so the BBC would class it as variety, which came with a bigger budget than a sitcom.
Q 06Which housemate was the morose hippie studying Peace Studies, who ended up doing all the chores?
Neil Pye
Nigel Planer took the character to number 2 in the UK singles chart in 1984 with a cover of Traffic's "Hole in My Shoe".
Q 07Rik Mayall's 'People's Poet' character proclaimed himself a follower of which political ideology?
Anarchism
Ben Elton said the character was modelled on the try-hard leftie found on every university campus, and he switched politics whenever it suited him.
Q 08What kind of animal was Special Patrol Group, the talking Glaswegian pet kept by the punk housemate?
A hamster
SPG was on the receiving end of much of his owner's violence, yet kept coming back with a Glasgow accent.
Q 09Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson played flatmates Richie and Eddie in which BBC2 sitcom?
Bottom
It ran for three series from 1991 to 1995 and, like its predecessor, placed 45th in the BBC's Britain's Best Sitcom poll.
Q 10Who wrote "The Young Ones" with Rik Mayall and Lise Mayer?
Ben Elton
The other three names all turned up on screen instead, as the Footlights College team in the University Challenge episode "Bambi".