Q 01/05

Who played Blackadder's servant Baldrick in every series and special?

A) Nigel Planer

B) Tony Robinson

C) Tim McInnerny

D) Adrian Edmondson

Answer · why

B) Tony Robinson

Robinson is the only actor besides Atkinson to appear in all four series and every special. He was knighted in 2013 for services to drama and charity.

Q 02/05

Blackadder Goes Forth is set in the trenches of which conflict?

A) Boer War

B) Crimean War

C) Second World War

D) First World War

Answer · why

D) First World War

The action is set in 1917 on the Western Front, with the ever-planned 'big push' hanging over every episode.

Q 03/05

Which catchphrase is Baldrick best known for?

A) I don't believe it!

B) I have a cunning plan

C) Lovely jubbly

D) Don't panic!

Answer · why

B) I have a cunning plan

The line first appears in the unaired 1982 pilot but was not used regularly until the third series.

Q 04/05

Which root vegetable is Baldrick obsessed with?

A) Beetroot

B) Carrot

C) Swede

D) Turnip

Answer · why

D) Turnip

The Regency Baldrick spends the £400,000 he receives as a Lord on one enormous specimen, which Blackadder promptly crushes on his head.

Q 05/05

Who played the buffoonish Prince Regent in Blackadder the Third?

A) Chris Barrie

B) Robbie Coltrane

C) Hugh Laurie

D) Rik Mayall

Answer · why

C) Hugh Laurie

Laurie had already appeared twice in Blackadder II, as the drunken Simon Partridge and as Prince Ludwig the Indestructible.