Q 01/05

Which Are You Being Served? menswear assistant, played by John Inman, answered every call with 'I'm free!'?

A) Mr Humphries

B) Mr Lucas

C) Mr Rumbold

D) Mr Grainger

Answer · why

A) Mr Humphries

Mr Humphries made 'I'm free!' his catchphrase, yet it was first spoken by Mrs Slocombe in the pilot; Inman used it backstage until Mollie Sugden told ...

Q 02/05

Which fez-wearing magician-comedian collapsed and died on stage during ITV's Live from Her Majesty's in 1984?

A) Les Dawson

B) Tommy Cooper

C) Eric Sykes

D) Frankie Howerd

Answer · why

B) Tommy Cooper

Tommy Cooper suffered a heart attack in front of 15 million viewers midway through his act, and he had borrowed his first fez from a passing waiter af...

Q 03/05

Which conductor did Eric Morecambe grab by the lapels after being told he was playing 'all the wrong notes'?

A) Herbert von Karajan

B) Leonard Bernstein

C) André Previn

D) Georg Solti

Answer · why

C) André Previn

André Previn heard back that Eric was playing 'all the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order', in a 1971 Christmas show sketch that bill...

Q 04/05

Which panel show credited 'The Rt. Hon Tub of Lard MP' in 1993 after Roy Hattersley pulled out at short notice?

A) They Think It's All Over

B) Shooting Stars

C) Mock the Week

D) Have I Got News for You

Answer · why

D) Have I Got News for You

Have I Got News for You sat the lard in Hattersley's chair because, the host claimed, the two 'possessed the same qualities and were liable to give si...

Q 05/05

Which Dad's Army character, the pompous bank manager played by Arthur Lowe, commands Walmington-on-Sea's platoon?

A) Captain Mainwaring

B) Sergeant Wilson

C) Private Frazer

D) Chief Warden Hodges

Answer · why

A) Captain Mainwaring

Captain Mainwaring appointed himself leader of the town's Local Defence Volunteers, in a show that was originally titled The Fighting Tigers.