Q 01/05

Which fictional Melbourne suburb is the setting of the soap Neighbours?

A) Erinsborough

B) Wandin Valley

C) Mount Thomas

D) Coopers Crossing

Answer · why

A) Erinsborough

Erinsborough is a loose anagram of 'Neighbours' with two letters to spare; in 2019 the suburb's school even got a spin-off series of its own, Erinsbor...

Q 02/05

Which Neighbours dog famously dreamed of marrying Rosie, the sheepdog from next door?

A) Scamp

B) Bouncer

C) Sprocket

D) Rusty

Answer · why

B) Bouncer

Bouncer's dream wedding left the whole cast mortified, said Anne Charleston, who played Madge: it 'reduced it to a three-year-old's programme'. In six...

Q 03/05

Which sitcom reunited the actors behind Brookside's Bobby and Sheila Grant as a married couple?

A) The Royle Family

B) Early Doors

C) Gavin & Stacey

D) Two Pints of Lager

Answer · why

A) The Royle Family

The Royle Family made Ricky Tomlinson and Sue Johnston husband and wife for a second time, as Jim and Barbara; in 2025 they went back to Brookside Clo...

Q 04/05

Which Emmerdale pub, the heart of the village, exploded after a fire in front of 12.5 million viewers?

A) The Woolpack

B) The Rovers Return

C) The Queen Vic

D) The Malt Shovel

Answer · why

A) The Woolpack

The Woolpack blew up when a candle set off a box of fireworks after an after-hours drinking session; even so, the soap's ratings record stayed with it...

Q 05/05

Which Neighbours stalwart, played by Ian Smith, vanished from a seaside rock in 1991 and returned five years later?

A) Harold Bishop

B) Toadfish Rebecchi

C) Jim Robinson

D) Doug Willis

Answer · why

A) Harold Bishop

Harold Bishop had been picked up by a trawler, viewers learned: he came back in 1996 with amnesia, calling himself Ted and working for the Salvation A...