Q 01/05

According to their creator, what were the Clangers really doing in their scripted, whistled lines?

A) Singing hymns

B) Swearing

C) Reciting poetry

D) Speaking Welsh

Answer · why

B) Swearing

Swearing, he said: the BBC rang to object to a rude line Major Clanger whistles at a stuck door. Each whistle followed the rhythm of a script written ...

Q 02/05

Which Clangers character gave its name to the Scottish band behind the 1990 hit I'm Free?

A) The Iron Chicken

B) The Froglets

C) The Soup Dragon

D) The Sky Moos

Answer · why

C) The Soup Dragon

The Soup Dragon lent her name to The Soup Dragons, formed in Bellshill in 1985. On screen she fills the Clangers' jug from wells deep inside their pla...

Q 03/05

Which Monty Python member took over as narrator when Clangers returned to British TV in 2015?

A) Eric Idle

B) Terry Gilliam

C) John Cleese

D) Michael Palin

Answer · why

D) Michael Palin

Michael Palin stepped in because the original narrator had died in 2008. He has named the grumpy Major Clanger as one of his favourite characters.

Q 04/05

What household metal objects cover the Clangers' crater burrows as shields against meteorites?

A) Biscuit-tin lids

B) Dustbin lids

C) Baking trays

D) Hubcaps

Answer · why

B) Dustbin lids

Dustbin lids are said to have given the Clangers their name, from the clang one makes when a creature opens its burrow.

Q 05/05

Which handicraft did Joan Firmin use to make the bodies of the original Clangers puppets?

A) Knitting

B) Felting

C) Embroidery

D) Papier-mâché

Answer · why

A) Knitting

Knitting in pink wool was the job of Joan Firmin, whose husband Peter designed the characters. The show's writer said they are pink simply because tha...