Q 01/05

Why did Fifteen to One's producers abolish the live studio audience after the first three series?

A) Tickets went unsold

B) They whispered the answers

C) The studio was too small

D) They heckled the contestants

Answer · why

B) They whispered the answers

They whispered the answers audibly once too often, so the audience was scrapped. Later applause was pre-recorded, and the only real spectators were kn...

Q 02/05

Which television producer hosted Fifteen to One for its entire original run from 1988 to 2003?

A) Bamber Gascoigne

B) Magnus Magnusson

C) William G. Stewart

D) Humphrey Lyttelton

Answer · why

C) William G. Stewart

William G. Stewart meant to front only the pilot until a permanent host could be found. He ended up asking the questions for all 35 series.

Q 03/05

Which comedian, a former chair of Radio 4's The News Quiz, hosted Fifteen to One's daytime revival?

A) Sandi Toksvig

B) Sue Perkins

C) Sarah Millican

D) Susan Calman

Answer · why

A) Sandi Toksvig

Sandi Toksvig fronted all ten revival series, each episode running an hour instead of the original half-hour.

Q 04/05

Which Australian comedian presented the 2013 celebrity special that brought Fifteen to One back to British television?

A) Tim Minchin

B) Jim Jefferies

C) Barry Humphries

D) Adam Hills

Answer · why

D) Adam Hills

Adam Hills fronted the one-off as part of a weekend of programmes devoted to the 1980s. British viewers know him best from The Last Leg, which he bega...

Q 05/05

Which later BBC quiz stood its contestants in a semicircle of podiums, a layout Fifteen to One had used first?

A) Only Connect

B) The Weakest Link

C) Mastermind

D) University Challenge

Answer · why

B) The Weakest Link

The Weakest Link arrived in 2000 with a similar curved line-up. By then the older quiz had been numbering its lecterns 1 to 15 for twelve years.