Q 01/05

The Horrible Histories author set one condition for the 2009 sketch show: it had to be 'horrible, funny and' what?

A) Rude

B) True

C) Cheap

D) Short

Answer · why

B) True

True. He'd had a bad experience with an earlier cartoon of his books, and once writing began the sketch show's makers found that truth turned out to b...

Q 02/05

Which former actor and drama teacher wrote the Horrible Histories books?

A) Anthony Horowitz

B) Terry Deary

C) Michael Morpurgo

D) Philip Ardagh

Answer · why

B) Terry Deary

Terry Deary was asked for a history joke book, with a few facts supplied to go with the gags. He found the facts more interesting and delivered 'a fac...

Q 03/05

Lion Television's live-action Horrible Histories, hosted by a rat puppet, launched in 2009 on which channel?

A) Nick UK

B) CITV

C) CBBC

D) Sky Kids

Answer · why

C) CBBC

CBBC got a sketch show made by writers from adult comedy, whose benchmarks were Blackadder and Monty Python and the Holy Grail rather than other child...

Q 04/05

What is the name of the black rat puppet who links Horrible Histories sketches, explaining which facts are real?

A) Roland Rat

B) Rattus Rattus

C) Remy the Rat

D) Rizzo the Rat

Answer · why

B) Rattus Rattus

Rattus Rattus sometimes holds up the show's pop-up signs himself mid-sketch, and he went on to co-host the spin-off game show Gory Games.

Q 05/05

Which two titles launched the Horrible Histories books?

A) Rotten Romans and Vicious Vikings

B) Vile Victorians and Groovy Greeks

C) Terrible Tudors and Awesome Egyptians

D) Stormin' Normans and Cut-throat Celts

Answer · why

C) Terrible Tudors and Awesome Egyptians

Terrible Tudors and Awesome Egyptians led the way, though only the first has the alliterative kind of title most of the series uses. Awful Egyptians i...