Q 01/05

Which ITV show, where viewers' postal votes picked the winner, turned Little and Large into household names in 1971?

A) Junior Showtime

B) Opportunity Knocks

C) The Carroll Levis Show

D) The Comedians

Answer · why

B) Opportunity Knocks

Opportunity Knocks put the pair in front of millions after nearly a decade of slogging round northern clubs. Even then, a series of their own was five...

Q 02/05

Little and Large's contrasting builds led to comparisons with, and dance tributes to, which Hollywood double act?

A) Laurel and Hardy

B) Abbott and Costello

C) Martin and Lewis

D) Hope and Crosby

Answer · why

A) Laurel and Hardy

Laurel and Hardy were the obvious match for a thin, timid stooge and a round, bossy partner. The pair leaned into it, recreating the film duo's dance ...

Q 03/05

Little and Large became a double act after Eddie Large did what during Syd Little's pub singing spot?

A) Fixed his amplifier

B) Introduced him

C) Heckled him

D) Dimmed the lights

Answer · why

C) Heckled him

Heckled him: Eddie found the shy singer irresistibly funny and kept interrupting from the audience. Over a drink afterwards they planned an act built ...

Q 04/05

Eddie Large realised a lifelong ambition on television by joining which glam rock band for their Christmas hit?

A) Wizzard

B) T. Rex

C) Sweet

D) Slade

Answer · why

D) Slade

Slade were guests on the same programme, and when Eddie confessed his dream, one of the band stepped aside and let him take his place for their festiv...

Q 05/05

Eddie Large was a lifelong fan of which football club, whose old ground stood opposite his childhood home?

A) Bolton Wanderers

B) Manchester City

C) Manchester United

D) Stockport County

Answer · why

B) Manchester City

Manchester City played at Maine Road, directly opposite the terraced house where he grew up. He played schoolboy football himself and stayed devoted t...