Q 01/05

Which On the Buses star made the first withdrawal from the world's first cash machine, in Enfield?

A) Bob Grant

B) Reg Varney

C) Michael Robbins

D) Michael Sheard

Answer · why

B) Reg Varney

Reg Varney was photographed at the Barclays machine in June 1967 because he lived nearby, almost two years before he first played Stan Butler.

Q 02/05

Which James Bond film did the first On the Buses film out-earn at the British box office?

A) Live and Let Die

B) You Only Live Twice

C) Diamonds Are Forever

D) On Her Majesty's Secret Service

Answer · why

C) Diamonds Are Forever

Diamonds Are Forever took less in Britain than the bus depot comedy, whose box office gross came to nearly 28 times its budget.

Q 03/05

Which British studio, famous for Dracula and Frankenstein horrors, made the three On the Buses films?

A) Hammer

B) Amicus

C) Ealing

D) Gainsborough

Answer · why

A) Hammer

Hammer Films had not made a comedy for a decade when it took on Stan Butler, and the first film became its biggest British earner of the 1970s.

Q 04/05

Which slang word does On the Buses use for the bus conductresses Stan Butler chats up?

A) Nippies

B) Dolly birds

C) Judies

D) Clippies

Answer · why

D) Clippies

Clippies are Stan's constant distraction at the depot, and his sister Olive tries the job herself in the series, without success.

Q 05/05

In which fictional Essex town do Stan Butler and Jack Harper work the buses in On the Buses?

A) Walmington

B) Luxton

C) Borchester

D) Melchester

Answer · why

B) Luxton

Luxton exists only on screen: the outdoor depot scenes were filmed at a real bus garage in Wood Green, north London, using borrowed buses.