Q 01/05

In The Two Ronnies sketch Four Candles, what does the hardware shop customer really want first?

A) Fork handles

B) Paraffin wicks

C) Door hinges

D) Broom heads

Answer · why

A) Fork handles

Fork handles, meaning handles for garden forks, is what he wants, but his dropped aitches make the order sound like a request for candles. The shopkee...

Q 02/05

Barker and Corbett opened and closed every edition of The Two Ronnies sitting at a desk as what?

A) Quiz show hosts

B) Weather forecasters

C) Newsreaders

D) Chat show hosts

Answer · why

C) Newsreaders

Newsreaders gave the shy Barker a mask to hide behind: he found it almost impossible to talk to an audience as himself, so the spoof bulletins kept bo...

Q 03/05

Which Goon Show star wrote The Two Ronnies serial The Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old London Town?

A) Peter Sellers

B) Harry Secombe

C) Michael Bentine

D) Spike Milligan

Answer · why

D) Spike Milligan

Spike Milligan first planned the story as a TV special for the Goons, but Peter Sellers's Hollywood commitments sank it. The serial's credits named hi...

Q 04/05

The Two Ronnies' Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old London Town spoofed the hunt for which killer?

A) Sweeney Todd

B) Jack the Ripper

C) Dr Hawley Crippen

D) John Christie

Answer · why

B) Jack the Ripper

Jack the Ripper is the model for the Phantom, a madman who stalks the streets and stuns or kills members of the upper classes simply by blowing a rasp...

Q 05/05

In which sitcom did Ronnie Barker of The Two Ronnies play jailbird Norman Stanley Fletcher?

A) Dad's Army

B) The Likely Lads

C) Porridge

D) Bless This House

Answer · why

C) Porridge

Porridge takes its title from old slang for a prison sentence, after the breakfast once served in British jails. Barker privately regarded it as the f...