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Free UK Telly Quiz Questions & Answers - Section 1
Question 1: What breed of dog is Scooby-Doo?
Answer: Great Dane
Question 2: What is Father Ted's surname?
Answer: Crilly
Question 3: Give the Christian name of The Fonz in the TV show Happy Days.
Answer: Arthur
Question 4: What is the name of Wednesday Addams’ school in the TV series Wednesday?
Answer: Nevermore Academy
Question 5: What was the name of the HBO series based on a video game, starring Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey?
Answer: The Last of Us
Question 6: Which South Korean series became Netflix’s most-watched show in 2021?
Answer: Squid Game
Question 7: Which actor played Geralt of Rivia from the fourth series of The Witcher?
Answer: Liam Hemsworth
Question 8: What long-running UK TV soap celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2025?
Answer: Eastenders
Question 9: Who hosts The Traitors UK?
Answer: Claudia Winkleman
Question 10: Dusty Bin was a booby prize in which television show?
Answer: 321
Free UK Telly Quiz Questions & Answers - Section 2
Question 1: In which drama series did Lady Bellamy die on the Titanic?
Answer: Upstairs, Downstairs.
Question 2: Which eye-patch-wearing secret agent had his base in London?
Answer: Danger Mouse
Question 3: The Golden Girls were the assistants on which TV game show?
Answer: The Golden Shot
Question 4: Who won the first series of Celebrity Traitors?
Answer: Alan Carr
Question 5: In which TV series did Robson Green play the character Jimmy Powell?
Answer: Casualty
Question 6: In the 1960s TV series, what was the Christian name of Batman’s butler?
Answer: Alfred.
Question 7: On TV, which American city’s streets were patrolled by Karl Malden and Michael Douglas?
Answer: San Francisco
Question 8: In the TV show Downton Abby, what pet animal was Pharaoh?
Answer: Dog
Question 9: What is the name of the fictional tube station that serves Albert Square?
Answer: Walford East
Question 10: Morbo is an alien news presenter in which Matt Groening's cartoon series?
Answer: Futurama
Free UK Telly Quiz Questions & Answers - Section 3
Question 1: In the American comedy series, what is the name of Frasier’s brother?
Answer: Niles
Question 2: Who starred alongside Ade Edmondson in the TV series Bottom?
Answer: Rik Mayall
Question 3: On which television show is Doctor Bunsen Honeydew the resident scientist?
Answer: The Muppet Show
Question 4: In the musical television series The Hit Man and Her, who was the Hit Man?
Answer: Pete Waterman
Question 5: Walnut Grove was the setting for which TV series?
Answer: Little House on the Prairie
Question 6: Which game show was known for its catchphrase, “Is that your final answer?”
Answer: Who wants to be a Millionaire?
Question 7: Officer Dibble appeared in which kids' cartoon series?
Answer: Top Cat
Question 8: In which TV series does the Byrde family launder money for a drug cartel in Missouri?
Answer: Ozark
Question 9: Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane spent most of his time chasing a pair of brothers in which TV show?
Answer: The Dukes of Hazzard
Question 10: Who plays TV cop Luther?
Answer: Idris Elba.
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Free UK Telly Quiz Questions & Answers - Section 4
Question 1: Give the surname of Joey’s character in Friends?
Answer: Tribbiani
Question 2: Which chef presented the TV show £1 Wonders?
Answer: Jamie Oliver
Question 3: Which TV character always had ‘a cunning plan’?
Answer: Baldrick
Question 4: The Bare Naked Ladies sang the theme to what US sitcom starring Jim Parsons?
Answer: The Big Bang Theory
Question 5: Which kid's TV show often started: It's Friday, It's Five to Five, and It's…what?
Answer: Crackerjack
Question 6: Which children’s animated television title character was renamed ‘Dare Dare Motus’ in France, and ‘Agente Zero Zero Rato’ in Portugal?
Answer: Danger Mouse
Question 7: Cuddly Toys and a Conveyor Belt were seen every week on which TV show?
Answer: The Generation Game
Question 8: The character Elsie Lappin spoke the first line in which long-running TV series?
Answer: Coronation Street
Question 9: On TV, who chases the Road Runner?
Answer: Wile E. Coyote
Question 10: Who plays Catherine Cawood in the TV series Happy Valley?
Answer: Sarah Lancashire
Free UK Telly Quiz Questions & Answers - Section 5
Question 1: Who hosts Taskmaster alongside Greg Davies?
Answer: Alex Horne
Question 2: Reckless is the pet dog in which large family TV series?
Answer: The Waltons
Question 3: Who was the first female winner of The X Factor?
Answer: Leona Lewis
Question 4: Rudge Park Comprehensive is the setting for which TV series?
Answer: The Inbetweeners
Question 5: Which TV chef produced a Feel-good cookbook?
Answer: Ainsley Harriet
Question 6: The pop act Splodgenessabounds gave which TV sitcom its name?
Answer: Two Pints Of Lager
Question 7: On the TV show The Big Breakfast, Paula Yates interviewed people on what type of furniture?
Answer: A Bed
Question 8: Which TV series had the phone number 01 811 8055?
Answer: The Multicoloured Swap Shop
Question 9: The long-running saga of who shot JR was a plot in which TV series?
Answer: Dallas
Question 10: Which was the first Western TV series to be broadcast in colour?
Answer: Bonanza
Free UK Telly Quiz Questions & Answers - Section 6
Question 1: In what TV series did George Peppard play Hannibal Smith?
Answer: The A Team.
Question 2: In Only Fools and Horses, the sale of what brought the Trotter brothers their millionaire status
Answer: Pocket Watch
Question 3: How was Coronation Street character Ernest Bishop killed in the 1970s?
Answer: He was shot
Question 4: The disappearance of... who? was the most-watched Netflix series of 2019?
Answer: Madeline McCann
Question 5: What is the name of the hotel in the comedy series Benidorm?
Answer: The Solana Hotel
Question 6: Chilli and Bandit are the mother and father of which children's TV dog?
Answer: Bluey
Question 7: On which TV series did we regularly hear the line Get Down, Shep?
Answer: Blue Peter
Question 8: In the TV series Bewitched, what body part does Samantha twitch to cast a spell?
Answer: Her Nose
Question 9: The crime series Broadchurch is set in which English county?
Answer: Dorset
Question 10: Who is the creator of the TV series Taskmaster?
Answer: Alex Horne
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Free UK Telly Quiz Questions & Answers - Section 7
Question 1: How many episodes of the series The Royal Family were made: 27 or 37?
Answer: 27
Question 2: Who hosts the fun quiz show Mock the Week?
Answer: Dara O'Briain
Question 3: TV Ads for which canned company featured a man in a white suit?
Answer: Del Monte
Question 4: Ramsay Street is the setting of which television program?
Answer: Neighbours
Question 5: Name the policeman in the cartoon series Top Cat?
Answer: Officer Dibble
Question 6: Which actress played the part of the mother in Absolutely Fabulous?
Answer: June Whitfield
Question 7: Who was the first character in the series Friends to become a parent?
Answer: Ross Geller
Question 8: Who became the first ever female Doctor Who?
Answer: Jodie Whittaker
Question 9: Alphabetically, who was the first Teenage Mutant Hero Turtle?
Answer: Donatello
Question 10: What is the family name of Marge and Homer Simpson's next-door neighbours?
Answer: Flanders
Free UK Telly Quiz Questions & Answers - Section 8
Question 1: “Here's one I made earlier” was a famous line from which TV show?
Answer: Blue Peter
Question 2: Which UK soap opera is set in the fictional town of Weatherfield?
Answer: Coronation Street
Question 3: Which TV show has the characters Sheldon, Leonard, Raj and Penny?
Answer: The Big Bang Theory
Question 4: Which Friends actress played the title role in the rom-com Along Came Polly?
Answer: Jennifer Aniston
Question 5: Walter White is the main character in which TV series?
Answer: Breaking Bad
Question 6: What was the first Netflix original series?
Answer: House of Cards
Question 7: Who plays DI Kate Fleming in Line of Duty?
Answer: Vicky McClure
Question 8: What is the name of the Stark family’s home in Game of Thrones?
Answer: Winterfell
Question 9: William McKinley High School for the Performing Arts is the fictional setting of which show?
Answer: Glee
Question 10: Edina Monsoon is a character from which TV sitcom?
Answer: AB-FAB
Free UK Telly Quiz Questions & Answers - Section 9
Question 1: Who co-created, wrote and directed 'The Office' in the UK with Ricky Gervais?
Answer: Stephen Merchant
Question 2: Where did the Game of Thrones character Tywin Lannister die?
Answer: On the Privy. Toilet
Question 3: Amanda Holden appeared as a contestant on what TV show in 1991?
Answer: Blind Date
Question 4: Michael Elphick played the part of Ken Boon in which TV series?
Answer: Boon
Question 5: What colour is the Teletubby Dipsy
Answer: Green
Question 6: Heads or Tails – Was Custard a cat or a dog in the TV series Roobarb and Custard?
Answer: Cat
Question 7: Which actor has appeared in the most episodes as the character Dr Who?
Answer: Tom Baker
Question 8: Which Hovis bread was advertised on TV with a hot air balloon accompanied by the song I Can’t Let Maggie Go?
Answer: Nimble
Question 9: Did Fawlty Towers famously have only 12 or 15 episodes?
Answer: 12 Episodes
Question 10: Which Australian soap opera came to UK television in 1976?
Answer: The Sullivans
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Free UK Telly Quiz Questions & Answers - Section 10
Question 1: Pat Roach played Bomber in which TV series?
Answer: Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
Question 2: In the TV series The Muppet Show, what was the name of Kermit the Frog’s nephew?
Answer: Robin
Question 3: Dennis Waterman played Terry McCann in which TV series?
Answer: Minder
Question 4: Which member of Scooby Doo’s gang wears a Bob hairstyle?
Answer: Velma
Question 5: Who was born first of the TV comedy duo, Hinge & Bracket?
Answer: Bracket 1942 - Hinge 1944
Question 6: What was the name of TV puppet Sooty's girlfriend?
Answer: Sue
Question 7: The Office actress Lucy Davis is the daughter of which comedian?
Answer: Jasper Carrott
Question 8: What city is the setting for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?
Answer: New York
Question 9:Set near Birmingham, in what decade did the British soap Crossroads first appear on TV?
Answer: The 1960s -1964
Question 10: Who created the TV series, Downton Abbey?
Answer: Julian Fellowes
Free UK Telly Quiz Questions & Answers - Section 11
Question 1: What was the title of Michael Palin’s third marathon travel series for the BBC?
Answer: Full Circle
Question 2: Which country was the setting for the comedy series Father Ted?
Answer: Ireland
Question 3: Episodes of which comedy series featured a rat, the builders and the hotel inspector?
Answer: Fawlty Towers
Question 4: Which comedy series featured the Bayview retirement home?
Answer: Waiting For God
Question 5: Which comedy series featured a butler called Brabinger?
Answer: To The Manor Born
Question 6: Which TV comedian played the toymaker in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?
Answer: Benny Hill
Question 7: Which 2010 BBC3 comedy starring Russell Tovey and Sarah Solemani never left their bedsit?
Answer: Him and Her
Question 8: Which comedy duo won Opportunity Knocks in 1971?
Answer: Little & Large
Question 9: Which Dad’s Army character was an undertaker?
Answer: Private Fraser
Question 10: Who played Mr. & Mrs Abbot in the 1970s comedy series Bless This House?
Answer: Sid James & Diana Coupland
Free UK Telly Quiz Questions & Answers - Section 12
Question 1: Which TV cartoon couple lives at 742 Evergreen Terrace?
Answer: Homer & Marge Simpson
Question 2: The song Love and Marriage was the theme tune to which US comedy?
Answer: Married with Children
Question 3: On which Island is the TV series Love Island filmed during the summer?
Answer: Mallorca, Spain
Question 4: Who made the line “In the Best Possible Taste” famous?
Answer: Kenny Everett
Question 5: Give the Christian name of David Cassidy's character in The Partridge Family
Answer: Keith
Question 6: What name links a Fawlty Towers character to the herb used in Pesto Sauce?
Answer: Basil
Question 7: Which TV actor played the part of private detective Jonathan Creek?
Answer: Alan Davies
Question 8: In 1968, when the first colour television licence was introduced, did it cost £3, £8 or £10?
Answer: £10
Question 9: Which TV series had the most episodes, Friends or Happy Days?
Answer: Happy Days
Question 10: In the original TV series, how many Waltons lived in their big house on Walton’s Mountain?
Answer: 11 - 2xGrandparents, 2xParents, 7xKids
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Free UK Telly Quiz Questions & Answers - Section 13
Question 1: Which fictional TV character is associated with the phrase Live long and prosper?
Answer: Mr Spock
Question 2: The Daily Slate is the local newspaper in which cartoon TV series?
Answer: The Flintstones
Question 3: “Money for Nothing” by Dire Straits was the first video shown on which TV channel?
Answer: MTV Europe
Question 4: Was the first ever winner of Strictly a man or a woman?
Answer: Woman - Natasha Kaplinsky
Question 5: What was the name of the large teddy bear in the TV show Play School?
Answer: Big Ted
Question 6: Woody Harrelson played the character Woody in which sitcom?
Answer: Cheers
Question 7: Chas is the sidekick of which animated TV character?
Answer: Morph
Question 8: Which actress played the part of companion Rose Tyler in the television series Dr Who?
Answer: Billie Piper
Question 9: On which television series could you watch Fun with Flags?
Answer: The Big Bang Theory
Question 10: In which city was the television soap opera Hollyoaks set?
Answer: Chester
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