CHRISTMAS QUIZ

SO YOU THINK YOU KNOW YOUR FESTIVE TELLY? TEST YOURSELF WITH THESE 20 QUESTIONS. TURN TO PAGE 53 FOR THE ANSWERS

1 What did Dirty Den hand Angie (pictured below) in the Queen Vic on Christmas Day 1986 in EastEnders? A An engagement ring B Divorce papers C Photographs

2 On which channel did The Snowman by Raymond Briggs make its debut in 1982? A BBC One B STV C Channel 4

3 Which crime-fighting duo did Del Boy and Rodney dress up as in the 1996 festive episode of Only Fools and Horses? A Dempsey and Makepeace B Batman and Robin C Starsky and Hutch

4 What is the dog in The Simpsons called? A Elf B Santa’s Little Helper C Snowpaws

5 What Christmas gift did Penny (pictured below) give to Sheldon in The Big Bang Theory? A First edition of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy B Moon rock touched by Neil Armstrong C A napkin signed by Leonard Nimoy

6 Who narrated Blackadder’s Christmas Carol in 1989? A Hugh Laurie B Stephen Fry C Robbie Coltrane

7 Name the ship in the 2007 Doctor Who Christmas special Voyage of the Damned. A La Santa Maria B Mary Celeste C Titanic

8 In series seven of the sitcom Friends, Ross dressed up as what at Christmas? A Holiday armadillo B Festive llama C Yuletide frog

9 Which of these is the title of a festive-themed Grey’s Anatomy episode? A Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer B I Saw Mama Kissing Santa Claus

C Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree

10 What did Curly name after Raquel (Sarah Lancashire, pictured right) at Christmas 1994 in Coronation Street? A Horse B Star C Cocktail

11 Who does Bob Collier (played by the late Rodney Bewes) dress up as for the Christmas fancy dress party in the 1974 festive episode of Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? A Captain Hook B Captain Birdseye C Captain America

12 Which star of Trainspotting turned up in the 1996 Father Ted Christmas special? A Ewan McGregor B Kevin McKidd C Ewen Bremner

13 Who plays Roxanne in Cyrano De Bergerac, the play wot Ernie Wise wrote for the Morecambe and Wise Christmas Special in 1977 (the most popular British show of all time with 28 million viewers, as everyone knows)? A Diana Rigg B Penelope Keith C Glenda Jackson

14 Which football shirts did Smithy’s baby son Neil get as a present in the Gavin and Stacey Christmas Special? A Crystal Palace B Cardiff City C West Ham United

15 There have been two BBC adaptations of the MR James ghost story Whistle and I’ll Come to You, one in 1968, the other in 2010. Who played Prof Parkin in the latter? A Michael Horden B Mark Gattiss C John Hurt

16 Which Blue Peter presenter made the hugely popular Tracy Island model on the show in 1993? A Anthea Turner B Caron Keating C Helen Skelton

17 Who composed the jazz soundtrack for 1965’s A Charlie Brown Christmas? A Bill Evans B Linus van Pelt C Vince Guaraldi

18 Who gave the first Channel 4 Alternative Christmas Message back in 1993? A Rory Bremner B Quentin Crisp C Ali G

19 Famously, David Bowie duetted with Bing Crosby (pictured left) in the latter’s 1977 Christmas special Bing Crosby’s Merrie Olde Christmas. Which other British star got to sing with Bing on the show? A Cilla Black B Twiggy C Noddy Holder

20) What is the title of the old black and white British comedy so popular in Germany that it’s shown every year by German TV during the festive season? A Dinner For One B Friday Night Dinner C ’Allo ’Allo!

The animated version of Raymond Briggs’s The Snowman made its debut 35 years ago. But which channel hosted the premiere?