PRIME-TIME QUIZ: UNDERPANTS AND BLOOMERS
1. How did DreamWorks executives persuade author Dav Pilkey to let them make a Captain Underpants film? A. They offered him a Captain Underpants Pro-Celebrity Golf Tournament B. They hired a Michelin three-star restaurant and put whoopee cushions on each chair C. They met him wearing underpants over their trousers 2.
On James Corden’s Carpool Karaoke, what underpant-related celebrity scoop was revealed? A. Rod Stewart’s pants are embroidered with the flag of Scotland B. Justin Bieber throws his underpants away after wearing them once C. Madonna (pictured) has a collection of celebrity Y-Fronts, including all but one of the Beatles 3.
In the film Notting Hill, how did Spike describe his attire after being caught by the paparazzi wearing just his pants? A. ‘Well chosen briefs . . . chicks dig grey’ B. ‘Toned tum, magnificent bottom . . . I’d marry me’ C. ‘These Y-Fronts say: “I’m a diamond in the rough, a killer between the sheets” ’ 4. What kind of underwear attacked Dave Lister in the Red Dwarf episode Polymorph? A. Shrinking boxers B. Exploding Y-fronts C. A gravity-defying thong 5. Which ‘pants’ tagline for these films is thoroughly bogus? A. It’s all pants! (Late Bloomers) B. You’ll laugh your pants off! (Laurel And Hardy’s Laughing 20s) C. From naughty, notorious George Bernard Shaw, the sultry story of the beautiful babe in the Balmain gowns who pants for romance . . . ! (The Millionairess) 6. Who went head-to-head in Comic Relief’s Clash Of The Cod Pieces? A. Tom Jones and Lenny Henry B. Johnny Depp and Peter Kay C. Kylie Minogue and Sue Perkins 7. Who declared it was time for ‘genuinely tiny knickers’ in 2001? A. Superman B. Wonder Woman C. Bridget Jones 8.
Who said: ‘I’d love to be a superhero with my pants outside my trousers’? A. Julian Clary B. Jack Dee C. Jonathan Ross 9.
Which organisation forced Homer Simpson (pictured) to burn his underwear? A. The Boy Scouts B. The Stonecutters C. The Church of Scientology 10.
Which Fifties TV celebrity was once confronted by a crowd of women who got so excited at the sight of him that ‘one of them took off her pants and put them on her head’? A. Roger Moore B. Cliff Richard C. Richard Dimbleby 11.
What kind of undies did Gary Lineker present Match Of The Day in at the start of the 2016-17 football season? A. Blue Y-fronts with his face on them B. White boxer shorts with the Leicester City FC crest C. A pink thong lent to him by Alan Shearer 12. Which of the following ‘pants’ movies is a figment of our imagination? A. Sing A Song Of Six Pants B. The Sisterhood Of The Travelling Pants C. Pantsman IV — Winds Of Change 13.
In the 1987 General Election, who contested Theresa May’s current constituency on behalf of the I Want to Drop A Blancmange Down Terry Wogan’s Y-Fronts Party? A. Spike Milligan B. Pamela Stephenson C. Kenny Everett 14.
Who once appeared at Cannes to push his latest movie wearing a luminous green mankini? A. Charles Dance B. Danny Dyer C. Sacha Baron Cohen 15.
What did Joan Bakewell admit she used to smuggle back from Paris in her knickers? A. Waccy baccy B. Erotic fiction C. Brie 16. Which Friends guest star left Chandler stranded in only his pants? A. Julia Roberts B. Brooke Shields C. Bruce Willis 17. What nether-garments atrocity provoked Clean Up TV campaigner Mary Whitehouse to complain to the Director General of the BBC? A. Sarah Sutton (Nyssa) dropping her skirt in her last Doctor Who as ‘a parting gesture to her fans’ B. Kevin Keegan’s ‘exceedingly tight pants’ when he scored against QPR on Match Of The Day in 1982 C. The use of the word ‘knickers’ by The Beatles in I Am The Walrus 18.
Who revealed to Woman magazine in 2008 that her husband ‘does a special dance most mornings when he hasn’t got his pants on’? A. Cherie Blair B. Dawn French C. Tana Ramsay 19.
How were the underpants of Walter White (pictured) otherwise known in TV’s Breaking Bad? A. Snug supports B. Tighty-whities C. The Crack Lab 20.
What was the name of the Going Live segment on Saturday morning TV where Trevor and Simon encouraged you to ‘swing your pants’? A. The Singing Corner B. The Under-crackers Zone C. The Laundry Ladder