TV QUIZ
OF THE
YEar
3
In Succession, who said:
“It’s just a question of
how many times we scream
the word ‘f***’ at each other
before you do what we want”?
a) Shiv Roy
b) Roman Roy
c) Kendall Roy
d) Logan Roy
4
Line of Duty was famous
for its baffling acronyms.What does OCG mean?
a) Operation Control Group
b) Oppressive Criminal Gang
c) Organised Crime Group
d) Office of Covert Intelligence
Gathering
In
October
Squid
Game became
Netflix’s most
successful
series, with 87
million viewers.
Before that,
which series
held the
record?
a) Bridgerton
b) The Crown
c) Sherlock
d) Downton
AbbeyHow big is
Jeremy
Clarkson’s
Diddly Squat
Farm?
a) 1,000 acres
b) 1,500 acres
c) 2,000 acres
d) Slightly smaller
than Gloucestershire(^5)
Which of these is the
odd one out?
a) David Jason
b) Samuel West
c) Bradley Walsh
d) Peter Davison
6
Which dance duo scored
the earliest 40 yet on this
year’s Strictly Come Dancing?
a) John Whaite and Johannes
Radebe
b) Rhys Stephenson and
Nancy Xu
c) Rose Ayling-Ellis and
Giovanni Pernice
d) AJ Odudu and Kai
Widdrington
7
Who wrote the 2021
television adaptation
of The Pursuit of Love?
a) Emily Mortimer
b) Nancy Mitford
c) Lily James
d) Dominic West
8
Misti Leitz was this
year named as Britain’s
best what?
a) Embroiderer
b) Salsa dancer
c) Woodworker
d) Angler
9
The six-part HBO
miniseries The White
Lotus follows events at an
exclusive resort of the
same name, but where
is the satire set?
a) The Maldives
b) Bermuda
c) Billericay
d) Hawaii
(^10)
Which of these
statements was not made
by the Duke and Duchess of
Sussex during their interview
with Oprah Winfrey?
a) They got married three days
before their public wedding
b) Harry feels let down by
his father
c) Before meeting the Queen,
Meghan spent a week
practising her curtsy
d) A member of the family
speculated about the skin
colour of baby Archie
(^11)
Gerald
Sinstadt, who
died in November,
aged 91, began his
broadcasting career
in 1949; which four football
World Cups did he cover
for ITV?
a) 1966-70-74-78
b) 1970-74-78-82
c) 1974-78-82-86
d) 1978-82-86-90
13
Who said: “So far we’ve
been runnin’, ridin’,
shootin’, scorin’, swimmin’
and puttin’, but we’ve still got
a lot of gold to uncover”?
a) Gabby Logan
b) Dan Walker
c) Clare Balding
d) Alex Scott
From Line of Duty’s acronyms to
Bridgerton’s bodices and Piers
Morgan’s hissy fit — have you
been paying attention?
1
Which 2021
Great British
Bake Off
contestant
baked a tribute to
Thomas More’s
Utopia?
a) Freya Cox
b) Lizzie Acker
c) Giuseppe Dell’Anno
d) Jürgen Krauss
2
12
a
c
BRAINTEASER
10 19 December 2021