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The Penguin TV Companion - 'A masterpiece of trivia' The Times

Take a nostalgic trip through 70 years of television with The Penguin TV Companion quiz. From Little House on the Prairie to Little Britain, The X Files to The X Factor, and Department S to Desperate Housewives... you can test your knowledge of the small screen here...
1) Which Western series was set on the Ponderosa Ranch?
Bonanza

The High Chapparal

The Big Valley

2) If it was Friday, at five to five, it was time for what?
Pinky and Perky

Magpie

Crackerjack

3) Which popular game show was hosted at various times by Derek Batey, Alan Taylor and Julian Clary?
Blankety Blank

Runaround

Mr & Mrs

4) Which detective series features the investigations of the Causton CID?
Taggart

Midsomer Murders

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries

5) What was the name of the football club in Footballers' Wives?
Harchester United

Castlefield Blues

Earl's Park

6) Which two programmes began on the same week in October 1958?
Grandstand and Blue Peter

Panorama and Coronation Street

Songs of Praise and Top of the Pops

7) Which hamlet was described as being "near Camberwick Green, Trumptonshire"?
Chigley

Toytown

Nutwood

8) What was the name of the family in Bread?
Hutchinson

Hennessey

Boswell

9) What was the name of the coffee shop in Frasier?
Central Perk

Cafe Nervosa

Buy the Book

10) Who was the first presenter of Top of the Pops?
Tony Blackburn

Jimmy Savile

Alan Freeman
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