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 Blackadder
| Who plays Prince Albert? | 'Blackadder's Christmas Carol' (mash_freak) |
Jim Broadbent. Jim Broadbent also appears as Don Speekingleesh in 'The Blackadder', where he also plays opposite Miriam Margolyes. Tony Robinson plays Blackadder's friend Baldrick, Tim McInnerny plays Percy in the series, but doesn't appear in this special (but he appears in 'Back and Forth'), and Robert East plays Prince Harry, heir to the throne in the first series.
| Who played Richard III in the very first episode of Blackadder? | Blackadder (psc3kh) |
Peter Cook. Peter Cook was recently voted the funniest comedian of all time in a poll by other comedians.
| Who is Blackadder originally betrothed to, in the first series, to please his father? | Blackadder Trivia! (LMN) |
The Spanish Infanta. Princess Maria of Spain is not what Edmund would have considered to marry and he tries everything in order to get out of it.
| Who did Blackadder refer to as 'the most overrated human being since Judas Iscariot won the A.D. 31 Best Disciple Competition'? | 'Blackadder': The Whole Dynasty 1485-1917 (Oddball) |
The Scarlet Pimpernel. From the episode 'Nob and Nobility'.
| Where does Prince Albert say that he is from? | 'Blackadder's Christmas Carol' (mash_freak) |
Glasgow. Prince Albert has to cover his identity as he is undercover, trying to see if Blackadder is worthy of a gift of money. However Albert has a very heavy German accent, so it is obvious that he is lying.
| When Nursie revealed her real name in the show, what did she say it was? | Blackadder Trivia! (LMN) |
Bernard. Nursie revealed her first name as Bernard during the second series.
| When describing the comedy of Charlie Chaplin, Edmund describes him as? | Blackadder Trivia! (LMN) |
'As funny as getting an arrow through the neck and discovering there's a gas bill tied to it.'. In the final series Blackadder was put in charge of putting on a show to boost the mens morale. Unfortunately for him, the armys idea of humour just didnt match his.
| What/who was it that Black Adder shot that led him to be standing in front of a firing squad in the final series? | Blackadder Trivia! (LMN) |
Speckled Jim. Blackadder definitely did shoot and eat that delicious plump breasted pigeon. Unfortunately for him it was the Generals own pet.
| What will Tiny Tom turn into if he eats any more heartily? | 'Blackadder's Christmas Carol' (mash_freak) |
A pie shop. Tiny Tom is the opposite of what he is in Dickens' novel, as shown by this quote.
| What was the name of the dog that played baby Jesus in the Christmas nativity play? | 'Blackadder' in General (triviamonarche) |
Spot. The baby who was originally going to play him died at the last minute. The sheep were dogs as well, which caused some problems.
| What sweets did Blackadder offer Baldrick in 1850? | 'Blackadder' in General (triviamonarche) |
Humbugs . This is the opening scene, after he has been introduced as being like Ebenezer Scrooge, you hear 'Humbug, humbug' from off stage, he then enters, proffers a sweet bag and says 'Humbug, Mr Baldrick?'
| What is the name of the Queen in Christmas Future? | 'Blackadder's Christmas Carol' (mash_freak) |
Asphyxia XIX. The future is a very scary place to look at, and the ghost convinces Edmund to go from being nice or nasty wth the visions that he conjures up.
| What is the name of Millicent's fiancee? | 'Blackadder's Christmas Carol' (mash_freak) |
Ralph. Ralph, who was played by Ramsay Gilderdale has a very small role and is a very wet person, shown by his voice.
| What is the name of Blackadder's goddaughter, who comes to dinner? | 'Blackadder's Christmas Carol' (mash_freak) |
Millicent. Millicent (played by Nicola Bryant) has the most horrid high-pitched laugh that I have ever heard!
| What is the Christmas tree actually? | 'Blackadder's Christmas Carol' (mash_freak) |
A twig. Blackadder and Baldrick are too poor to afford anything bigger than a twig for their Christmas tree.
| What is Baldrick's mental agility (as quoted in Georgian times)? | 'Blackadder's Christmas Carol' (mash_freak) |
The same as a rabbit dropping. This is just another of the long line of insults about Baldrick, and are some of the most funny lines of the enire show, in not just this special, but also the series.
| What happened when Blackadder opened the cracker in Tudor times? | 'Blackadder's Christmas Carol' (mash_freak) |
It squeaked. Blackadder is enraged that the painting that he has comissioned for Queen Elizabeth is not necessary, as she has banned Christmas, but after he has punched a hole in it she says that she was only joking!
| What does Baldrick think that £17,0s,1d - £17,0s,0d equals? | 'Blackadder's Christmas Carol' (mash_freak) |
£38, 8s, 4d. This is another bit of hopeless maths from Baldrick, who could not grasp the concept of it in series 2, when he thought that two beans plus two beans makes a small casserole!
| What colour elephants did Queenie insist on Melchett describing for her? | Blackadder Trivia! (LMN) |
Orange. Melchett insisted that elephants were usually grey, but of course Queenie wins (because she always does!). Queenie was played brilliantly by Miranda Richardson.
| We now extend to the Great War...in the episode 'Captain Cook', what reading material does Blackadder refer to as 'the greatest piece of fiction since vows of fidelity were included in the French marriage service'? | 'Blackadder': The Whole Dynasty 1485-1917 (Oddball) |
'King and Country'. While Blackadder counldn't deny it was good for the morale of the men in the trenches, he felt more could be achieved by getting some real toilet paper.
| Tony Robinson played one of my most favourite characters in the shows. Which character was this? | Blackadder Trivia! (LMN) |
Baldrick. Baldrick was the general dogsbody of Blackadder. He seemed to get more stupider as the series progressed!
| The first recorded Blackadder was probably a Druid named Edmun who oversaw the building of Stonehenge. What was he trying to build? | 'Blackadder': The Whole Dynasty 1485-1917 (Oddball) |
A child-friendly slide-and-swing combination.. The laborers were headed by a certain noxious fellow named Bad Reek, who was called 'Homo Non-Erectus' by archaeologists. This human strain was nearly wiped out for two obvious reasons.
| Series Two - "Chains" - What does Baldrick go to the fancy dress party as? | Blackadder (psc3kh) |
Pencil Case. This cunning disguise consists of stuffing pencils up his nose - a trick employed by Blackadder in the fourth series when he is pretending to be mad.
| Series Two - "Bells" - Who conducts Blackadder's wedding ceremony? | Blackadder (psc3kh) |
Melchett. Blackadder does not actually get married - his bride runs off with his best friend!
| Series Three - "Ink and Incapability" - What is Baldrick's "navel" about? | Blackadder (psc3kh) |
A sausage. Baldrick's novel (or "navel" as he puts it) is about a sausage named Baldrick and is semi-autobiographical.
| Series Three - "Amy and Amiability" - What animal does the Shadow detest? | Blackadder (psc3kh) |
Squirrels. The Shadow is played by Miranda Richardson, who played Queenie in series two and the nurse in series four.
| Series One - Which country does Blackadder's wife come from? | Blackadder (psc3kh) |
Hungary. This character is called Princess Leia in a homage to "Star Wars".
| Series IV: What was Melchett's nickname for 'Georgina' aka. George? | 'Blackadder' in General (triviamonarche) |
Chipmunk. He thought 'her' nose looked like a chipmunk's. Lucky he never found out that she was, in fact, 'a strapping six footer from the rough end of the trench.'
| Series IV again: Who was Darling planning to marry after the war? | 'Blackadder' in General (triviamonarche) |
| Series III: When Blackadder became a Highwayman, who did he hold up? | 'Blackadder' in General (triviamonarche) |
Duke of Cheapside. 'Ah, good evening, Duke, and the lovely Miss Chapside, your cashbags, please.' This was in 'Amy & Amiability', one of my favourite episodes.
| Series II: Where did Blackadder and crew set sail from? | 'Blackadder' in General (triviamonarche) |
Tilbury. Blackadder, Baldrick, Percy and Captain Redbeard Rum were all on board.
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