Fun Trivia : Young Ones

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Young Ones

What was the last line spoken at the end of the final episode?

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'Phew! That was close!'. This was after the bus crashed through the big sign with Cliff Richard on it.



Who were The Young Ones playing against on 'University Challenge'?

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Footlights College, Oxbridge. Appearances on this episode include Mel Smith, Griff Rhys Jones, Emma Thompson and Motorhead.



What sport do the lads enjoy a game of in the episode 'Summer Holiday'?

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cricket . 'It would have been a six if you'd have killed him, Michael!'



What car did Vyvian win in the cornflakes competition?

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Ford Tippex. Yes, he won a Ford Tippex. He already owned a Ford Anglia.



Whose underwear did Vyvian describe when trying to get the washing machine to open it's door in the episode 'Bambi'?

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Felicity Kendal's. 'Look what I have in my laundry bag. All of Felicity Kendal's underwear that needs a good wash!'



Who played Neil?

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nigel planer . As of March 2002, Nigel Planer was last seen in 'The Grimleys'.



What does Vyvian have written on the back of his denim jacket?

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'Very Metal'. I always though it was strange that a punk should have 'Very Metal' on the back of a denim jacket.



What type of creature is 'Special Patrol Group'?

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hamster . 'I think Special Patrol Group is a stupid name for a hamster!'



What is Neil's response when his parents ask 'Did you make your bed Neil'?

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'No, I bought it'. Neil's mother was played by Peggy Thorpe-Bates.



Who plays Mike?

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Christopher Ryan. Christopher Ryan went on to play Dave Hedgehog in 'Bottom,' which was created by Rik Mayall and Ade Edmonson.



Vyvian (Ade Edmondson) is married to which actress and comedienne who also appeared in the show?

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jennifer saunders . Dawn French and Lenny Henry, another married celebrity couple, also appeared on the show.



What job does Neil take up in the episode 'Cash'?

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Police Officer. 'Open up, it's the pigs!'



Finally an easy one. Which singer does Rick idolise?

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cliff richard . How the lads ever got Cliff to do the theme tune I will never know. Thanks for taking my quiz.



In the episode 'Sick', Rick can't write to his MP because he's an anarchist. Who does he write to instead?

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The lead singer of Echo and The Bunnymen. 'Dear Mr. Echo...'



In the episode 'Nasty' a package arrives from the Transvaal and FRAGILE is written on it. The guys think it might mean what?

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It's Transvaalian for Very Hard Drugs. 'A package from the Transvaal, how strange!'



What colour is Vyv's Ford Anglia?

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Yellow. Yellow with flames down the side, to be exact.



Ben Elton appears several times during the series, at one point appearing in a beer advert. What was that beer called?

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Hawk. The young lady he's trying to impress in the bar is a Sun page 3 girl.



When Neil tried to hang himself, what tune did his gallows play?

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'Rock Around The Clock'. Totally cosmic!



When Vyv enters the competition on the cornflakes packet, what's the prize?

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A Ford Tippex. It gets stolen by a racist policeman.



When Madness play 'Our House', which group member hits the camera with his instrument?

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Saxophone player. During the episode 'Sick'.



Brian Damage claims to be studying what?

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Astrophysics. He is of course an escaped convict. His name is a parody of Brain Damage!



When Vyv is accused of eating the telly, what does he claim he's eaten?

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The Toaster. One way of not paying your TV license I guess!



How many of the Balowski's does Alexei Sayle play?

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all of them (one of them, five of them, two of them). I think Billy Balowski was best. "Come on everybody, let's play Daleks! Exterminate! Exterminate!"



What is Neil making for supper in the pilot episode 'Demolition'?

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lentil casserole. "Fourteen.. what are you doing, starting a football team?"



How many times does Vyvyan say 'cornflakes' in his 10 word entry for the car competition (the entry that wins him the prize)?

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ten. "I'm gonna win a Ford Tippex any minute!"



Neil wears which of Rik's clothes in 'Nasty'?

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blue gingham dress. "I think we should tell the pigs."



Inside the zoom-in of the olden days poster on the wall in the episode 'Nasty', which 'Red Dwarf' character has a small role?

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Chris Barrie. "In that case we wish to employ you as ship's cook and hedgehog." Another Red Dwarf character, Norman Lovett, aka ship's computer Holly, appears in the final episode 'Summer Holiday'. He is the man from the penny arcade across the road, 'stocking up with, like, millions of pennies' according to Neil.



What does Vyvyan (as Mike's bodyguard) hit Rick and Neil with in 'Oil'?

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cricket bat. "That'll teach you to try and assassinate the president!"



Vyvyan's car is a yellow Ford Anglia with flames...?

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down the side. "Yeah, but it's not mine, is it?"



Who came out top of the four in their final exams?

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Neil. "You have come bottom in the whole world."



What colour are Rik's overalls?

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yellow. Custard yellow in fact. Or perhaps cat-sick yellow.