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'The Young Ones' Trivia Quiz

I love 'The Young Ones.' Call me obsessive if you will, but I absolutely love those lads.

A multiple-choice quiz by MellieWellie. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
MellieWellie

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
90,301

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
25

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
15 / 25

Plays
3488

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Guest 86 (23/25), Guest 109 (14/25), Guest 110 (23/25).

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Question 1 of 25

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

one of them

all of them

five of them

two of them

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Question 2 of 25

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

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 3 of 25

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

twice

four

ten

once

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Question 4 of 25

4. Neil wears which of Rik's clothes in 'Nasty'? Hint

blue dress

blue gingham dress

black pants

black jacket

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Question 5 of 25

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

Chris Barrie

Danny John-Jules

Craig Charles

Robert Llewellyn

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Question 6 of 25

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

big stick

baseball bat

cricket bat

lead piping

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Question 7 of 25

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

on the tires

on the bonnet

down the side

on the roof

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Question 8 of 25

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

Rik

Neil

Mike

Vyvyan

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Question 9 of 25

9. What colour are Rik's overalls?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 10 of 25

10. Rik again, in the episode 'Summer Holiday', what does the iron-on cartoon worm on his Y-Fronts read?

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 11 of 25

11. What did Neil write the eulogy on in 'Nasty'? Hint

a turnip

a potato

a carrot

a vegetarian sausage

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Question 12 of 25

12. Rik likes to believe himself to be the "People's Poet", especially in the episode 'Flood'.

True

False

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Question 13 of 25

13. In 'Interesting', where does Neil's friend come from? Hint

the door

the vacuum cleaner

the window

the fridge

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Question 14 of 25

14. Which of these inanimate objects did NOT have a speaking role at any point in the series, from the pilot 'Demolition' to 'Summer Holiday'? Hint

singing tomato

matchbox

Vyvyan's sock

Vyvyan's undies

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Question 15 of 25

15. True of False: Neil's risotto in 'Cash' is snow.

True

False

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Question 16 of 25

16. In the episode 'Flood', what children's television show is parodied? Hint

Grimm's Fairy Tales

Bill and Ben The Flower Pot Men

The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe

Fat Tulip's Garden

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Question 17 of 25

17. True or False: Vyv's concoction in the Coke can will turn you into an axe-wielding homicidal maniac if you drink it.

True

False

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Question 18 of 25

18. What is the telly detector man's first name?

Answer: (Two Words.)

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Question 19 of 25

19. As Neil said in the episode 'Bomb', he should have a penny for every time he answered the door. How much did he say he would have by then? Hint

six pounds fifty three

five pounds fifty three

four pounds sixty three

five pounds sixty three

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Question 20 of 25

20. What does 'SPG' stand for?

Answer: (Three Words)

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Question 21 of 25

21. The bomb in the episode 'Bomb' was really an aeroplane egg.

True

False

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Question 22 of 25

22. Who did Oscar-winner Emma Thompson play in the episode 'Bambi'? Hint

Ms. Penny-Sterling

Miss Penny-Stealing

Miss Money-Sterling

Ms. Money-Pinching

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Question 23 of 25

23. Felicity Kendal, the woman that Rik loves, stars in which well-known (now defunct) English series?

Answer: (Three Words, mentioned in the episode 'Sick')

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Question 24 of 25

24. What happens to Vyvyan's vodka in 'Sick'? Hint

he drinks it

he makes a petrol bomb

he sets fire to Rik with it

there is no vodka in 'Sick'

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Question 25 of 25

25. Who would "put their head where some horrid girly's bottom's been?" Hint

Mike

Vyvyan

Neil

Rik

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

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

Answer: all of them

I think Billy Balowski was best. "Come on everybody, let's play Daleks! Exterminate! Exterminate!"

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

Answer: lentil casserole

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

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

Answer: ten

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

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

Answer: blue gingham dress

"I think we should tell the pigs."

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

Answer: 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.

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

Answer: cricket bat

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

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

Answer: down the side

"Yeah, but it's not mine, is it?"

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

Answer: Neil

"You have come bottom in the whole world."

9. What colour are Rik's overalls?

Answer: yellow

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

10. Rik again, in the episode 'Summer Holiday', what does the iron-on cartoon worm on his Y-Fronts read?

Answer: girl bait

"Oh, so you've been going through my Y-Fronts, have you Vyvyan? I suppose you fancy me, is that it?"

11. What did Neil write the eulogy on in 'Nasty'?

Answer: a carrot

"When my hamster finds out you've stolen his carrot, he's gonna kill you Neil."

12. Rik likes to believe himself to be the "People's Poet", especially in the episode 'Flood'.

Answer: True

Dream, dream dream dream dream...

13. In 'Interesting', where does Neil's friend come from?

Answer: the vacuum cleaner

He gets sucked up Vyvyan's 'black hole' vacuum cleaner, then Rik ends up pushing him in the fridge.

14. Which of these inanimate objects did NOT have a speaking role at any point in the series, from the pilot 'Demolition' to 'Summer Holiday'?

Answer: Vyvyan's undies

The singing tomato sang that it's "got to ketchup with my life" in the episode 'Interesting', Vyvyan's sock says "I'm not going back in there, it stinks" regarding Vyv's washbag in 'Bambi', and the matchbox says "don't look at me, I'm irrelevant" in the same episode just before the killer sock escapes. Vyvyan's undies have been worn hundreds of times between washes, and run inside the laundrette when called, but do not speak.

15. True of False: Neil's risotto in 'Cash' is snow.

Answer: True

"Neil, this is snow! I should know, it's all I've had to eat for the last three days."

16. In the episode 'Flood', what children's television show is parodied?

Answer: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe

"Would you like some Turkish Delight, my child?" "Not particularly. You got any kebabs?"

17. True or False: Vyv's concoction in the Coke can will turn you into an axe-wielding homicidal maniac if you drink it.

Answer: True

Their landlord, Jertzy Balowski, drinks it and turns into an axe-wielding homicidal maniac. But he ends up being eaten by one of the lions in Mike's room, so the boys are safe. Particularly Neil, who was about to be eaten anyway by the other three due to a food crisis and having drawn the short straw. Without seeing how long the others' straws were first, of course.

18. What is the telly detector man's first name?

Answer: Right Bleeding

"All my friends do, or did..."

19. As Neil said in the episode 'Bomb', he should have a penny for every time he answered the door. How much did he say he would have by then?

Answer: five pounds sixty three

"But Neil, you like meeting people."

20. What does 'SPG' stand for?

Answer: Special Patrol Group

"Okay then, I'll change it! Hello Cliff Richard!"

21. The bomb in the episode 'Bomb' was really an aeroplane egg.

Answer: True

"Well I'm going to tell Thatcher, that we've got a bomb. And if she doesn't do something to help the kids, by this afternoon, we're going to BLOW UP ENGLAND."

22. Who did Oscar-winner Emma Thompson play in the episode 'Bambi'?

Answer: Miss Money-Sterling

Yes, she was on 'The Young Ones' as Miss Money-Sterling, one of the four representatives of Footlights College Oxbridge. The others were Lord Monty (Hugh Laurie, of 'Blackadder'), Lord Snot (Stephen Fry, also of 'Blackadder'), and Mr. Kendell Mintcake (Ben Elton, one of the writers of 'The Young Ones' and 'Blackadder', who had small roles in 'The Young Ones' and in 'Blackadder').

23. Felicity Kendal, the woman that Rik loves, stars in which well-known (now defunct) English series?

Answer: the good life

"If you've got anything horrid to say about Felicity Kendal, you can blumming well say it to me first!"

24. What happens to Vyvyan's vodka in 'Sick'?

Answer: he makes a petrol bomb

"Thanks, Vyv, that petrol bomb really cleared my sinuses." Vyv's mum (sort-of) replaces it later, but the bottle she gives him is actually empty.

25. Who would "put their head where some horrid girly's bottom's been?"

Answer: Vyvyan

Though I'm sure Mike would, due to his constant mention of being the one that gets all the girls, Vyv says he would in 'Summer Holiday' when they are about to rob the bank with water pistols from Tesco's and dodgy sunglasses to get themselves off the streets.

They were kicked out by Jertzy after he found his rug ruined, his chair and window broken (he broke both them, of course, he came in through the window. He then heard it was a party and danced about until he smashed the chair), the TV smashed from when Vyvyan kicked it, and the fridge door exploded after Vyv put a grenade in there.

It took awhile to explode, but it did at just the right (or wrong) moment.

Source: Author MellieWellie

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