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  'Goodies and the Beanstalk'- The Quiz   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
'The Goodies' is an excellent comedy that I have enjoyed all of my life. Here is a quiz on one of my favourite episodes.
Average, 15 Qns, admuz, Aug 10 18
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Aug 10 18
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  "The Goodies" Series 7, Episode 6 "Earthanasia"    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Fifteen questions about episode 61 of "The Goodies", "Earthanasia". Originally aired 22 December 1977.
Tough, 15 Qns, DPX, Aug 20 18
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Aug 20 18
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  The Goodies   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A quiz about the British TV show, "The Goodies". It starred Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie.
Tough, 10 Qns, zansu, Apr 21 07
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  2.06 - 'Culture for the Masses'    
Multiple Choice
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A quiz on the sixth episode of the second series of "The Goodies", called "Culture for the Masses".
Tough, 10 Qns, zansu, Jun 30 07
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  2.04 - 'The Lost Tribe of Orinoco'    
Multiple Choice
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A quiz on the fourth episode of the second series of 'The Goodies'.
Average, 10 Qns, zansu, May 29 07
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trivia question Quick Question
What do The Goodies dress up as so they can steal the paintings?

From Quiz "2.06 - 'Culture for the Masses'"





Goodies Trivia Questions
1. It is Christmas eve, Graeme is hard at work putting up the last of the Christmas decorations. Bill makes a spectacular entrance on a skateboard, crashing headlong into the Christmas tree. The skateboard was a gift to Bill from whom?

From Quiz "The Goodies" Series 7, Episode 6 "Earthanasia"

Answer: Bill

The skateboard was Bill's present to himself. Graeme: "Who gave you a skateboard?" Bill: "Well someone who knows what I wanted." Graeme: "Someone amazingly irresponsible! Who was it?" Bill: "Me!"

2. Which gallery are the Goodies trying to improve?

From Quiz 2.06 - 'Culture for the Masses'

Answer: National Gallery

The Tate Modern only opened in 2000, so it couldn't have been that one. The National Gallery was founded in 1824 and houses many priceless works of art. It is located on the north of Trafalgar Square in London, England.

3. What is the name of the woman in this episode?

From Quiz 2.04 - 'The Lost Tribe of Orinoco'

Answer: Hazel

She is played by Bridget Armstrong.

4. What is Graeme Garden's real first name?

From Quiz The Goodies

Answer: David

His real name is David Graeme Garden. He was born in Aberdeen, Scotland on 18th February 1943.

5. When the Goodies are going to sleep what does Graeme use as a pillow?

From Quiz 'Goodies and the Beanstalk'- The Quiz

Answer: A blown up paper bag

Tim sees Graeme do this and tries it himself. The second he puts his head on it the bag explodes and Tim's head bounces off the bench he is laid on!

6. Graeme's present to himself was, rather aptly, a skateboard destruction kit. How does Graeme destroy Bill's skateboard?

From Quiz "The Goodies" Series 7, Episode 6 "Earthanasia"

Answer: Breaks it in half with a hammer, shoots it and blows it up in the waste basket

Bill then takes the gun and shoots the bird atop a Christmas decoration. Surprising, given his later real life ornithological interests!

7. Who painted the painting that Tim buys?

From Quiz 2.06 - 'Culture for the Masses'

Answer: Velazquez

It is appears to be a self-portrait of Diego Velazquez, but is hung upside down!

8. Which Goody does not want her to come on the expedition?

From Quiz 2.04 - 'The Lost Tribe of Orinoco'

Answer: Tim

The other two seem more than happy to let a woman sleep in their tent with them and seem to have a little trouble thinking of her as "one of the boys".

9. Who wrote most of the episodes?

From Quiz The Goodies

Answer: Bill and Graeme

Tim Brooke-Taylor had other writing commitments at the time so Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie wrote most of the scripts. Often, one of them would write the first half and one of them would write the second half.

10. What name does Bill give to the Goodies famous three seater bike?

From Quiz 'Goodies and the Beanstalk'- The Quiz

Answer: Buttercup

Tim and Graeme think Bill has gone nuts when he starts to act as though the bike is a living thing when they decide they will have to sell it.

11. How much change does Bill have?

From Quiz 2.06 - 'Culture for the Masses'

Answer: 13 pence

Thirteen new pence, not old ones! This was shortly after decimalisation in February 1971.

12. What do women always do at the crucial moment?

From Quiz 2.04 - 'The Lost Tribe of Orinoco'

Answer: Sprain their ankle

She fakes a sprained ankle later to avoid being sacrificed, but it doesn't work.

13. In "The End", what religion does Tim find?

From Quiz The Goodies

Answer: Judaism

He finds religion six days before Graeme (who becomes a monk) and builds a synagogue out of matchsticks.

14. What does Bill sell the bike for?

From Quiz 'Goodies and the Beanstalk'- The Quiz

Answer: A tin of baked beans

Of course when Bill brings the tin back Tim and Graeme are not happy. They procede to pour the beans over Bill's head. Then Graeme has a brainwave and plants one of the beans, causing the beanstalk to grow.

15. Graeme and Bill try to break the news of the world's fate to Tim, however Tim refuses to believe them. What does Bill show Tim to help convince him of the world's imminent destruction?

From Quiz "The Goodies" Series 7, Episode 6 "Earthanasia"

Answer: The Radio Times with blank pages after Christmas eve

Tim takes the bad news in his customary way by running around the office, panicking and screaming.

16. How much does Tim bid for the painting?

From Quiz 2.06 - 'Culture for the Masses'

Answer: A million billion trillion quintillion zillion pounds and two and a half pence

Tim claims that there is no such thing as 'a zillion pounds', but the auctioneer insists that there is. They pay 13 pence on the spot and write out an IOU for the rest.

17. What kind of animal attacks Tim?

From Quiz 2.04 - 'The Lost Tribe of Orinoco'

Answer: Sheep

He throws the sheep away at the end and it knocks Bill and Graeme over.

18. In "The Goodies and The Beanstalk", which other national teams compete?

From Quiz The Goodies

Answer: German and Italian

The Italians are knocked out first and then the Germans go, leaving just The Goodies, representing England, to reach the peak of Mount Everest.

19. Once planted the beanstalk travels to many different places. Where does it end up?

From Quiz 'Goodies and the Beanstalk'- The Quiz

Answer: Mount Everest

On its travels the beanstalk goes across the English Channel, through France and even pushes a newsreader out of the studio and straight in to someones front room.

20. How many Britons demand that the painting stays in the National Gallery?

From Quiz 2.06 - 'Culture for the Masses'

Answer: One out of three

The minister decides that there is a fair cross-section of Britons right there in the Goodies' office. He asks them and only Tim put his hand up. This also references the fact that the Goodies are said to represent the three kinds of people in society: the lords, the boffins and the workers, or Conservative, Liberal and Labour.

21. Where is the "last remaining outpost of the Bavoum tribe"?

From Quiz 2.04 - 'The Lost Tribe of Orinoco'

Answer: Sevenoaks

They have been introduced to "a few of the comforts of modern life", such as milk, newspapers and typewriters.

22. In "The Movies", which genre of film does Graeme want to make?

From Quiz The Goodies

Answer: Western

Graeme wants a Western, Tim wants a Roman epic and Bill wants to make a silent comedy.

23. Tim then finds an advertisement in the newspaper issuing a challenge for anyone to climb the beanstalk. If they do and come back down what do they win?

From Quiz 'Goodies and the Beanstalk'- The Quiz

Answer: 5000 puppies and a golden trophy

If the 5000 puppies weren't won they would have been sent to an Indian restaurant!

24. Bill tries to get Tim to commit one of the Seven Deadly Sins, but he grows impatient and decides to commit one himself, which one?

From Quiz "The Goodies" Series 7, Episode 6 "Earthanasia"

Answer: anger & wrath

"I'll tell you what the quickest is! Anger!" - Bill starts choking Tim. "I'm going to kill him!" Graeme: "You'll get life imprisonment!" Bill glances at the clock. "Twelve minutes? Well worth it!"

25. What are the entrance fees suggested by the minister?

From Quiz 2.06 - 'Culture for the Masses'

Answer: Compulsory viewing three times a day for 20 years - £25 or £40 for OAPs

Graeme says, "That's a bit unfair, isn't it?" to which the minister replies, "Well, they can't take it with them."

26. What kind of professor is the woman's father?

From Quiz 2.04 - 'The Lost Tribe of Orinoco'

Answer: An educated comic

He is Professor Nuts, the educated comic.

27. What do you get if you spend a night in the Jolly Rock lighthouse?

From Quiz The Goodies

Answer: Mumps

Tim catches mumps first and is isolated by the other two. By the end of the episode, Bill and Graeme have caught mumps too.

28. What gameshow do the Goodies end up on in an attempt to climb the beanstalk?

From Quiz 'Goodies and the Beanstalk'- The Quiz

Answer: 'It's a Knockout'

'It's a Knockout!' was a very popular gameshow at the time and it is fun to see the wacky kind of games played on the gameshow on 'The Goodies'. These include crossing a pirahna infested pool and kissing a princess to wake her up.

29. Graeme decides to devote the rest of his life to curing Tim of his inhibitions so that he can go out with Bill and have a good time. It turns out that Tim has a hang-up about which part of his body?

From Quiz "The Goodies" Series 7, Episode 6 "Earthanasia"

Answer: His belly button

Bill rips open Tim's waistcoat to reveal an A-string covering his belly button. "It's like a G-string only higher up!"

30. What do The Goodies dress up as so they can steal the paintings?

From Quiz 2.06 - 'Culture for the Masses'

Answer: Cleaners

They clean all the works of art but destroy many of them. This is in a film sequence, which is typical of the Goodies' style.

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