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Cast in the Role Trivia Quiz

This quiz is about the actors who have taken part in 'Red Dwarf' - if you do not watch English television you will find this quiz very difficult.

A multiple-choice quiz by ArleneRimmer. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
ArleneRimmer

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
98,986

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. The actor who played Nigel Bates in 'EastEnders' was which character in 'Red Dwarf'? Hint

Petersen

Chen

Lister

Selby

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which famous TV chef appeared in 'Emohawk - Polymorph II' dressed up in a gelf costume? Hint

Jamie Oliver

Nigella Lawson

Ainsley Harriott

Kevin Woodford

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Question 3 of 10

3. Jenny Agutter appeared as Professor Mamet in 'Psirens' - in which famous film did she take the child's lead role? Hint

The Railway Children

A Little Princess

The Secret Garden

Flight of the Doves

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Question 4 of 10

4. Leaving his six brickie friends behind in Germany, which actor appeared in the episode 'Back to Reality'? Hint

Kevin Whately

Tim Healy

Timothy Spall

Jimmy Nail

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which popular stand-up comedian played many bit parts in 'Red Dwarf', including Caligula? Hint

Tony Hawks

Sandy Toksvig

Ben Elton

Angus Deayton

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Question 6 of 10

6. In which episode do we see Anita Dobson (well known for the brief period she played Angie Watts in 'EastEnders')? Hint

'Meltdown'

'Stoke Me a Clipper'

'Psirens'

'Terrorform'

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Question 7 of 10

7. Talking of 'EastEnders' - which regular cast member made a brief cameo role as a customer in the car lot? Hint

Danny John-Jules

Craig Charles

Chris Barrie

Norman Lovett

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Question 8 of 10

8. Chloe Annett played a character called Holly in which sci-fi programme? Hint

the American 'Red Dwarf'

Enterprise

Star Trek

Crime Traveller

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which versatile and much-loved actress played Nirvanah Crane? Hint

Jane Horrocks

Julia Sawalha

Catherine Shipton

Jennifer Ehle

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which soap opera saw C. P. Grogan (the first Kochanski) playing a private detective? Hint

Coronation Street

EastEnders

Emmerdale

Brookside

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. The actor who played Nigel Bates in 'EastEnders' was which character in 'Red Dwarf'?

Answer: Chen

Paul Bradley appeared as Chen in series one and series eight. When he appeared in series eight he was joined by Phil Mitchell from 'EastEnders', the character who introduced Nigel in the first place!

2. Which famous TV chef appeared in 'Emohawk - Polymorph II' dressed up in a gelf costume?

Answer: Ainsley Harriott

Ainsley also hosted 'Can't Smeg, Won't Smeg' for the 10th Anniversary Night - a send-up of 'Can't Cook, Won't Cook', a popular cooking game show.

3. Jenny Agutter appeared as Professor Mamet in 'Psirens' - in which famous film did she take the child's lead role?

Answer: The Railway Children

Jenny played alongside Sally Thomsett, who went on to play one of the girls sharing a flat with a boy in 'Man About the House' in the 1970s. Jenny recently acted in the resurrected 'The Railway Children', this time playing the mother.

4. Leaving his six brickie friends behind in Germany, which actor appeared in the episode 'Back to Reality'?

Answer: Timothy Spall

All four of these actors had roles in the highly popular 'Auf Wiedersehen, Pet', where seven Brits work on a building site in Germany (the second series had them working in Spain).

5. Which popular stand-up comedian played many bit parts in 'Red Dwarf', including Caligula?

Answer: Tony Hawks

His first role was the dispensing machine in 'Future Echoes' (the second episode) and reached such artistic heights as a suitcase before he played Caligula in 'Meltdown'.

6. In which episode do we see Anita Dobson (well known for the brief period she played Angie Watts in 'EastEnders')?

Answer: 'Psirens'

Anita was in 'EastEnders' at the very beginning and had a tempestous relationship with her screen husband, Den Watts until she left the soap to 'live in America'. Earlier this year (2002) her screen daughter Sharon brought her 'body' home for burial.

7. Talking of 'EastEnders' - which regular cast member made a brief cameo role as a customer in the car lot?

Answer: Norman Lovett

Norman, of course, played Holly in series 1, 2, 7 and 8.

8. Chloe Annett played a character called Holly in which sci-fi programme?

Answer: Crime Traveller

She played alongside Michael French, who played David Wicks in 'EastEnders'. By a strange quirk of fate, both 'Crime Traveller' and her first appearance in 'Red Dwarf' were around the same time on British television.

9. Which versatile and much-loved actress played Nirvanah Crane?

Answer: Jane Horrocks

Jane's credits are varied and the list is lengthy! She played Nirvanah in 'Holoship'.

10. Which soap opera saw C. P. Grogan (the first Kochanski) playing a private detective?

Answer: EastEnders

Claire was the private detective hired by Ian Beale to find his abducted sons, and later to find the evidence to put his wife in prison for attempted murder. She played Kochanski in four episodes of 'Red Dwarf'.

Source: Author ArleneRimmer

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