Free Quiz Questions about TV Industry: i.e. broadcasters, audience figures, awards, adverts, controversies and so on.
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How many complaints did Coronation Street get recently when they screened their first ever gay kiss? (chars Todd and Nick)
21
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How much is a one-year colour TV license as from 1st April 2008?
139.5
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In which year was the word "fuck" first uttered on British TV?
1965
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Which famous role did 9-year-old Terry Brooks wear spectacles & a Stetson for?
(The Milky Bar Kid)
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How much money does the BBC pay Terry Wogan for presenting Children in Need: £10,000 or nothing?
£10 k
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When was the word ‘fuck’ first said out loud on British TV? 60s, 70s or 80s?
1960s
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The last series of Friends is being filmed at the moment. How many series have there been?
9 series
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At the 2006 National TV Awards – who won the title of Most Popular Entertainment Presenter for the sixth year in a row?
Ant and Dec
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What is the most watched TV show in history: Star Trek, Baywatch or Ready Steady Cook?
Baywatch
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Which TV channel gets more viewers: BBC 2 or Channel 4?
BBC 2 [stats from BARB website 2005 – figures for years 2000-2005]
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Excluding animated TV shows, which `B` was the first American TV show to show two unmarried actors sharing a bed as a screen couple?
Bewitched
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At the National TV Awards which show won the title of Most Popular Reality Programme in 2004, 2005 and 2006?
Big Brother
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Which beer was advertised by the Wiseguys song "Ooh La LA"?
Budweiser beer
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What appropriate product was the first to be advertised on the UK`s Channel 5?
Chanel No. 5
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Which American TV series had the highest viewing figure for a final episode: Cheers, Friends or Seinfeld?
Cheers
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Which American TV show ran from 1982 to 1993 and featured main characters called Sam, Clifford, Rebecca and Carla?
Cheers
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Which was the first host to give away a million pound prize to a game show contestant on British TV: Chris Tarrant, Chris Evans or Matthew Kelly?
Chris Evans (TFI Friday 1999)
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Which part of the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester got the highest UK TV viewing figures: the Opening Ceremony, the Closing Ceremony or the final of the 100metres?
Closing Ceremony
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What show had the biggest TV audience ever: Live8, Princess Diana’s funeral or the last Superbowl?
Diana’s funeral – 2 and a half billion!
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At the 2006 National TV Awards – which show won the title of Most Popular Drama for the second year in a row?
Doctor Who
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What BBC TV programme was awarded the BAFTA in 2006 for Best Drama Series?
Doctor Who
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Which female sports star once won £15,000 in damages after being slandered for having a masculine physique on the TV show They Think It’s All Over?
Fatima Whitbread
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Who did the voiceovers for Andrex puppy ads? Paul Daniels, John Noakes or Wolf out of the Gladiators?
John Noakes
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Which Scottish actress won an Emmy award in America in 2005 for her role in the TV movie The Girl in The Café?
Kelly Macdonald
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One of the six main actors on Friends has been singled out for an Emmy nomination, which has made everyone else jealous. Which one?
Lisa Kudrow (Phoebe)
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Which American TV series had the highest viewing figure for a final episode: MASH, Friends or Seinfeld?
MASH
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What night of the week gets highest TV viewing figures in the UK: Saturday, Sunday, or Monday?
Monday
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According to a recent poll of British schoolchildren, do most of them think there’s too much sex on TV or not enough?
Not enough
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Who were voted the favourite TV advert characters of all time in a recent survey? The honey monster, The PG tips chimps, or the Oxo family?
Oxo family
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Which Channel 4 program starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb won “Best TV Comedy” at the 2006 British Comedy Awards despite only pulling 1.3 million viewers per episode?
Peep Show
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Which former Blue Peter presenter once appeared in a porno movie? Anthea Turner, John Leslie or Peter Duncan?
Peter Duncan
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What country is the international HQ of the Arabic TV station Al Jazeera?
Qatar
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Which UK TV show has been running the longest: Eastenders, Grange Hill or A Question of Sport?
Question of Sport (first on air 1970)
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Which superstar rodent puppet caused uproar in the 1980s by switching sides from ITV to BBC?
Roland Rat
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Who is the patron saint of television?
Saint Clare
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Which show has been running on TV the longest: Eastenders, The Bill, or Scotsport?
Scotsport
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Which TV comedy holds the record for saying the word “shit” the most times in one episode: South Park, Family Guy, or The Young Ones?
South Park (162 times – a shit every 8 seconds)
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Which show has been running on British TV longer: Eastenders or The Bill?
The Bill
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Which TV show gave the pop world Steve Brookstein, Leona Lewis and Shayne Ward?
The X-Factor
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At the 2006 National TV Awards – which series broadcast on BBC Two won the title of Most Popular Factual Programme?
Top Gear