Blackadder - Quiz
  • 1. Who played the character of Edmund Blackadder?
A) Rowan Atkinson
B) Hugh Laurie
C) Tony Robinson
D) Stephen Fry
  • 2. Which actor played Baldrick?
A) Tony Robinson
B) Tim McInnerny
C) Rowan Atkinson
D) Ben Elton
  • 3. How many series of Blackadder were produced?
A) Four
B) Three
C) Six
D) Five
  • 4. Who was the producer for all four series of Blackadder?
A) Richard Curtis
B) John Lloyd
C) Rowan Atkinson
D) Ben Elton
  • 5. Which series was set during the reign of Elizabeth I?
A) Blackadder the Third
B) Blackadder II
C) The Black Adder
D) Blackadder Goes Forth
  • 6. What historical setting was used for Blackadder Goes Forth?
A) The Great War
B) The reign of Richard IV
C) The Regency era
D) The reign of Elizabeth I
  • 7. Who played the character of George in the third and fourth series?
A) Tony Robinson
B) Stephen Fry
C) Tim McInnerny
D) Hugh Laurie
  • 8. Which sitcom was voted the best British sitcom of all time in 2004, ahead of Blackadder?
A) Monty Python
B) Only Fools and Horses
C) Fawlty Towers
D) The Office
  • 9. How many episodes are in each series of Blackadder?
A) Six
B) Four
C) Ten
D) Eight
  • 10. Who co-wrote the first series with Rowan Atkinson?
A) Richard Curtis
B) Ben Elton
C) Stephen Fry
D) John Lloyd
  • 11. In which decade did the original Blackadder series air?
A) 1990s
B) 1970s
C) 2000s
D) 1980s
  • 12. Which character does Tim McInnerny play in the fourth series?
A) Melchett
B) George
C) Darling
D) Baldrick
  • 13. How did Rowan Atkinson describe his experience working on Blackadder?
A) The most difficult project of his career
B) The least stressful of all his work
C) A very lonely experience
D) Highly competitive and stressful
  • 14. What is the implied relationship between each incarnation of Blackadder?
A) They are all brothers
B) They are descendants of the previous one
C) They are the same person reincarnated
D) They are not related at all
  • 15. In which series is Blackadder intellectual inferior to Baldrick?
A) The third series
B) The first series
C) The fourth series
D) The second series
  • 16. Which rank did Blackadder Goes Forth achieve in the BFI's 100 Greatest British Television Programmes?
A) 1
B) 50
C) 10
D) 16
  • 17. What role does Stephen Fry play in the series?
A) Melchett
B) Darling
C) Percy
D) George
  • 18. What was the setting for the first series of Blackadder?
A) The fictional reign of Richard IV
B) The Regency era
C) World War I
D) The reign of Elizabeth I
  • 19. During which year was The Black Adder set?
A) 1500
B) 1492
C) 1485
D) 1453
  • 20. Who played King Richard IV in the first series?
A) Brian Blessed
B) Tim McInnerny
C) Peter Cook
D) Rowan Atkinson
  • 21. What is the name of Edmund's squire in the first series?
A) The Witchsmeller Pursuivant
B) Baldrick
C) Lord Percy Percy
D) Mad Gerald
  • 22. Which television network collaborated with the BBC on the first series?
A) American NBC
B) Australian Seven Network
C) Not the Nine O'Clock News
D) Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
  • 23. Who played the character of Lord Percy Percy?
A) Tony Robinson
B) Rowan Atkinson
C) Tim McInnerny
D) Robert East
  • 24. Who played King Richard III in the first series?
A) Peter Cook
B) Frank Finlay
C) Brian Blessed
D) Rik Mayall
  • 25. Which show were Atkinson and Curtis working on when they conceived Blackadder?
A) Shakespearean Comedy Hour
B) BBC News
C) Not the Nine O'Clock News
D) The Black Adder
  • 26. In what year did Constantinople fall to the Ottoman Empire?
A) 1482
B) 1492
C) 1485
D) 1453
  • 27. Who played the Infanta Maria Escalosa of Spain?
A) Elspet Gray
B) Peter Cook
C) Miriam Margolyes
D) Jim Broadbent
  • 28. Who played Mad Gerald?
A) Mark Arden
B) Rik Mayall
C) Stephen Frost
D) Tony Robinson
  • 29. Whose name appeared in the end credits for 'Additional Dialogue'?
A) Richard Curtis
B) Rowan Atkinson
C) John Lloyd
D) William Shakespeare
  • 30. Which actress portrays Queen Elizabeth I in the series?
A) Patsy Byrne
B) Gabrielle Glaister
C) Miranda Richardson
D) Miriam Margoyles
  • 31. Who plays the role of the obsequious Lord Melchett?
A) Tim McInnerny
B) Stephen Fry
C) Hugh Laurie
D) Rowan Atkinson
  • 32. What is the name of Blackadder's friend in the series?
A) Sir Walter Raleigh
B) Lord Flashheart
C) Prince Ludwig
D) Lord Percy Percy
  • 33. Who plays the Queen's demented former nanny, Nursie?
A) Miriam Margoyles
B) Gabrielle Glaister
C) Patsy Byrne
D) Miranda Richardson
  • 34. Who guest stars as Captain Redbeard Rum?
A) Hugh Laurie
B) Ronald Lacey
C) Rik Mayall
D) Tom Baker
  • 35. Which character does Gabrielle Glaister play?
A) Lady Whiteadder
B) Queen Elizabeth I
C) Kate/"Bob"
D) Nursie
  • 36. In what year did a quote from the series rank in the top 25 television putdowns?
A) 1986
B) 2000
C) 1995
D) 2008
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