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