The Official Only Fools and Horses Quiz Book E-Book

Dan Sullivan

• Herausgeber: Splendid Books Limited
• Kategorie: Geisteswissenschaft
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2010

Beschreibung

The book has been written by Dan Sullivan and Jim Sullivan, who, as sons of the creator of the series, are uniquely placed to use their knowledge of the show to set such brain-teasers as: What is the title of Rodney's prize winning painting? At what train station do Del and Raquel first meet? According to Trigger he once owned a hat. What colour was it? What does the 'A' on Del's O-level exam results stand for? What is Joan Trotter's middle name? It s a lovely jubbly stocking filler which will entertain all the family and remind them of many classic moments from the much-loved comedy series.

Leseprobe

CONTENTS

Title PageForewordSeries One Episode GuideQuiz One - Series OneSeries Two Episode GuideQuiz Two - Series TwoSeries Three Episode GuideQuiz Three - Series ThreeSeries Four Episode GuideQuiz Four - Series FourSeries Five Episode GuideQuiz Five - Series FiveSeries Six Episode GuideQuiz Six - Series SixSeries Seven Episode GuideQuiz Seven - Series SevenChristmas Specials (1985 - 1991) Episode GuideQuiz Eight Christmas Specials (1985 - 1991)Christmas Specials (1992 - 2003) Episode GuideQuiz Nine Christmas Specials (1992 - 2003)Quiz Ten - General KnowledgeAnd now… the answersCopyright

To see the answers, click the question number link. To return to the quiz from the answer page, click the question number again.

Regular cast and key production team

REGULAR CAST

Del Trotter - David Jason

Rodney Trotter - Nicholas Lyndhurst

Grandad Trotter – Lennard Pearce

Uncle Albert – Buster Merryfield

KEY PRODUCTION TEAM

John Sullivan - Writer

Producers:

Ray Butt (1981-87); Gareth Gwenlan (1988-2003)

Directors:

Martin Shardlow (1981), Bernard Thompson (‘Christmas Crackers’); Ray Butt (1982, 1983, ‘Video Nasty’, ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire?’, ‘To Hull and Back’, ‘The Royal Flush’, ‘The Frog’s Legacy’); Susan Belbin (1985); Mandie Fletcher (1986); Tony Dow (1988-2003); Gareth Gwenlan (‘Miami Twice (part 1) – The American Dream’)

FOREWORD

When my sons, Dan and Jim, decided to write this “Official” Only Fools and Horses Quiz Book my initial reaction was “What a great idea, why didn’t we think of it years ago?” But then we wouldn’t have had so many episodes and therefore so many interesting and challenging questions. So it made sense.

I’ve read the questions, all 1015 of them, and there’s such a great range in the levels of difficulty. There are some that possibly children might get right and others that only true aficionados would stand a chance with. I have to admit that every so often one of them would stump me. But, then again, I wrote some of the scenes and characters mentioned in the book 30 years ago, so it’s not that surprising the old grey matter failed me on a few occasions. But having said that, at one point I was actually getting so many questions right I was feeling quite proud of myself and my memory, until I realised that because I was in the middle of writing the next two “Rock & Chips” Specials (the 1960s prequel to OFAH) I had been going over all my old ‘Fools’ scripts researching Trotter mythology.

Some of the most difficult questions I came across aren’t even asked in the book. Things like characters names – where did I get the name Young Towser? And where did Ugandan Morris come from? Well, Uganda obviously, but you know what I mean. Some of the names mentioned; Alfie Flowers, Tommy Razzle, Lenny Corby and a few more, were guys who lived in my street. I never actually met Sunglasses Ron but south London legend had it that he lived in the Wolfie Smith country of Tooting. But over the years many people from different areas, and even cities, have claimed to have known Sunglasses Ron, he seems to have been everywhere – I now see him as a modern Kilroy and expect to see signs written on walls boasting “Sunglasses Ron Woz Here”.

And the same goes for various incidents. Things such as the chandelier crashing to the ground was a true event that happened to my father back in the early 1930s when he was an apprentice. The same goes for Del’s fall through the bar – an incident I witnessed in a pub called The George at the top of Balham Hill. I can remember meeting David Jason in the BBC Club and telling him about it. We were both so desperate to do it in ‘Fools’ but it took fully ten years for the right moment to arrive – but arrive it did, thank God! But there are so many other moments in this book that made me wonder where they came from. Like the Jolly Boys’ Outing to Margate and their coach blowing up; Del hang-gliding off of a cliff and flying out to sea; the three-wheeled van shooting over a hill and momentarily flying along the public-highway like Steve McQueen in “Bullit”, the famous blow-up dolls and many more besides. When I was younger I went on a couple of beanos, both to Southend, but they were pretty uneventful journeys and both times our coach came back in one piece. I’ve never hang-glided and never wished to, and I’ve never driven a car fast enough to actually leave the ground – and I’ve never seen a blow-up doll – honest.

As a writer 90% of the action and dialogue in my scripts is pure imagination, the true incidents and lines are bonuses, but I often look back on some of the moments mentioned above and wonder whether something happened way back in the mists of time that caused me to write them. Perhaps I’ll never know and perhaps I should be grateful for that.

At times, during the 22 years of writing the OFAH saga, and indeed life in general, I came across moments where bitter disappointment merely concealed wonderful opportunities. Such was the case with the notorious Driscoll Brothers. I had mentioned them in an early script as Peckham’s version (albeit a very stupid version) of the Kray Twins and the Richardson Brothers (who also lived in my street). But although the Driscolls existed (in name only) I had no plans to actually introduce them in the series. But one evening I was watching the Terry Wogan chat show and his guest was the brilliant actor Anthony Hopkins (now Sir Ton’).

At the end of the interview TW asked him if he had any ambitions left and the Hollywood legend uttered the immortal words “Yes, I would love to play a part in “Only Fools and Horses”. I didn’t sleep that night, I didn’t even go to bed. I sat in my office and wrote scenes and a story for the Driscoll Brothers with Anthony Hopkins playing Danny Driscoll.

The next day I phoned his London agent and said tell AH his prayers have been answered and I’ve got a great part for him in OFAH. But later that afternoon I had a call back to say that Anthony was unavailable for our recording dates as he would be busy in Los Angeles filming something called “The Silence of the Lambs”. That was a real disappointment and I had the added problem of being left with a plot and almost a whole script heavily involving the Driscoll Brothers which I now had to recast. And who could compare with Anthony Hopkins? But the following day John Challis (Boycie) called to say that one of his actor pals would love to be in ‘Fools’; the actor turned out to be the wonderful Roy Marsden (Detective Adam Dalgliesh; just one of his great roles) and we immediately offered him the part of Danny Driscoll. Then came another call to say that an actor I had wanted to work with for ages, Chris Ryan (The Young Ones), was available to play Tony Driscoll. So disappointment turned to triumph – if Anthony Hopkins hadn’t mentioned he was a “Fools” fan I may never have written the Driscoll Brothers into the series; indeed they went on to star in three episodes of the ‘Fools’ spin-off “The Green Green Grass”. And I now couldn’t imagine any other actors playing those roles.

Well, these have been a few of my rather rambling recollections of the series. If they haven’t actually helped you with the answers I hope they may have whetted your appetite for the pages ahead. If you play the quiz as an individual or part of a team, or as a family game, I hope it gives you lots of fun and, like me, rekindles some warm memories.

Good luck and bonnet de douche to all.

SERIES ONE EPISODE GUIDE

Episode 1: Big Brother After a row with Del, Rodney abandons the high flying world of market trading and runs away to see the world. But it’s not long before he starts to miss Peckham and returns home. Forgetting to take his passport with him didn’t help either.

First screened: Tuesday September 8th 1981 at 8.30pm.

Episode 2: Go West Young Man Del and Rodney enter the second hand car market with a vehicle that literally goes like a bomb. But after a night out on the town the car comes back to bite them.

First screened: Tuesday September 15th 1981 at 8.30pm.

Episode 3: Cash and Curry Del is swooping in on the deal of a lifetime – one which could keep them all in pilau rice forever. But he hasn’t reckoned on a touch of Indian style gang warfare.

First screened: Tuesday September 22nd 1981 at 8.30pm.

Episode 4: The Second Time Around When Del’s old flame, and Achilles heel, Pauline, returns from America, the fire is quickly rekindled. Unfortunately for Del, Rodney and Grandad are on hand to make sure the course of true love runs anything but smooth.

First screened: Tuesday September 29th 1981 at 8.30pm.

Episode 5:A Slow Bus To Chingford When Del cuts a deal that sees him getting the use of an open topped bus, he spots the opportunity to make money… but not if a conniving Grandad has anything to do with it.

First screened: Tuesday October 6th 1981 at 8.30pm.

Episode 6:The Russians Are Coming When Del manages to get his hands on three tons of lead and an instruction manual, the Trotters start making preparations for World War 3!

First screened: Tuesday October 13th 1981 at 8.30pm.

Episode 7: Christmas Crackers The season of good cheer is upon the family, but Del and Rodney are dreading the gastronomic nightmare that is Grandad’s Christmas lunch. Sick of their moaning, Grandad decides to go to an old folks do, whilst Del and Rodney decide to hit the only night club that is open on Christmas night.

First screened: Monday December 28th 1981 at 9.55pm.

QUIZ ONE - SERIES ONE

1. In the opening scene of Big Brother how many television sets is Grandad watching?

a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2. In ASlow Bus To Chingford what is the name of Del’s open top tourist bus service?

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3. In which borough of London does Del plan to take his tourists on a ‘walkabout’?

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4. In Cash and Curry what does Del claim to be a black belt in?

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5. In Go West Young Man Rodney reveals that he has a ‘thing’ for what?

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6. According to Grandad, which Hollywood actor “always plays the black fella”?

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7. Which actor, as Del points out, is Grandad actually referring to?

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8. In Second Time Around what is the surname of Del’s ex fiancée, Pauline?

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9. According to Pauline she has recently been living in which American city?

a) Los Angeles b) San Francisco c) Las Vegas . . . . .

10. How many husbands of Pauline have died?

a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

11. What was the full name of Pauline’s first husband?

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12. In Go West Young Man what is the name of the exotic cocktail Del orders in the first nightclub he and Rodney go to?

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13. What drink does Rodney order?

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14. In the opening scene of Cash and Curry Rodney turns up in the three-wheel van, but what car does he drive away in?

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15. In A Slow Bus To Chingford what is the name of Rodney’s new girlfriend?

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16. What item of clothing does she claim she is not wearing?

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17. She has a brother who paints for the council. What is his name?

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18. In Christmas Crackers Del claims that any woman going out with him is guaranteed what type of meal?

a) A ruby murray b) A steak meal c) A fish supper . . . . .

19. In Big Brother what is the name of the Nag’s Head barmaid Del refers to as “a bit of an old dog”?

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20. In Cashand Curry Mr Ram claims that Kuvera is the Hindu God of what?

a) Wealth b) Love c) Happiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

21. What did Del think Kuvera was?

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22. In The Russians Are Coming what does Rodney claim Del tried to sell to the Brixton rioters?

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23. In Big Brother what does Del buy off Trigger that he ends up chucking in the river?

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24. In Christmas Crackers what make of pen has Del given Rodney as a present?

a) Parker b) Replay c) Bic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

25. In Big Brother what does Del try to force-feed Grandad with?

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26. In Cash and Curry how much do Del and Rodney pay for the statue of Kuvera?

a) £1,000 b) £2,000 c) £3,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

27. How much do they discover it is really worth?

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28. In ChristmasCrackers what is the name of the club that Del and Rodney go to on Christmas night?

a) The One-Eleven Clubb) The Monte Carlo Clubc) The Down By The Riverside Club . . . . . . . . . . . .

29. In the club they bump into a friend of Del’s who is very depressed. What is his name?

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30. What drug does Del recommend for his friend’s hospitalised dad?

a) Penicillin b) Aspirin c) Antibiotics . . . . . . . . . . . . .

31. In Big Brother what nickname does Del use when referring to Rodney’s girlfriend at art college?

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32. Where was she deported to?

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33. According to Del how long was Rodney at art college before he was expelled?

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34. In Go West YoungMan what is unusual about the two women sitting at the bar that Del tries to pull?

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35. In Second TimeAround what does Pauline hide from Grandad?

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36. What was Pauline’s previous job?

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37. According to Del, what did Pauline’s mum work as?

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38. What type of insurance does Pauline encourage Del to take out?

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39. To get revenge on Del, Pauline calls which country’s talking clock?

a) Australia b) Canada c) America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

40. In Big Brother what game does Grandad try to play on a talking chess board?

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41. In A Slow Bus To Chingford Del mentions a dream he had in which he stands beneath what neon-lit, fifty foot high, three letter word?

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42. In Christmas Crackers what does Grandad forget to remove from the turkey before cooking it?

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43. What is missing from the electric knife that Del carves the turkey with?

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44. In The Russians Are Coming where does Grandad originally suggest they build their nuclear fallout shelter?

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45. Where do the Trotters eventually build it?

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46. In Big Brother where does Grandad say that Rodney is hitch-hiking to after a row with Del?

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47. Where in London is the doss house that Rodney confesses to have really been staying?

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48. What is the name of the doss house?

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49. In Go West Young Man what does Del hide in his garage for Boycie?

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50. In The Russians Are Coming Grandad mentions a brother who fought in World War One. What was his name?

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51. In Go West Young Man what does Rodney claim he has never smoked?

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52. In A Slow Bus To Chingford Del gets Rodney a job as a N.S.O. What does N.S.O. stand for?

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53. What kind of uniform does Rodney wear for his new job?

a) Policeman’s uniformb) Traffic warden’s uniformc) Bus conductor’s uniform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

54. In Big Brother what is the name of the English girl Rodney claims to have met in St. Tropez?

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55. In Go West Young Man what is the nickname of the Australian Del sells a dodgy Cortina to?

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56. In Christmas Crackers what is the full title of the book that Rodney is reading?

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57. Who lent him the book?

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58. In Cash and Curry what nickname does Del give to the Indian heavy who confronts him in the car park?

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59. According to Del which famous renaissance artist was a “wally brain”?

a) Michelangelo b) Leonardo da Vinci c) Raphael . . . .

60. In A Slow Bus To Chingford Del gets Rodney a guard dog. What is the dog’s name?

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61. In Big Brother what have the Trotters bought that only have one leg?

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62. In the opening scene of Go West Young Man Rodney is moping over a girl who, according to Del, has fat thighs. What is her name?

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63. Who does Del claim to have seen her dancing with at the Nag’s Head disco the night before?

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64. In The Russians Are Coming what are the Trotters doing a dummy run of when they are stopped by the police?

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65. What is the name of the policeman who pulls them over?

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66. What is the name of the policeman’s siren happy partner?

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67. In Go West Young Man Del attempts to impress two female night clubbers by claiming that Rodney does what for a living?

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68. What nickname does Del claim the sporting press have given Rodney?

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69. What does Del write the girls phone numbers on that Rodney throws out the car window?

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70. In The opening scene of Second Time Around what does Rodney ask Del to bring him back from the pub?

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71. In A Slow Bus To Chingford where does Del find the leaflets that Grandad was supposed to distribute?

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72. In Second Time Around Trigger phones Del to tell him that Pauline’s first husband died of what?

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73. In Go West Young Man who crashes into the Trotters?

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74. In Cash and Curry what is the full name of Mr Ram’s supposed rival?

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75. In Second Time Around which ‘relative’ do the Trotters go to stay with?

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76. In which seaside resort does she live?

a) Southend b) Bognor c) Clacton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

77. In Second Time Around, what, to their annoyance, does Pauline get Rodney and Grandad for dinner?

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78. In The Russians Are Coming what does Rodney suspect is trying to nest in their air filter?

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79. According to Del, how long did Rodney’s hunger strike, in protest of American missiles, last?

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80. In Christmas Crackers what, to Rodney’s annoyance, is on two TV channels?

a) A Bond filmb) Songs of Praisec) The circus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

SERIES TWO EPISODE GUIDE

Episode 1: The Long Legs Of The Law

Del and Grandad’s peaceful evening in front of the TV is obliterated when Rodney brings his new date, Sandra, back to the flat.

First screened: Thursday October 21st 1982 at 8.30pm.

Episode 2: Ashes To Ashes

When Trigger’s gran dies, the Trotters offer their support by agreeing to sell off some of her old possessions, but before long they also find themselves responsible for finding a final resting place for Trigger’s late grandad’s remains.

First screened: Thursday October 28th 1982 at 8.30pm.

Episode 3: A Losing Streak

Del’s pride gets the better of him when Boycie challenges him to a winner takes all poker match. Thinking he is triumphant and about to collect his winnings, Boycie realises at the last minute that you can’t cheat a cheater.

First screened: Thursday November 4th 1982 at 8.30pm.