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Quiz about A Postscript for Postgate
Quiz about A Postscript for Postgate

A Postscript for Postgate Trivia Quiz


This quiz is a tribute to a creative man Oliver Postgate (1925-2008) who gave me fun and interest when I was growing up and delight and joy when together with my children and later their children I re-watched his animated creations on the TV.

A multiple-choice quiz by bracklaman. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
bracklaman
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
301,744
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
378
Awards
Top 35% Quiz
Question 1 of 10
1. Oliver Postgate was a man of confirmed political and social views and refused to serve as a fighting man during the Second World War on the grounds of his conscientious objection.


Question 2 of 10
2. Oliver Postgate worked with this artist and creative genius who was his business and creative partner for fourteen years. Who was he?
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Question 3 of 10
3. Oliver Postgate created this character perhaps best described as a floppy pinkish cat made from cloth. Can you name the character? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. For those of us who had an interest in trains and engines Oliver Postgate created one of my all time favourite characters. Do you know which of these it was? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. A little too high pitched for me, these creations of Oliver Postgate were never the less aliens who commanded a lot of love among children of all ages. Can you guess who they were? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. I liked this programme so much as a child I used to think I must have the blood of Vikings flowing in my veins. Who was Postgate's hero who featured in the eponymous series of Nordic sagas? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. If you were paying attention to the credits as they rolled out at the end of the various Postgate films you will know the answer to this question. What was the name of the Postgate production company? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. During the 1960s Oliver Postgate created the character and story lines about an elusive family of penguin-type persons. My main memory is of really great music. What was this series called? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Oliver Postgate created a delightful couple who lived in the root of a tree but who were often troubled by a rather scary witch. What was the name of this series? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Oliver Postgate wrote widely, using a variety of media. His topics ranged from outrageous and amusing personal views of history, political memoirs as well as scripts and one detective novel which all publishers refused to touch. Do you know what he called his autobiography?
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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Oliver Postgate was a man of confirmed political and social views and refused to serve as a fighting man during the Second World War on the grounds of his conscientious objection.

Answer: True

When Postgate became liable to be called up for national military service in 1943 during the Second World War he declared himself a conscientious objector. After his court-martial he was sentenced to three months in prison. He worked on farms until the end of the war when he went to Allied Occupied Germany and served with the Red Cross in social relief work. His father too had been a conscientious objector during the First World War.
2. Oliver Postgate worked with this artist and creative genius who was his business and creative partner for fourteen years. Who was he?

Answer: Peter Firmin

Peter Firmin collaborated with Oliver Postgate for almost fifteen years and helped to produce the characters to go with the Postgate stories. Most memorably to many was his creation of the ragdoll-like Bagpuss. The little girl Emily to whom Bagpuss belonged was based on Peter Firmin's own daughter of that name.
3. Oliver Postgate created this character perhaps best described as a floppy pinkish cat made from cloth. Can you name the character?

Answer: Bagpuss

In a UK national newspaper poll in 2008 this cat was voted 'the best TV animal of all time'. Although only thirteen episodes of 'Bagpuss' were made and broadcast from 1974 they were regularly repeated until 1987. There are apparently hopes of a remake to be launched in 2009 following the news that a company called Coolbai has acquired the rights to the characters.
4. For those of us who had an interest in trains and engines Oliver Postgate created one of my all time favourite characters. Do you know which of these it was?

Answer: Ivor the Engine

Mr Postgate's work, including Ivor the Engine have been screened on the BBC and ITV in the UK from the 1950s onwards.

The 'Ivor the Engine' series first began life as a set of six black and white films for one of the leading UK ITV companies of the 1950's. This first series (for Associated Rediffusion TV) appeared in 1959. It was succeeded by a further series of twenty six programmes about Ivor over the next four years.



These black and white stories were remade in colour in 1975 for the BBC as a set of 40 films.
5. A little too high pitched for me, these creations of Oliver Postgate were never the less aliens who commanded a lot of love among children of all ages. Can you guess who they were?

Answer: The Clangers

Firmin and Postgate responded to a call from the BBC to create a colourful new series for children by devising the Clangers. Postgate created a near Utopian society and the series was about the gentle lives of the Clangers which they lived in deep space in a hollow planet. The programmes were broadcast over twenty-six episodes between 1969 and 1972.

For many this was a classic children's series which featured tiny bright eyed pink, long-nosed and mouse-shaped creatures. To me it was about cheerful little beings who nevertheless had an irritating penchant for communicating in high-pitched whistles.
6. I liked this programme so much as a child I used to think I must have the blood of Vikings flowing in my veins. Who was Postgate's hero who featured in the eponymous series of Nordic sagas?

Answer: Noggin The Nog

Postgate and collaborator Firmin created a total of five sagas telling of the exploits of Noggin the Nog. Originally these were made in black and white for the UK broadcaster the BBC between 1959 and 1965. Later in 1980, one of these sagas, 'Noggin and the Ice Dragon', and a new one, 'Noggin and the Pie', were made in colour.
7. If you were paying attention to the credits as they rolled out at the end of the various Postgate films you will know the answer to this question. What was the name of the Postgate production company?

Answer: Smallfilms Productions

Oliver Postgate mainly worked in collaboration with the artist and puppeteer Peter Firmin and they became partners in making short animated films. Oliver would write the scripts and narrate the story lines and Peter would design and create the art work and puppetry. They formed the company Smallfilms Productions to produce this work.
8. During the 1960s Oliver Postgate created the character and story lines about an elusive family of penguin-type persons. My main memory is of really great music. What was this series called?

Answer: Pingwings

'Pingwings' was broadcast between 1963 and 1967. They more or less resembled penguins and were knitted creations of Gloria Firmin, the sister of Postgate's collaborator Peter. Only eighteen programmes were made and broadcast. In the course of researching for this quiz I have found out that the music was composed by Vernon Elliott.
9. Oliver Postgate created a delightful couple who lived in the root of a tree but who were often troubled by a rather scary witch. What was the name of this series?

Answer: The Pogles

In 1964 the BBC broadcast six episodes of Postgate's 'Pogles' stories. However, they were screened only once as the BBC felt that the witch was too scary a character for children.
10. Oliver Postgate wrote widely, using a variety of media. His topics ranged from outrageous and amusing personal views of history, political memoirs as well as scripts and one detective novel which all publishers refused to touch. Do you know what he called his autobiography?

Answer: Seeing Things: An Autobiography

His own account of his life and views was published in 'Seeing Things: An Autobiography'. It was illustrated by his good friend and fellow creator of Bagpuss, Peter Firmin.

To find out more, a careful search of the Internet will reveal reference sites about Oliver Postgate as well as his own personal website which are well worth visiting. Who knows you may be inspired to write your own quiz.
Source: Author bracklaman

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