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1. It's not often that this comedy double act is referenced alongside St Peter and St Paul, but as The Beloved list their influences in song, amongst the "Saints and sinners" are these two prime time TV fixtures in the UK in the 1980s. Who are they?
2. The Beloved set the listener a riddle at the start of the song.
"Consider, if you will
this great big question, unanswered still
oh, can you spot the difference that lies between
the colour _____ and the colour _____".
Which colours?
3. After namechecking Salman Rushdie, Willy Wonka and William Tell, mention is made of one of the backing singers on the song. Who is this woman, whose biggest solo UK hit was "Young Hearts Run Free" in 1996?
4. "Mork and Mindy, Brian Hayes
Barry Humphries and Paris Grey".
No prizes for guessing who played Mork, but what was the name of the actress who played Mindy in the TV series?
5. "Billy Corkhill, Vince Hilaire,
Freddie Flintstone, Fred Astaire..."
In which UK soap opera would you have found the character Billy Corkhill?
6. Alongside the unknown "Steve and Claire", there's a namecheck for one of the world's best known Africans, a Nobel Peace prize winner who has entered the English language as slang for a lower second class honours degree. Who is this man?
7. "Charlie Parker, Charlie Brown
Leslie Crowther, Come on Down".
From what game show, of which Crowther was the UK presenter, is the catchphrase "Come on Down!" taken?
8. The Beloved cite a musical influence in the penultimate chorus when they sing of "Mary Wilson, Di and Flo". Under what name did these three collectively hit the charts?
9. "Sir Bufton Tufton, Jean-Paul Sartre
Zippy, Bungle, ______".
Which disgraced former Tory MP and author completes the couplet?
10. The honour of the last mention in the song goes to "André Previn and the LSO". What, in this context, does LSO stand for?
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