1. Comic strip character Andy Capp enjoys a brew at the local pub and usually comes home late, where he is confronted by his long-suffering wife. What is her name?
From Quiz Short Arms but Deep Pockets
Answer:
Flo
Poor Flo, in Andy Capp, this is what she has to put up with; a husband who doesn't have a job, has no motivation to get one, who cannot pay their rent yet, somehow, manages to find money for cigarettes and a drink at the pub. As stated, he is usually inebriated (with "usually" meaning seven days a week), he's overstayed his welcome at the pub, gotten into a fight and thrown in the cells or he's being fished out of one of the local canals by the local police.
Flo, which is short for Florence (she was named after Florence Nightingale), lives constantly on the poverty line and it is not unusual for her to see their furniture repossessed. More than once she has clobbered her husband with a rolling pin. This generally occurred in the early years of the strip but has since been curtailed. The shoe does tend to shift to the other foot some times, because Flo enjoys her bingo and she too has managed to come home late to find her husband waiting at the door, arms folded and, impatiently, tapping his foot.
"Andy Capp", created by Reg Smythe, has been appearing in the Daily Mirror since 1957.