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  Anatomy of a Song "Right Said Fred"    
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What do you know about the comedy song "Right Said Fred" by actor/singer Bernard Cribbins? Take this quiz and find out if it really was as you remember it. Be warned, you will have to sing it.
Average, 10 Qns, shipyardbernie, Nov 12 12
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  Right Said Fred    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A quiz about an English comedy song and its singer from my childhood.
Average, 10 Qns, zippolover, Jun 12 13
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Bernard Cribbins Trivia Questions
1. What year was "Right Said Fred" released?

From Quiz Right Said Fred

Answer: 1962

The song reached Number Ten in the British singles chart for the week ending 4 August 1962. "The Hole In The Ground", Cribbens' previous single, had peaked at number nine in April of the same year.

2. Prior to recording the song, what was Bernard Cribbins known for?

From Quiz Right Said Fred

Answer: West End theatre actor

Cribbins made his first West End theatre appearance in 1956 as Dromios in "A Comedy of Errors". He followed this by co-starring in the first West End productions of "Not Now Darling". He went on to star in the revue, "And Another Thing".

3. Apart from the singer and Fred, who else was called upon to help with the moving?

From Quiz Anatomy of a Song "Right Said Fred"

Answer: Charlie

"Right said Fred give a shout for Charley, up comes Charlie from the floor below". Bernard Cribbins, born in Lancashire, in 1928 has had a long running connection with "Dr. Who", from the 1966 movie "Daleks-Invasion Earth 2150 AD" with Peter Cushing as the Doctor, to the 2009 TV Christmas special "The End Of Time" with David Tennant as The Doctor.

4. What were Fred and his crew generally thought to be trying to move?

From Quiz Right Said Fred

Answer: a piano

During the attempted removal, the following items are removed; the handles, "the fings what held the candles", the feet, the seat, the door and the hinges.

5. The first bright idea for moving the load was to take off the what?

From Quiz Anatomy of a Song "Right Said Fred"

Answer: Handles

"We ought to take of all the handles and the fings what held the candles" Bernard Cribbins was the narrator for the BBC children's TV programme "The Wombles" which ran from 1973 to 1975.

6. When Fred and Bernie could not do the job, what did they do?

From Quiz Right Said Fred

Answer: had a cup of tea

Bernard and Fred had several stops for tea, the English answer to most problems.

7. After taking the feet and seat off Fred had another bright idea, after another cup of tea of course. What did he want to remove to give them more space?

From Quiz Anatomy of a Song "Right Said Fred"

Answer: The door

"Oh right said Fred have to take the door off, need more space to shift the so and so" Bernard Cribbins appeared in the "Fawlty Towers" episode "The Hotel Inspectors". He played Mr. Hutchinson, a spoon salesman mistaken for a hotel inspector by Basil Fawlty.

8. Thinking that an extra pair of hands would help, who did Fred call to help?

From Quiz Right Said Fred

Answer: Charlie

"And Right said Fred, give a shout to Charlie, up comes Charlie from the floor below."

9. What did our inept trio get after taking of the door and hinges?

From Quiz Anatomy of a Song "Right Said Fred"

Answer: Bad twinges

"Had bad twinges taking off the hinges and it got us nowhere and so, we had a cup of tea" Bernard Cribbins was the most frequent story teller, with over 100 readings, on the BBC children's programme "Jackanory" which ran originally from 1965 to 2006.

10. What was Fred's next brilliant decision to remove after the door and hinges?

From Quiz Anatomy of a Song "Right Said Fred"

Answer: The wall

"Right said Fred have to take the wall down, that there wall is gonna have to go. Took the wall down, even with it all down we was getting nowhere and so we had a cup of tea" Bernard Cribbins played the railway station porter Perks, in that regular TV hardy perennial "The Railway Children" in 1970, with Jenny Agutter, and directed by Lionel Jeffries.

11. When Fred tried to remove the ceiling how much rubble fell on his dome (head)?

From Quiz Anatomy of a Song "Right Said Fred"

Answer: Half a ton

"Right said Fred climbing up a ladder, with his crowbar gave a mighty blow. Was he in trouble, half a ton of rubble landed on the top of his dome". Bernard Cribbins starred as Lenny (The dip) Price with Peter Sellers and Lionel Jeffries in the 1960 comedy movie "Two-Way Stretch".

12. Bernard Cribbins has appeared in many films. Probably the most famous was "The Railway Children". What was his role?

From Quiz Right Said Fred

Answer: Albert Perks

Bobbie and Peter were two of the "Railway Children". The old gentleman was the train passenger who investigated the children's story.

13. After the rubble fell on Fred the other two had another cup of tea but what did they do next?

From Quiz Anatomy of a Song "Right Said Fred"

Answer: Went home

"Right said Fred climbing up a ladder, with his crowbar gave a mighty blow. Was he in trouble, half a ton of rubble landed on the top of his dome. So Charlie and me had another cup of tea and then we went home" Bernard Cribbins again starred with Peter Sellers and Lionel Jeffries as Nervous O'Toole in the 1963 comedy movie "The Wrong Arm Of The Law". An actor named Michael Caine had a uncredited part in the movie. Whatever happened to him?

14. When Bernard Cribbins of "Right Said Fred" appeared as a companion of the tenth Doctor, in the BBC series "Doctor Who", what was his character's name?

From Quiz Right Said Fred

Answer: Wilfred Mott

Between 2007 and 2010, Bernard appeared in eight episodes of "Doctor Who". His final appearance was when the tenth Doctor chose to die in order to save Wilfred's life.

15. How many times did our intrepid gang of workers stop for tea?

From Quiz Anatomy of a Song "Right Said Fred"

Answer: Six

The boys stopped for tea six times but sadly it didn't help to get the job done. Bernard Cribbins starred as Moonface Martin with Elaine Paige in the musical "Anything Goes" in 1989 in the West End of London at The Prince Edward Theatre.

16. What was the trouble with Fred?

From Quiz Anatomy of a Song "Right Said Fred"

Answer: He was too hasty

"You see the trouble with Fred is, he's too hasty. Now you never get nowhere if you're too hasty" Bernard Cribbins had three UK chart hits, all in 1962. "Hole In The Ground" reached number nine. "Right Said Fred" reached number ten. "Gossip Calypso" reached number 25.

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