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  The Good Life   popular trivia quiz  
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A multiple choice quiz on the excellent 70's sitcom, "The Good Life."
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  More 'Good Life' Fun!   great trivia quiz  
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10 more questions on my favourite sitcom.
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Who does Margot bring in to try and prevent the Goods from keeping pigs?

From Quiz "More 'Good Life' Fun!"





The Good Life Trivia Questions
1. What age had Tom turned in the very first episode?

From Quiz More 'Good Life' Fun!

Answer: 40

Tom had turned 40 in the first episode, 'Plough Your Own Furrow'. He began to look at his life and decide that something was missing. This was when he came up with the idea of becoming self-sufficient.

2. What are the surnames of the two families that appear in the programme?

From Quiz The Good Life

Answer: Good and Leadbetter

Tom and Barbara Good were played by Richard Briers and Felicity Kendall, while Gerry and Margot Leadbetter were played by Paul Eddington and Penelope Keith.

3. Who does Margot bring in to try and prevent the Goods from keeping pigs?

From Quiz More 'Good Life' Fun!

Answer: Mr Carter

Mr Carter was chairman of the residents' association. He was played by Robert Gillespie. Margot was very impressed with the way that Mr Carter was getting things done and hoped he would tell Tom and Barbara that they could not keep pigs. She was disappointed.

4. What is the name of the cockerel?

From Quiz The Good Life

Answer: Lenin

A cockerel with attitude, he once escaped and jumped on a bus!

5. What was Margot doing behind "The Green Door"?

From Quiz More 'Good Life' Fun!

Answer: Attending a slimming club

Margot wanted to keep this a secret, so she pretended that she was going riding. Tom and Barbara discovered that she wasn't going riding and thought she was having an affair.

6. In 'The Windbreak War' what colour envelope does Margot say that she selotaped to the handle of Mr Bailey's pickaxe?

From Quiz The Good Life

Answer: Pale blue

"Did you or did you not, see a pale blue envelope, selotaped to the handle of your pickaxe?"

7. In 'I Talk To The Trees,' what does Barbara name her bean?

From Quiz The Good Life

Answer: Douglas

The Good's are doing an experiment on whether talking to plants really makes them grow faster. They plant three beans, one is the control bean and not spoken to, one receives nothing but love, and one, derision and hate. Barbara has the job of talking love to her bean, she gets very attached and names it Douglas.

8. What were the names of the other two men who were being considered for the job of Managing Director upon Sir's retirement?

From Quiz More 'Good Life' Fun!

Answer: Snetterton and Dalby

Snetterton was played by Philip Madoc and Dalby was played by Terrence Conoley. Although Snetterton appeared a serious contender for the job as MD, Sir eventually gave it to Jerry.

9. When Barbara and Margot go to pottery classes, the teacher upsets Margo. What is the teacher's name?

From Quiz The Good Life

Answer: Mr Ives

"I asked him, very politely; 'Mr Ives, what size lumps of clay do you think I should use?'. He looked, quite unashamedly at my... breasts, and said; 'in your case Margie, about a 36C'."

10. What present did Margot bring back from Holland for Tom and Barbara?

From Quiz More 'Good Life' Fun!

Answer: A paperweight windmill

It got crushed on the journey home and the sails no longer went round! Margot blamed this on Jerry for cramming the bag full of duty free alcohol.

11. What is the name of the horse that the coalman offers to give Tom and Barbara?

From Quiz The Good Life

Answer: Brian

"But it's a gift Tom, it's the actual gift horse that you don't look in the mouth."

12. How did Barbara tear her posh frock?

From Quiz More 'Good Life' Fun!

Answer: On a nail in the stairs

Barbara was devestated because the dress was the last decent thing that she owned. She and Tom had a big row and eventually Tom sold a few of his things to buy Barbara a new posh frock.

13. And what is the name of the coalman who offers to give Tom and Barbara a horse?

From Quiz The Good Life

Answer: Mr Betts

"Mr Betts the coalman has always been very interested in what we're trying to do, and Mr Betts has also always been very interested in my hips."

14. What was the name of Barbara's old school friend who came to dinner in "The Last Posh Frock"?

From Quiz More 'Good Life' Fun!

Answer: Eileen

Eileen was played by Liz Robertson and was the catalyst for the row between Tom and Barbara, as Tom spent all night gushing over Eileen, her beautiful dress and all the lovely clothes she must wear as a model.

15. A gallon of goat's milk equals how many pairs of knickers?

From Quiz The Good Life

Answer: 2

Margot: "Tell me Barbara, how do you propose to keep yourself in knickers for one penny?" Barbara: "A gallon of goat's milk equals two pairs of knickers Margot."

16. In which music society production did Margot take the lead?

From Quiz More 'Good Life' Fun!

Answer: The Sound Of Music

The production was so bad that they were taken off after just one night because the Mayor said they gave the borough a bad name!

17. What character does Margot refuse to play for one of the music society's productions?

From Quiz The Good Life

Answer: Sweet Charity

Margot refused to play 'That sort of girl'.

18. What did Margot and Jerry buy Tom and Barbara for Christmas in "Silly, But It's Fun"?

From Quiz More 'Good Life' Fun!

Answer: A cow

This was one of two 'specials' and first aired on Monday 26th December 1977 at 7.35pm.

19. What is the name of the goat?

From Quiz The Good Life

Answer: Geraldine

In the second episode, Sir's wife asks the name of the goat and Barbara says it is called Margot. However, she only says this to annoy Margot, and ever after the goat is called Geraldine.

20. What is the title of the book that Tom asks Gerry to pick up for him?

From Quiz The Good Life

Answer: 'The Morphology Pathology And Gynaecology Of The Domesticated Pig'

Tom: "Listen, I've got a very pregnant pig out there, and when she starts popping, I want to know what to do." Gerry: "I thought there were people called vets?" Tom: "There are, but they present things called bills."

21. What are the first names of Gerry's boss and his wife?

From Quiz The Good Life

Answer: Andrew and Felicity

And for some reason, Andrew believes Barbara's name to be 'Fatima'.

22. To whom does Margot say: "I can because I pay your wages, and get off my carpet."

From Quiz The Good Life

Answer: The man who errects the windbreak

"You stupid little man." "You can't talk to me like that!" "I can because I pay your wages, and get off my carpet."

23. Dolly Mountshaft is head of the music society; what is peculiar about her brother-in-law?

From Quiz The Good Life

Answer: He has a steel plate in his head

"A post incidentally, which is most inadequately filled by Miss Mounshaft's brother-in-law who has a steel plate in his head."

24. In 'The Guru of Surbiton', Tom and Barbara take on two students to help them. What are their names?

From Quiz The Good Life

Answer: Guy and Ruth

Guy sees Tom as a Patriarch and wants to buy the house next door to start a commune. Ruth has a crush on Tom and this eventually causes Guy to change his mind.

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