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Australian 'Late Show' Trivia Quiz

This is a quiz about the ABC show 'The Late Show' consisting of comedy sketches from a comedy team formed from the D-Generation.

A multiple-choice quiz by Wallos. Estimated time: 3 mins.

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Author
Wallos

Time
3 mins

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Multiple Choice

Quiz #
28,257

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Avg Score
6 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. Who was not a member of the first series of 'The Late Show'? Hint

Jane Kennedy

Jason Stephens

Judith Lucy

Tom Gleisner

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Question 2 of 10

2. What was the name of the actor who played 'Bargearse'? Hint

Micheal Rafferty

Charles Tingwell

Lucky Grills

Jon English

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who was the regular magician on the show? Hint

Santo the Strange

Mick the Magician

Mick the Magnificant

Santo the Magnificant

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who was the intrepid reporter for the Sh*t-Scared sketches? Hint

Rob Sitch

Tony Martin

Mick Molloy

Tom Gliesner

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Question 5 of 10

5. What was the name of the character in the children's series? Hint

Beefa Bear

Shirty The Slightly Aggressive Bear

Eefa Elephant

Geefa Giraffe

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Question 6 of 10

6. What was the original name of the first voice over show 'The Olden Days'? Hint

Mud

Rush

Gold!

Tight Pants

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which members of 'The Late Show' team went on to success with a hugely popular afternoon radio show on Austereo network across Australia? Hint

Mick Molloy and Rob Sitch

Tony Martin and Mick Molloy

Tony Martin and Tom Gliesner

Rob Sitch and Tom Gliesner

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which famous cricketer sang 'Once in a Lifetime' by Talking Heads to end the first show of the second series? Hint

Alan Border

Max Walker

David Hookes

David Boon

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Question 9 of 10

9. What was the name of the animal in the sketch which satirised the adventures of Skippy? Hint

Fatso the Wombat

Patch the Super Sleuth

Charlie The Wonder Dog

Skippy the Bush Kangaroo

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which member did not go on to be a regular panelist on the current TV series 'The Panel'? Hint

Santo Cilano

Tom Gliesner

Jason Stephens

Rob Sitch

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who was not a member of the first series of 'The Late Show'?

Answer: Judith Lucy

Judith joined for the second series.

2. What was the name of the actor who played 'Bargearse'?

Answer: Lucky Grills

The voice overs for 'Bargearse' satirised a 70's cop show called 'Bluey' starring Lucky Grills as the tough as nails large detective

3. Who was the regular magician on the show?

Answer: Santo the Magnificant

Santo's stage of mystery was a sketch showing very average magical displays usually with Jason as the 'beautiful assistant'

4. Who was the intrepid reporter for the Sh*t-Scared sketches?

Answer: Tom Gliesner

Tom was the reporter, Rob the stuntman and Mick was his woeful assistant (always wearing the helmet and raising his thumb)

5. What was the name of the character in the children's series?

Answer: Shirty The Slightly Aggressive Bear

Shirty was the character in the series who beat up, felt up and threw up all over his associates

6. What was the original name of the first voice over show 'The Olden Days'?

Answer: Rush

An Aussie Classic.

7. Which members of 'The Late Show' team went on to success with a hugely popular afternoon radio show on Austereo network across Australia?

Answer: Tony Martin and Mick Molloy

They are known as Matin Molloy and have two hit albums 'The Brown Album' and 'Eat Your Peas'.

8. Which famous cricketer sang 'Once in a Lifetime' by Talking Heads to end the first show of the second series?

Answer: David Boon

In the second series (with an idea modified by Andrew Denton's musical challenges) the show finished with a song sung by a famous perdon with a name similar to the singer or band of a famous song.

9. What was the name of the animal in the sketch which satirised the adventures of Skippy?

Answer: Charlie The Wonder Dog

Charlie the Wonderdog is there anything you can't do. Pretty easy

10. Which member did not go on to be a regular panelist on the current TV series 'The Panel'?

Answer: Jason Stephens

'The Panel' is a popular evening show in which the five panelists discuss world events from an interesting point of view, generally an ignorant yet amusing one.

Source: Author Wallos

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