"Birds of a Feather" - The Beginning Online Quiz | Television

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1. In this first episode, viewers are introduced to a pair of sisters, who eventually become two of the series' three main characters. What are their names?

Answer: Sharon and Tracey

During this episode, viewers were introduced to Sharon Theodopolopodous and Tracey Stubbs, two Cockney sisters with very distinct personalities. During the course of this episode, their lives are altered forever, and they are forced to depend on each other in ways they never had before.

2. Which one of the sisters starts the series living in a luxurious home, which even has its own pool?

Answer: Tracey

When Sharon and her husband first pulled up in front of Tracey's house, the former murmured wistfully, 'What a gorgeous house'. However her husband, Chris, displayed none of Sharon's enthusiasm, and remarked that he thought it was "A bit flash'.

3. While one sister gives the other a tour around her swanky home, a lady named Dorien sidles in through the front door. Who is this woman?

Answer: A neighbour

As Tracey showed Sharon around her expensive home, the former's next door neighbour, Dorien, interrupted them. Claiming to have a "terrible crisis", Dorien barged past Tracey, entering her home. Humorously enough, Dorien's crisis was revealed to be that the carpet cleaners had come a day early, forcing her out of the house. Following this, Dorien put her foot in it in a way that was to become typical for this particular character, going on to mistake Sharon for a cleaner.

4. "Not even ___ can put the magic back in my marriage." Which traditional British magician was mentioned here by one of the two sisters?

Answer: Paul Daniels

Sharon said this to Dorien during the lingerie party in Tracey's living room. While wearing a red corset top over her clothes, Sharon indicated that she would like to buy it, in order to surprise her husband. However on discovering how much it cost, she decided against it.

This caused Dorien to remark that "It's money well spent darling. It'll put the magic back in your marriage", prompting Sharon to come out with the above quotation.

5. What crime were Chris and Darryl (the husbands of the two sisters) arrested for in this episode?

Answer: Armed robbery

While Tracy, Sharon and Dorien cleared up after the lingerie party, two policemen knocked at the door. After confirming the identities of the women, it was revealed that Tracy and Sharon's husbands, Darryl and Chris had been arrested for armed robbery. Chuckling at the stray lingerie strewn over the floor, one of the policemen remarked that it would be a long time before the women's husbands saw anything like it again.

6. One sister naively believed that her husband and brother-in-law would be released without charge, while the other thought the exact opposite.

Answer: True

As Tracey drove Sharon home, the latter remarked that she could not take much more of living in her grotty council flat. The former then informed her sister that she had to, "for the boys". Tracey followed this up with, they "could be on remand for ages, but once they get off", before being interrupted by her sister. Bewildered by her sister's naivety, Sharon repeated, "Get off? Get off? Trace", there's "no way they're gonna get off".

7. As one of the sisters made their way back home, she was confronted by a group of neighbours. Which of the following did one of these neighbour use as an excuse for the behaviour of this sister's husband?

Answer: The sister in question could not have children

As Sharon made her way home, she was confronted by a small group of her neighbours, who made it clear that they were talking about her. One of these women then accused Sharon of being the reason that Chris had committed armed robbery. Claiming that Christ had been upset at the fact that Sharon "couldn't give him babies", this woman went on to remark that Sharon's barrenness could easily explain her husband's behaviour.

8. In court, the jury found the sisters' husbands not guilty.

Answer: False

Near the end of this episode, viewers saw the two husbands, Chris and Darryl found guilty of armed robbery, for which they were sentenced to twelve years in prison. On hearing the verdict, Tracey broke down in tears, forcing Sharon to comfort her. Dressed from head to toe in black, Tracey resembled a grieving widow, and appeared to be heartbroken at the thought of not having her husband around. Sharon, on the other hand, failed to shed a single tear, and showed no signs of being upset at her husband's sentence.

9. Near the end of this episode, one of the sisters mentioned her son. What was his name?

Answer: Garth

As Tracey and Sharon left the courthouse, Tracey admitted that she felt as though she was being widowed. She also told her sister that she had no idea what she was going to do with herself, with the house so empty. She then mentioned her son, Garth, and expressed concern over him, wondering out loud how he would cope without his dad.

10. At the end of this episode, what did one sister offer to do in order to help the other?

Answer: Move in with her for a while

Just before this episode came to a close, Sharon offered to move in with Tracey for a while. A grateful Tracey eventually agreed, but only after Sharon persuaded her that she would much rather live her sister's life than be in her own grotty council flat.

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