Intro Songs Trivia Quiz

Answer: The Office

"The Office" (2001-03) was a slow burner for BBC that became a huge hit and paved the way for the American version of the show which ran from 2005 to 2013.
"Handbags And Gladrags" was written by Mike D'Abo from Manfred Mann, who produced Chris Farlowe's version and played piano on the 1969 Rod Stewart cover.
The song was later covered by Stereophonics in 2001, becoming a top five hit for the band on the UK charts.

Answer: Oasis

"The Royle Family" was written by and starred Craig Cash and the late Caroline Aherne.
Aherne died of cancer in 2016 and at the Stand Up To Cancer charity event of the same year, Noel Gallagher, formerly of Oasis, now with High Flying Birds, played "Half The World Away" as a tribute to her.
"Half The World Away" was originally the B side to the track, "Whatever" which reached number three on the UK charts in 1994.
It was released as an A side single in 2015, but only managed to get as far as number 56 on UK charts.

Answer: The Jam

Comedian Dara O'Briain is the presenter of "Mock The Week", which has had stars such as Hugh Dennis, Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan regularly appear as panel members.
"News Of The World" was a hit for The Jam in 1978, when it was a UK top 30 record. It is one of the few singles by The Jam that features Bruce Foxton on vocals, instead of Paul Weller.

Answer: The Chain

The great Murray Walker was the host of BBC F1 coverage for the entire 18 years that the channel showed the sport, and when the coverage moved to ITV for the 1997 season, he moved to the new channel as well.
"The Chain" was an album track from Fleetwood Mac's extremely successful "Rumours" album of 1977, which despite its popularity, wasn't released as a single until 1997, when the live version from "The Dance" album was issued.

Answer: Mountain

Peter Jay, economics editor for "The Times" newspaper was the first host of "Weekend World". He continued in the hot seat until 1976 when Brian Walden took over following Jay's appointment as Ambassador to the United States.
"Nantucket Sleighride" was a track from Mountain's 1971 album of the same name, which although a fan favourite, was never released as a single. Mountain are perhaps best remembered for their 1970 track, "Mississippi Queen".

Answer: Top Gear

"Jessica" was released as a single in 1973, but surprisingly given the love that TV audiences have shown for it, has never been a huge hit. Its highest chart position was when it broke into the Dutch top 30, peaking at number 29 in 1973.
"Top Gear" began life in 1977 and ran until 2001, with "Jessica" as the theme tune for the entire run. A revamped version of the show, still titled "Top Gear" began broadcasting in 2002, and "Jessica" remained as the theme music, so strong is the connection between the two.

Answer: Teardrop

The star of "House M.D." was Hugh Laurie as the title character but the show also featured Tony award winner Robert Sean Leonard, Omar Epps, who had previously played Dr Dennis Gant on "ER" (1996-97) and Jennifer Morrison who played Captain Kirk's mother in the movie, "Star Trek" (2009). Trip Hop band, Massive Attack had a UK top ten hit with "Teardrop" in 1998.

The band have no regular vocalist, preferring instead to utilise guest vocalists and the lucky recipient on this occasion was former member of Cocteau Twins, Elizabeth Fraser.

The band turned down Madonna's vocal arrangement to work with Fraser, a move that in hindsight seems to have paid off.

Answer: Eagles

"Journey of the Sorcerer" was actually used in the original BBC radio production of "Hitchhikers" from 1978, so when the show made the transition to TV, the music was already well associated with it.
The track itself was never released as a single, but was from the band's 1975 album, "One of These Nights". As "One of These Nights" was their first number one album on Billboard 200 in USA and a top ten hit in UK, the track was well known.
Singles from the album did include the title track as well as "Lyin Eyes" and "Take It To The Limit" (both 1975).

Answer: The Liberty Bell

"The Liberty Bell" was written by John Philip Sousa in 1893 and is well known as the music played at presidential inaugurations in USA as well as being the official march of the Public Affairs Branch of the Canadian Forces. The fact that "Monty Python's Flying Circus" is still revered today, long after the last of its 45 episodes originally aired is testament to just how far ahead of its time this show was.

It made household names of the stars, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin and Terry Gilliam, who are still called upon to perform as their iconic characters by fans.

Answer: Weeds

"Weeds" (2005-12) dealt with a regular US soccer mom, who had no way to make ends meet after the premature death of her husband. In desperation, she turned to selling marijuana, and found herself to be quite successful.
"Little Boxes" was written by Seeger's friend Malvina Reynolds and has been covered by a diverse list of artists including Elvis Costello, Death Cab for Cutie, Billy Bob Thornton and Rise Against.