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'The Black Adder' Trivia Quiz

This quiz is solely about the very first series of this historic comedy...enjoy!

A multiple-choice quiz by PsychoLes. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
PsychoLes

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
17,195

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
1503

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Question 1 of 10

1. Who played Baldrick in the pilot episode of The Black Adder? Hint

Rowan Atkinson

Phillip Fox & Philip Fox

Tony Robinson

Craig Charles

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Question 2 of 10

2. When Prince Harry is compiling the battle averages in 'The Foretelling', Edmund claims to have killed Warwick the Wild...but where is Warwick from? Hint

Warwick

Leicester

London

Chester

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Question 3 of 10

3. Edmund unwittingly nurses the defeated Henry Tudor back to health and later in history he becomes King, but which King Henry was he to become? Hint

Henry VIII

Henry VII

Henry VI

Henry V

4. 'Born to be King', or not in Edmund's case. During this episode Edmund's bad luck strikes again and he is forced to give up his land in Scotland to the King's supreme commander, Lord Dougall McAngus. Which of the following was not part of those lands? Hint

Selkirk

Richmond

Roxburgh

Peebles

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Question 5 of 10

5. When Edmund is given the position of Archbishop, Lord Percy is made into a Bishop in order to accompany him. Where is Lord Percy the Bishop of? Hint

Roebottom

Ramsgate

Oxford

Saltgate

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Question 6 of 10

6. In 'The Queen of Spain's Beard', what kind of animal attacks Edmund when he falls of the battlements at the very start of the episode? Hint

a dog

a horse

a pig

a cow

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Question 7 of 10

7. When The Queen and The Infanta (along with her dozy interpreter) are discussing what Edmund is like in bed, to what animal does The Queen compare him? Hint

a rabbit

a cat

a snake

a dog

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Question 8 of 10

8. In 'Witchsmeller Persuivant' we learn the name of Edmund's horse. It is...? Hint

Lucifer

Black Satin

Satan

Red Velvet

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which of the following is NOT a member of The Black Seal? Hint

Jake the Peg

Three Fingered Pete

Sir Wilfred Death

Guy de Glastonbury

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Question 10 of 10

10. And finally... According to the song at the end of 'Head', the second episode of Blackadder II, for how long was Edmund King before he died at the end of the first series? Hint

half a minute

half a year

half a day

half an hour

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who played Baldrick in the pilot episode of The Black Adder?

Answer: Phillip Fox & Philip Fox

I haven't actually seen the pilot episode but apparently he was terrible, thank God for Tony Robinson.

2. When Prince Harry is compiling the battle averages in 'The Foretelling', Edmund claims to have killed Warwick the Wild...but where is Warwick from?

Answer: Leicester

It transpires that Edmund didn't, of course, kill anybody... The battle-dodging nappy-wearing coward!

3. Edmund unwittingly nurses the defeated Henry Tudor back to health and later in history he becomes King, but which King Henry was he to become?

Answer: Henry VII

Answer: Richmond

He gets his own back by blowing his head off with a cannon...nice.

5. When Edmund is given the position of Archbishop, Lord Percy is made into a Bishop in order to accompany him. Where is Lord Percy the Bishop of?

Answer: Ramsgate

6. In 'The Queen of Spain's Beard', what kind of animal attacks Edmund when he falls of the battlements at the very start of the episode?

Answer: a dog

7. When The Queen and The Infanta (along with her dozy interpreter) are discussing what Edmund is like in bed, to what animal does The Queen compare him?

Answer: a rabbit

8. In 'Witchsmeller Persuivant' we learn the name of Edmund's horse. It is...?

Answer: Black Satin

9. Which of the following is NOT a member of The Black Seal?

Answer: Jake the Peg

Thanks to Percy and Baldrick, The Black Seal were stopped in the nick of time... It's a pity about Edmund though...

10. And finally... According to the song at the end of 'Head', the second episode of Blackadder II, for how long was Edmund King before he died at the end of the first series?

Answer: half a minute

The song starts as follows... His Great Grandfather was the King, although for only thirty seconds...

Source: Author PsychoLes

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