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"The Young Ones" - "Demolition" Quiz

This quiz is all about the first episode of "The Young Ones" - "Demolition". Have fun and please rate my quiz!

A multiple-choice quiz by OrliBloomizHOT. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
OrliBloomizHOT

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
215,195

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
10 / 15

Plays
923

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 15

1. Rik: 'That was BRILLIANT! Shame about Cliff Richard.'
Neil: 'What about him?'
Rik: 'What?'
Neil: 'What about Cliff Richard?'
Rik: 'Are you trying to be funny? Because if you are, I just think it's in pretty poor taste, that's all. I'm not a ________, you know!'

Answer: (One word)

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Question 2 of 15

2. What was the name of the washing powder Neil put in the lentil casserole? Hint

LOW

LUV

LUX

LIX

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Question 3 of 15

3. In Rik's poem for Neil, who was pushing Cliff over the cliff? Hint

Cliff

Lemmings

Facists

Neil

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Question 4 of 15

4. What color was Rik's tie? Hint

Red

Black

Yellow

Blue

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Question 5 of 15

5. What was Mike carrying when we first saw him? Hint

A letter

A white, plastic shopping bag

His hat

Golf clubs in their bag

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Question 6 of 15

6. Who were the rats discussing? Hint

Rik

Euripides

William Shakespeare

Edgar Allan Poe

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Question 7 of 15

7. What was the name of Neil's uncle? Hint

Fletcher

Dustin

Michael

Euripides

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Question 8 of 15

8. Who took Rik's biro? Hint

Mike

Vyvyan

Neil

Special Patrol Group

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Question 9 of 15

9. How did Vyvyan wash his hands? Hint

He turned the tap on

He did it in the rain

He never did

He kicked the sink off the wall

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Question 10 of 15

10. What did Vyvyan do when Rik said, 'Ha! Fallen into my trap! In that case, why isn't Cliff Richard boring, clever trousers?' Hint

Ignored him

Slammed Rik's head into his lentil casserole

Punched him

Stole his lentil casserole

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Question 11 of 15

11. What did Vyvyan momentarily change Special Patrol Group's name to?

Answer: (Two words, first and last name)

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Question 12 of 15

12. Jerzei Balowski: 'Hello Mike, my little ___________
___________!'

Answer: (Two words, think of an old TV show that's been made into a movie)

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Question 13 of 15

13. What was the name of the TV show Rik watched? Hint

Shock

Zap

Nozin' Aroun'

Street Level

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Question 14 of 15

14. In Neil's plan to hide in the wall cavity, what was he going to pretend to be? Hint

A heater

Plumbing

Bricks

Thermal insulation

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Question 15 of 15

15. What exploded in Vyvyan's mouth? Hint

A bomb

The stove

An engine

A brick

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Rik: 'That was BRILLIANT! Shame about Cliff Richard.' Neil: 'What about him?' Rik: 'What?' Neil: 'What about Cliff Richard?' Rik: 'Are you trying to be funny? Because if you are, I just think it's in pretty poor taste, that's all. I'm not a ________, you know!'

Answer: fridge

After he said this, Rik immediately grabbed his radio, pulled a face at Neil and stormed out of the kitchen.

2. What was the name of the washing powder Neil put in the lentil casserole?

Answer: LUX

After Rik stormed out of the kitchen, Neil commented, 'Weird, eh? I'd better get back to the lentil casserole before I get disorientated,' and put some washing powder in it.

3. In Rik's poem for Neil, who was pushing Cliff over the cliff?

Answer: Facists

Here is Rik's entire poem:
'Oh Cliff
Sometimes is must be difficult not to feel as if
You really are a cliff
When facists keep trying to push you over it
Are they the lemmings, or are you Cliff?
Or are you Cliff?'

4. What color was Rik's tie?

Answer: Red

Everything else he was wearing was black, except the numerous badges he had pinned around his collar.

5. What was Mike carrying when we first saw him?

Answer: Golf clubs in their bag

He was carrying them as he entered the kitchen, then threw them aside and started talking about himself in third person.

6. Who were the rats discussing?

Answer: Euripides

They were discussing poetry that they had 'nibbled through recently' and talking about Euripides, until Rik saw them, screamed, 'Aah! A rat!' and killed them by hitting them with a guitar that Neil's grandfather made entirely out of matchsticks on his deathbed.

7. What was the name of Neil's uncle?

Answer: Dustin

Mike: 'Anyway, forget you even heard the name.'
Rik: 'Uh... what name?'
Mike: 'Hey, hey, you're learning! That's good!'
Neil: 'I had an uncle called Dustin...'

8. Who took Rik's biro?

Answer: Mike

Rik wanted to write another poem about Neil, after he found out that the lentils Neil used in the lentil casserole were South African.

9. How did Vyvyan wash his hands?

Answer: He kicked the sink off the wall

Vyvyan came smashing through the wall holding a leg wrapped in newspaper. Rik and Neil yelled at him, and so he jumped off the table, kicked the sink off the wall and washed his hands in the spurt of water coming out of the wall.
Neil: 'Oh, yeah, great, why don't you sit in the supper, Vyv?'
Rik: 'Vyvyan, you might've washed your hands!'

10. What did Vyvyan do when Rik said, 'Ha! Fallen into my trap! In that case, why isn't Cliff Richard boring, clever trousers?'

Answer: Slammed Rik's head into his lentil casserole

They were arguing about what they thought was boring.
Rik: 'Well, I guess you think things like love and peace are boring too.'
Vyvyan: 'Yes, they are.'
Rik: 'Ha! Fallen into my trap! In that case, why isn't Cliff Richard boring, clever trousers?'

11. What did Vyvyan momentarily change Special Patrol Group's name to?

Answer: Cliff Richard

Vyvyan and Mike were talking about who had fed Special Patrol Group, when Rik suddenly butted in.
Rik: 'I think Special Patrol Group is a stupid name for a hamster!'
Vyvyan: 'Okay, I'll change it, then! Hello Cliff Richard!'

12. Jerzei Balowski: 'Hello Mike, my little ___________ ___________!'

Answer: Thunderbird puppet

Jerzei then gave Mike a can of Coca-Cola and started doing the twist in an effort to seem more British.

13. What was the name of the TV show Rik watched?

Answer: Nozin' Aroun'

Rik: 'That's all very well! But finally, after years of stagnation, the TV people have woken up to the need for locally-based minority programs!... made by amateurs!... and perhaps of interest by only two or three people! It's important, right! It's now, and I want to watch!'

14. In Neil's plan to hide in the wall cavity, what was he going to pretend to be?

Answer: Thermal insulation

Neil: 'I know - when the council come to demolish the house tomorrow, I'll hide inside the wall cavity and pretend to be thermal insulation. Then, when they knock the wall down - boomshanka!'

15. What exploded in Vyvyan's mouth?

Answer: A brick

Vyvyan was trying to demolish the house from within before the council workers came, in an effort to prevent them from knocking it down. Upon biting a brick that exploded, he exclaimed, 'Wow! Some of these bricks explode! That's good, innit?!'

Source: Author OrliBloomizHOT

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