If you love a quiz. Now is the time to get playing as the internet is alive with Skype, Zoom, Google Hangouts and House Party quizzes designed to keep us occupied and test our grey matter.
But what do you do when you have to host? It’s not as easy as you think to come up with a cracking quiz that will test people without being too tricky and have enough breadth and depth to appeal to everyone.

Never fear, RadioTimes.com is here with 30 TV questions and answers that we are more than happy for you to use for your next quiz session!
Let’s get quizzing!
Questions
- What is Postman Pat’s surname?
- In what year did Channel 5 launch in the UK?
- Of what is the sci-fi show Torchwood an anagram?
- Which show is Frasier a spin-off from?
- What was the name of the tower block where Del Boy and Rodney Trotter lived in Only Fools and Horses?
- Gillian Anderson plays a therapist in which hit Netflix show?
- What is the name of the fictional borough of Melbourne where Australian soap Neighbours is set?
- EastEnders began broadcasting on BBC1 in which year?
- Who is the longest serving presenter of the BBC children’s show Blue Peter?
- What is the name of Mackenzie Crook’s character in sitcom The Office?
- What’s the pub called in Channel soap Hollyoaks?
- Who became the first female presenter of Question Time in 2019?
- For what is Nancy Cartwright best known?
- What is the name of Rene’s wife in ‘Allo ‘Allo?
- Who does the voiceover on Love Island?
- In which fictional town is Netflix show Stranger Things primarily set?
- What is the capital of Westeros in Game of Thrones?
- What is the name of the prison in the popular BBC sitcom Porridge starring Ronnie Barker?
- Which well-known Welsh village was the primary set for the 1960s TV show The Prisoner?
- Which TV theme begins with the words: “You know we belong together…”
- Which critically acclaimed US TV drama was set around the fictional Sterling Cooper advertising agency in New York?
- In which fictional town was the sitcom Dad’s Army set?
- Which comedian and actor plays Alan Partridge?
- In which city do Ross and Rachel get married in Friends?
- Which UK show is the world’s longest news and current affairs TV programme?
- The following have all presented which TV show? Bruce Forsyth, Larry Grayson, Jim Davidson and Mel & Sue (Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins)
- Who presents Dragons’ Den?
- In 1995, more than 22 million people tuned into a special BBC Panorama interview with Princess Diana. Which journalist conducted the interview?
- What colour is Thunderbird 2 piloted by Virgil Tracy in Thunderbirds?
- What was the first full programme to be shown on Channel 4 on the afternoon of its launch in 1982?
Answers
- Clifton
- 1997
- Doctor Who
- Cheers
- Nelson Mandela House
- Sex Education
- Erinsborough
- 1985
- John Noakes (12 years from 1965-1978)
- Gareth Keenan
- The Dog in the Pond
- Fiona Bruce
- Being the voice of Bart Simpson in the Simpsons
- Edith
- Iain Stirling
- Hawkins, Indiana
- King’s Landing
- HMP Slade
- Portmeirion
- Home and Away
- Mad Men
- Walmington-on-Sea
- Steve Coogan
- Las Vegas (end of season 5)
- Panorama (1953 to present day)
- The Generation Game
- Evan Davis
- Martin Bashir
- Green
- Countdown
News sourced from: Radio Times