Quiz – How Many Can You Get Right?
Coinciding with the return of the UK’s favourite topical Friday night panel show on BBC One, hosted by Ian Hislop and Paul Merton, Have I Got News For You: The Quiz of 2022 is packed with over 1,000 questions on 2022’s current affairs. From Ukraine to NFTs, the Royal Family to Wordle and the new Prime Minister, this brand new book combines the biggest stories of the year with the show’s unmistakeable wit…
Can’t wait to read it? Well, here are a few questions from the Filmed on Faux-cation section…
In 2022 it was revealed people don’t need good neighbours after all, as the long-running soap was cancelled after thirty-seven years. Although everyone knows it took place in Ramsay Street, true fans will know it was set in the non-existent suburb of Erinsborough. Below are the names of ten other TV shows, but can you identify the fictional places in which they’re set?
1. Coronation Street
A: Weatherfield
B: Werrington
C: Wethersby
D: Weatherford
2. The Bill
A: Winstanton
B: Moon Crescent
C: Sun Hill
D: Hill View
3. Grange Hill
A: Wylesly
B: Northam
C: Gristleford
D: Costington
4. Fireman Sam
A: Pintyponty
B: Pandypootle
C: Puntypanto
D: Pontypandy
5. EastEnders
A: Walton
B: Warford
C: Wharfdale
D: Walford
6. Noel’s House Party
A: Creaky Backside
B: Crinkley Bottom
C: Creamy Buttocks
D: Crispy Bumcheek
7. Footballers’ Wives
A: Grestley
B: Burstall
C: Earls Park
D: Park End
8. Postman Pat
A: Greenvale
B: Vale Green
C: Bowlers’ Green
D: Greendale
9. Home and Away
A: Summer Bay
B: Sunshine Cove
C: Sunnydale
D: Sun Valley
10. Thomas the Tank Engine
A: Sodley
B: Sodor
C: Sodom
D: Gomorrah
In true Have I Got News For You style, here are the answers….
1. A – Coronation Street is the world’s longest-running television soap opera and takes place in the fictional northern town of Weatherfield. As of 2022 there have been more than 10,700 episodes, most of which focus on typical working-class scenarios like going to the pub, having affairs and being killed by an out-of-control tram.
2. C – The Bill was set in Sun Hill and was axed six months after David Cameron became Prime Minister – presumably after sweeping cuts to the constabulary.
3. B – Grange Hill was set in the fictional London borough of Northam, and left fans devastated when it ended after thirty years without explaining who threw that sausage during the opening credits.
4. D – Fireman Sam takes place in the peaceful Welsh village of Pontypandy, which easily has the highest number of fires per capita anywhere in the UK, and for connoisseurs of cultural insensitivity, the village’s only Italian resident is called Bella Lasagne.
5. D – Home of the depressing Christmas episode, EastEnders is set in the fictional London borough of Walford, where people are 95 per cent more likely than the average cockney to be brutally murdered during the month of December.
6. B – Crinkley Bottom was the setting for Noel’s House Party, which in 2010 was voted the best Saturday night TV show of all time, ahead of The X Factor and Strictly Come Dancing. Such was the popularity of the show that it spawned not one but three Crinkley Bottom amusement parks, which were a roaring success for at least three bank holidays before going out of business in 1997.
7. C – Footballers’ Wives (2002-2006) was set in Earls Park and consisted mostly of glamour models having sex with Gary Lucy, with the odd football reference thrown in here and there to let him get his breath back.
8. D – Postman Pat is set in the village of Greendale, and follows the exploits of Pat Clifton, who has managed to keep his job for forty-one years despite losing almost every parcel that ever had the misfortune of being in his bright red van. The series took a dark turn in 2003 when sub-postmistress Mrs Goggins was handed a six-year prison sentence on the basis of faulty accounting software.
9. A – Summer Bay is the setting for Home and Away, which is almost completely indistinguishable from Neighbours except for the fact it’s got a slightly less annoying theme song and is actually still on the telly.
10. B – Thomas the Tank Engine is set on the Island of Sodor, where a group of anthropomorphic trains bow to the will of the Fat Controller, who was later rebranded to Sir Topham Hatt after receiving a knighthood and a gastric band.
Have I Got News For You: The Quiz of 2022 is the first book in a brand new collectible series, perfect for fans of the show, quiz and comedy lovers and your uncle who is always tricky to buy for at Christmas.
It’s packed with over 1,000 questions on 2022’s current affairs with plenty of gags on everything from politics to pop culture, promising hours of entertainment and a timeless souvenir of a rollercoaster year.
Out now in hardback (Sphere, £14.99).
Allison Hay
I joined the "My Weekly" team thirteen years ago and, more recently, "The People's Friend". I love the variety of topics we cover both online and in the magazines. I manage the digital content for the brands, sharing features and information on the website, social media and in our digital newsletters.
