The childrens television cryptic quiz

sonnetpete

sonnetpete

Grumpy Old Retired Moderator and quiz inquisitor..
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Solutions relate to childrens TV shows from the late 50's to the early 2000's. Two guesses per day and I'll fill in the correct answers...

(1) He should have been in Yes Minister...Noddy

(2) When wearing a mask wasn't compulsory..Lone Ranger

(3) Made a green vegetable famous....Popeye

(4) A toasted bun on the hoof..Muffin The Mule

(5) Alternate name for Washington DC...Trumpton

(6) Dry biscuit eaten by a court card...Crackerjack

(7) Sat nav refused to work past 20,000km...Lost In Space (not strictly kids TV I admit)

(8) I put a spell on you, circularly...Magic Roundabout

(9) Posh house at the top of an incline..Grange Hill

(10) Lawman with waggy tail....Deputy Dawg

(11) Flock of Stormy Petrels...Thunderbirds

(12) Whistle for your soup...Clangers

(13) Went to the shop and found another country Mr.Benn

(14) Featured a monochrome feline...Postman Pat

(15) Don't think he was rechargeable...Torchy The Battery Boy

(16) Roberts digits..Fingerbobs

(17) Quadruple quills with water feature...Four Feather Falls

(18) Forest dweller hounded by lawman....Robin Hood (Richard Greene version)

(19) Menage a trois who lived in a picnic basket..Andy Pandy

(20) No MOT for their car!!...The Flintstones
 
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3) Popeye
18) Robin Hood (presumably the Richard Green version).
 
Damn. That's one of my tomorrow answers gone.
 
Michael Praed? Or Sean Connery's son (forgotten his name).
 
(12) The Clangers
 
Gragh, another of tomorrow's answers gone!
 
(8) Catweazle
 
6 Crackerjack.
17 Four Feather Falls.
 
1. Basil Brush
6. Crackerjack - drat, too late
13. Mr Benn
 
14 Felix the Cat
17 Four Feather Falls
 
2) The Lone Ranger
8) Magic Roundabout
 
Correct guesses : Clangers, Andy Pandy, Crackerjack, Four Feather Falls, Mr.Benn, The Lone Ranger, Magic Roundabout.

(apologies for brevity, I'm struggling with a hornet sting on my finger this morning)
 
4. Muffin the Mule
 
Really struggling with these, haven't heard of most of them. With no confidence, other than the Geordie connection:

(9) Byker Grove?
 
ozumo said:
Really struggling with these, haven't heard of most of them. With no confidence, other than the Geordie connection:

(9) Byker Grove?
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No, sorry....Sadly, I think you're a different generation to me which is why you haven't heard of them LOL...at least eight of the solutions were originally broadcast in B/W. Popeye, The Lone Ranger and Robin Hood were the first three programmes I saw on TV when we got one in the late 1950's
 
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