Were you paying attention? It's the seriously tough TV quiz of the decade

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1. Why did Lord Grantham vomit blood everywhere on Downton Abbey?

   1. Poison

   2. Burst ulcer

   3. Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease

2. In Line of Duty, what is Ted Hastings’ catchphrase?

   1. “Now we’re drinking Castrol”

   2. “Now we’re sucking diesel”

   3. “Now we’re necking petrol”

3. Why did Planet Earth 2 make you hate racer snakes?

   1. Because they ate an entire sheep

   2. Because they choked a deer to death

   3. Because they chased an iguana

4. 

   What did the season two finale of Luther revolve around?

   1. Evil twins

   2. A toddler with a gun

   3. A spooky dice

5. How was Andrea Riseborough brought to justice in her Black Mirror episode?

   1. An AI-assisted kettle called the police

   2. The internet grew arms and strangled her

   3. A guinea pig gave up its memories of her

6. 

   Who ruled Westeros at the end of Game of Thrones?

   1. Jon Snow

   2. Bran Stark

   3. Ser Pounce

7. What was Jack Bauer’s fate at the end of 24?

   1. Bundled on to a boat by the Chinese

   2. Sat in his car crying

   3. Surrendered to the Russians to be tortured forever

8. 

   Which commercial did Don Draper invent at the end of Mad Men?

   1. I’d Like To Buy The World a Coke

   2. Plop Plop Fizz Fizz

   3. I Feel Like Chicken Tonight

9. Who got to rule the island at the end of Lost?

   1. Jacob

   2. Jack

   3. Hurley

10. Which song played over the final scene of Breaking Bad?

    1. Baby Blue

    2. Mr Blue Sky

    3. Blue (Da Ba De)

11. 

    Name this reality show contestant.

    1. Schoenberg Rodriguez

    2. Wagner Carrilho

    3. Prokofiev Barbosa

12. 

    And this one

    1. Chyna Ellis

    2. Japyn Wolesly

    3. Emma D’Souza

13. 

    Who is this?

    1. Diana Beard

    2. Margot Burr

    3. Joanna Scrupp

14. 

    And this?

    1. Bogdana Stamboliski

    2. Bisera Kjucukov

    3. Bilyana Apostolova

15. 

    Who is this?

    1. Jamie Johnson

    2. Steve Smith

    3. Lee Pea

16. 

    Guess the show by its opening titles

    1. Daredevil

    2. Jessica Jones

    3. DIY SOS

17. 

    And this one

    1. Making a Murderer

    2. Happy Valley

    3. Mindhunter

18. 

    What show is this?

    1. Homeland

    2. Billions

    3. Ray Donovan

19. 

    And this one?

    1. Vinyl

    2. The Deuce

    3. Boardwalk Empire

20. 

    Lastly, what show is this?

    1. The Good Wife

    2. The Good Fight

    3. Watchdog

21. Where did Queen America air?

    1. Facebook Watch

    2. Netflix

    3. YouTube Originals

22. How about Champaign Ill?

    1. Walter Presents

    2. YouTube Originals

    3. Apple TV+

23. And Red Oaks?

    1. Amazon Prime

    2. Facebook Watch

    3. Snapchat Originals

24. 

    Where can you watch See?

    1. Apple TV+

    2. YouTube Originals

    3. Amazon Prime

25. And what about Hemlock Grove?

    1. Netflix

    2. Amazon Prime

    3. Facebook Watch

26. In Brooklyn 99, what is Peralta’s favourite film?

    1. Lethal Weapon

    2. Die Hard

    3. Commando

27. Which of the following was not used as an insult on Veep?

    1. “You’re Frankenstein’s monster, if his monster was made entirely of dead dicks”

    2. “You’re about as toxic as a urinal cake in Chernobyl"

    3. “You’re about as funny as a blind toddler in a fucking minefield”

28. What did Alan Partridge call his guest Alice Fluck this year?

    1. Alice Clunt

    2. Alice Flunk

    3. Alice Twot

29. In I Think You Should Leave, what do the skeletons use as money?

    1. Bones

    2. Worms

    3. Worms and bones

30. In W1A, what is Anna Rampton’s BBC job title?

    1. Director of Better

    2. Head of Up

    3. Controller of Enrichment

31. The Fyre Festival’s Andy King revealed that he was once asked to trade oral sex for what?

    1. Tents

    2. Medicine

    3. Evian

32. Educating Yorkshire saw Musharaf overcome his stammer and Bailey shave her eyebrows off. But what was the name of the school where all this occurred?

    1. Rosemound Academy

    2. Thornhill Academy

    3. Ivypeak Academy

33. 

    In 2015 documentary The Jinx, how was murderer Robert Durst caught?

    1. He accidentally wore blood-stained trousers to an interview

    2. He accidentally forgot to take the murder weapon down from his trophy case when the TV crew came

    3. He accidentally confessed to himself in the toilet when his microphone was still on

34. Which of the following was not a part of BBC Four's Goes Slow?

    1. A three-hour museum tour

    2. An hour of birdsong

    3. Two hours of artisanal sandpapering

35. Which unspoken rule did the crew of BBC One’s Dynasties break?

    1. They rescued some penguins from certain death

    2. They abducted a rare goose

    3. They painted a cat and passed it off as a tiger

36. For which show did Vicky McClure win her only Bafta so far?

    1. Line of Duty

    2. This is England ‘86

    3. The Replacement

37. How many National Television Awards have Ant and Dec won this decade?

    1. Three

    2. Five

    3. 23

38. Which show won the most Emmys in 2014?

    1. Breaking Bad

    2. Game of Thrones

    3. Louie

39. Which actress is tied with Cloris Leachman as the performer with the most ever Emmy wins?

    1. Tina Fey

    2. Julia Louis-Dreyfus

    3. Mindy Kaling

40. Which is the only show to have won the Best Drama Series Bafta twice this decade?

    1. Last Tango in Halifax

    2. Line of Duty

    3. Happy Valley

41. 

    Soap time: in EastEnders, how did Ronnie and Roxy Mitchell die?

    1. Poisoning

    2. Truck crash

    3. Drowned in a wedding dress accident

42. How did Coronation Street's Lesley Kershaw die?

    1. Crushed by a piano

    2. Savaged by a lion

    3. Electrocuted by a toaster

43. 

    In Emmerdale, how did Gemma Andrews die?

    1. Pushed off a train

    2. Pushed off a balcony

    3. Pushed onto a rock

44. How did Danny Houston die in Hollyoaks?

    1. Bludgeoned with a shovel

    2. Bludgeoned with a paperweight

    3. Bludgeoned with a hammer

45. In Home and Away, how did Hannah Wilson die?

    1. Shed explosion

    2. Hospital explosion

    3. Caravan explosion

46. 

    Which Channel 4 gameshow counted Nigella Lawson and Anthony Bourdain as judges?

    1. The Dish

    2. The Taste

    3. The Spoon

47. Which of these is the most shocking thing ever to happen on the Great British Bake Off?

    1. When the tent burned down

    2. When Paul Hollywood was poisoned

    3. When a man put a cake in a bin

48. Which of the following is not a 2010s Hairy Bikers series?

    1. The Hairy Bikers: Chicken and Egg

    2. The Hairy Bikers: Mums Know Best

    3. The Hairy Bikers: Proper Sexy Nosh

49. 

    Complete the title of this Netflix food show: Salt, Fat, Acid…

    1. Heat

    2. Sauce

    3. Sugar

50. Rapper Action Bronson presents which food show?

    1. Fuck, That’s Delicious

    2. Shit, That’s Delightful

    3. Crap, That’s Tasty

Solutions

1:B, 2:B, 3:C, 4:A, 5:C, 6:B, 7:C, 8:A, 9:C, 10:A, 11:B - Wagner, from X Factor in 2010, 12:A - From Love Island season 3, 13:A - Great British Bake Off contestant from 2014, 14:C - Bilyana took part in series 8 of The Apprentice, 15:A - Jamie went on The Voice in 2014, 16:A, 17:C, 18:A, 19:C, 20:B, 21:A, 22:B, 23:A, 24:A, 25:A, 26:B, 27:C, 28:A, 29:C, 30:A, 31:C, 32:B, 33:C, 34:C, 35:A, 36:B, 37:C, 38:A, 39:B, 40:C, 41:C, 42:C, 43:C, 44:C, 45:C, 46:B, 47:C, 48:C, 49:A, 50:A

Scores

1. 50 and above.

   You have wasted an entire decade.

2. 35 and above.

   Well done! You didn’t get everything right, but you know what that means? It means you’re not a nerd (hating nerds is going to be big again in the 2020s)

3. 0 and above.

   Oh dear, you don’t have much of a memory, do you? However, all is not lost. Why not obsessively write down every single thing you watch for the entire duration of the 2020s and commit it all to memory on the off-chance that there’s another tossed-off TV quiz at the end of it?

4. 10 and above.

   Pretty good. You managed to retain some information about what is by design an ephemeral medium. God, think of everything you could have achieved if you’d used that brain power for good.