Britain's Most Loved and Best Comedy Double Act

Mastermind Questions

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Yvette Fielding
In episode 8 of the 2023 series of Mastermind, Yvette Fielding chose her specialist subject of Morecambe and Wise. Appearing in an Eric and Ern shirt, she attempted to answer questions on Britain’s best and most popular double act.

How well would you do?

Here are the questions.

Eric adopted his stage surname from the name of his hometown. A move that almost prompted Ernie to do the same and change his last name to what?

The first proper meeting between Morecambe and Wise took place when both entertainers appeared in what touring variety show featuring younger artists?

The first appearance of the double act, initially billed as Bartholomew and Wise, came in 1941 when the friends were given a spot at which theatre in Liverpool?

What was the title of the radio series produced by Roy Taylor that gave the duo much needed exposure in 1952?

Which British singer was a regular guest on the duos first television series, Running Wild, in 1954, and was declared by one critic to be much too good to be mixed up with such stuff?

Morecambe and Wise writers during the 1960s had the surname Green and Hills, but they were also known by what first names when appearing along side them on screen?

In a 1970s sketch, Eric tells Cliff Richard that his dad used to be an engineer with which company, where his job was to weld the crust onto the meat pies?

When Andre Previn appears on Morecambe and Wise to conduct Grieg’s Piano Concerto, he is told be Eric not to go too heavy on what stringed instrument in the second movement?

What is the title of Morecambe’s debut novel, published in 1981 about a fictious club comedian called Sid Lewis?

To find the answers that Yvette gave and see the correct answers, scroll down…





Yvette`s Answers:

1. Pass (correct answer: Leeds)
2. Youth Takes A Bow
3. Liverpool Empire
4. Variety Fanfare
5. Alma Cogan
6. Sid and Dick
7. Railway workplace. (correct answer: British Rail)
8. Timpani (correct answer: Banjo)
9. Mr Lonely




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