Daily Challenge quiz

1. Insisting he hadn't ripped off Simon Mayo, Karl said he'd originally planned to do his song game with what?
   • Mime
   • Interpretive dance
   • Puppets
   • Sound effects
   Show answer

   Sound effects

   Bad news: Chris said Mayo "used to get his team to play all the characters." Ricky's verdict: "You idiot", aimed at Karl, not Chris.

   📼 XFM S2E02 · 31 Aug 2002
2. Steve and Ricky agreed Bonfire Night fireworks are rubbish. What was Ricky's theory about family fireworks displays?
   • Kids only go for the hot dogs
   • Dogs enjoy them more than people do
   • They were invented to sell sparklers
   • Adults think kids love them, but if asked, nobody would want to go
   Show answer

   Adults think kids love them, but if asked, nobody would want to go

   Ricky: "I also think the adults think the kids love it… if they just got together and said, 'Shall we go and see it?' They'd all go, 'No.'"

   📼 XFM S2E12 · 9 Nov 2002
3. Which TV quiz did Ricky say Rockbusters sounded like?
   • Family Fortunes
   • Blockbusters
   • Catchphrase
   • Countdown
   Show answer

   Blockbusters

   "Sounds a bit like BLOCKbusters... where they gave REAL cryptic clues."

   📼 Podcast S2E01, Feb 2006
4. What prize was offered for the first email with all three of Karl's Rockbusters answers right?
   • A signed photo of Karl
   • Lunch with Ricky and Steve
   • Karl's old wall mirror
   • A Monkey News mug
   Show answer

   A signed photo of Karl

   Steve: "There are no signed photos of Karl, so this will be an, a-a collector's item."

   📼 Podcast S2E01 · Feb 2006
5. While Ricky mocked Steve's cheap lunches, Karl brought up an old row between him and Steve. What was it about?
   • A Ladder 49 DVD Steve never gave back
   • Who paid for the last round of teas
   • A sandwich Steve ate out of his fridge
   • 50p Steve lent him that Karl never paid back
   Show answer

   50p Steve lent him that Karl never paid back

   Steve: "I said 'where's my 50 p?' You went 'oh you don't need that.' That's not your decision to have!" Karl's version: "I don't think I've got it at the moment."

   📼 XFM S4E03 · 11 Jun 2005
6. Steve described the Snack Woman at Finchley Road tube, packed in so tight she can't turn her head. How does she get things out of the fridge?
   • Customers reach in themselves
   • With a litter picker
   • Using a mirror on a stick
   • By feel alone
   Show answer

   By feel alone

   Steve: "She has to go by feel alone, just feel the fridge... often I'll say 'That's not what I wanted,' but... you've got to let her off."

   📼 XFM S3E04 · 22 Nov 2003
7. In the tour documentary Living with Ricky Gervais, what was Ricky's job when he first met Robin Ince, who was doing a gig there?
   • Booker at the Comedy Store
   • Ents manager at ULU
   • Manager of a Camden pub
   • DJ at a student radio station
   Show answer

   Ents manager at ULU

   Robin said he'd known Ricky for twelve and a half years. Ricky recalled he was running the entertainments at ULU when Robin came to do a gig.

   📼 Living with Ricky Gervais 1
8. Karl revealed that his FL Rockbusters clue had been emailed in by a listener. What did he announce about that listener?
   • They'd be made a guest Rockbuster
   • They'd get a signed Office DVD
   • They'd get a shout-out on air
   • They were disqualified from the competition
   Show answer

   They were disqualified from the competition

   "That person who's done that, don't e-mail in because you're disqualified from the comp." Ricky's reaction: "I'd love him to be a teacher..."

   📼 XFM S2E09 · 19 Oct 2002
9. Worried he'd have to strip off for his facial, what did Karl wear so he wouldn't have to take anything off?
   • A little round polo neck jumper
   • A shirt and tie
   • His swimming trunks under his jeans
   • Two vests and a cardigan
   Show answer

   A little round polo neck jumper

   "I made sure I didn't wear a shirt with a collar. I'm not taking this off. They can put the dressing gown on top of this."

   📼 Podcast S1E05 · Jan 2006
10. What's been spooking Karl about the two-and-a-half-month-old baby he's godfather to?
    • It cries whenever he walks in
    • It doesn't blink
    • It looks just like his dad
    • It grips his finger too hard
    Show answer

    It doesn't blink

    Karl: "It's evil. Because blinking just makes something look a bit more friendly, doesn't it?"

    📼 The Podfather Part I (Halloween) · 2006

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