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1. Mocking Karl's ghost story, Steve described another 'unexplained' event at his house. What happened?
   • A taxi he hadn't booked turned up three nights running
   • His telly kept switching to BBC Two on its own
   • A plumber arrived to fix a leak he didn't have
   • A pizza he hadn't ordered turned up while his mate giggled upstairs
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   A pizza he hadn't ordered turned up while his mate giggled upstairs

   His first case was just as baffling: the doorbell rang, nobody there, "some kids running away. Now how do you explain that?"

   📼 XFM S2E01 · 24 Aug 2002
2. Comparing an Irish couple who'd never married to himself and Suzanne, when did Karl say you actually need to get married?
   • Only for the wedding presents
   • Only if you have a kid
   • Only after twenty years together
   • Only if her mam insists
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   Only if you have a kid

   Karl: "do you know like how I am with Suzanne, it's like there's no point, really. Unless you have a kid, you don't need to, do ya?"

   📼 XFM S2E16 · 7 Dec 2002
3. When Karl explained that the world may have ended and started again before, where did Ricky say he got a lot of his information?
   • The Flintstones
   • Jurassic Park
   • Planet of the Apes
   • Doctor Who
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   Planet of the Apes

   Ricky: "It's the detail you leave out that makes it intriguing." Karl soon gave up: "Forget it then, if you don't get it."

   📼 Podcast S1E12 · Feb 2006
4. After Karl's rambling Rockbusters clue about buying cheap fags on the boat to France, which quiz host did Ricky imagine cutting him off?
   • Chris Tarrant
   • Bob Holness
   • Anne Robinson
   • Bruce Forsyth
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   Bob Holness

   Ricky: "Imagine Bob Holness, 'Sorry, we're out of time!... Your minute's up. You've won nothing. I was reading that question out.'"

   📼 XFM S2E43 · 21 Jun 2003
5. After Ricky compared Karl to a talking cat, what other cat-like talent did Steve suggest Karl has?
   • He's got nine lives
   • He always lands on his feet
   • He can see in the dark
   • He can lick his own testicles
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   He can lick his own testicles

   Steve's addition: "You can also lick your own testicles, I think, can't you?" Ricky giggled and quickly suggested playing the Doves.

   📼 XFM S2E05 · 21 Sep 2002
6. In Monkey News, how far did Karl say the monkey's eyes stick out of its head?
   • 1.6 centimetres
   • 0.8 centimetres
   • 2.4 centimetres
   • 3 centimetres
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   1.6 centimetres

   Karl then asked: "Have you got a ruler, Rick?" Steve said he'd be annoyed "if the monkey's beat me."

   📼 XFM S2E41 · 7 Jun 2003
7. Karl ran Songs of Phrase because Rockbusters had gone. What phrase did this one spell out from song clips?
   • "Bwark! I'm scared of Andrew"
   • "Don't say crappy"
   • "No more Cheeky Freak of the Week"
   • "Play a record, Karl"
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   "No more Cheeky Freak of the Week"

   Karl takes a phrase from the show and edits song words together. Listeners had to email in the five songs used.

   📼 XFM S2E46 · 12 Jul 2003
8. Karl claims he played a part in athlete Darren Campbell's early training. How?
   • Campbell used to push-start Karl's motorised go-kart
   • Karl used to chase him round the estate
   • Karl held the finishing tape for him
   • Karl timed him with his dad's stopwatch
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   Campbell used to push-start Karl's motorised go-kart

   Campbell had to "pick it up at the back, run with it at speed and then drop the wheels down and the engine kicked in." Karl's job was sitting in it.

   📼 The Ricky Gervais Guide to The World Cup · 2010
9. In Karl's 'Get a Lobe of This Court Case', why did a guilty man walk free?
   • The judge misheard the jury and thought they'd said not guilty
   • The defendant's lawyer shouted over the verdict
   • The jury fell asleep before the verdict
   • The judge had his hearing aid switched off for a nap
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   The judge misheard the jury and thought they'd said not guilty

   Karl: "the judge went - what he's not guilty? off you go then. All right, he misheard it."

   📼 XFM S3E11 · 10 Jan 2004
10. Karl found a story testing the 'monkeys typing Shakespeare' theory: monkeys left with a computer for a month. What did they come up with?
    • One perfect sonnet
    • A strongly worded letter to the keepers
    • Nothing - not even one word
    • The word 'banana' over and over
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    Nothing - not even one word

    Ricky: "You're an idiot Karl... What did you expect? A bit of Keats?" Karl: "they didn't even write one word out."

    📼 XFM S2E38 · 10 May 2003

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