Ricky Gervais quiz

1. 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
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   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
2. Steve asked why they couldn't just use one big balloon. Ricky said the 6,000-balloon challenge would be like which game?
   • Buckaroo
   • Jenga
   • Kerplunk
   • Operation
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   Buckaroo

   Ricky's plan: people hook on balloons, and "the person who puts the balloon that actually raises him 10 feet wins a prize or something."

   📼 XFM S1E16 · 16 Mar 2002
3. For the first ever 'That Film Sounds Good', Ricky picked Bobby Womack's 'Across 110th Street'. Which film was it from?
   • Pulp Fiction
   • Taxi Driver
   • Jackie Brown
   • Shaft
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   Jackie Brown

   Ricky warned listeners: "You'll only like this if you're really cool." Steve: "Yeah, if you're really cool, like, say, us."

   📼 XFM S1E04 · 1 Dec 2001
4. Karl used Ricky's stuffed owl as an example of clutter. What had Ricky been assured about how the owl died?
   • It was shot by a Victorian gamekeeper
   • It died of natural causes: old age
   • It was hit by a milk float
   • It choked on a field mouse
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   It died of natural causes: old age

   Ricky: "It's an antique stuffed owl. And I was assured it died of natural causes, of old age." Karl's verdict: "it looked in good nick."

   📼 Podcast S5E01 · Sep 2008
5. Karl didn't want to go and see a mate's new baby. How did Ricky sum up Karl's view of babies?
   • They're all just small, loud builders
   • They all look like Winston Churchill anyway
   • They all look like Mel Smith, so why see another one?
   • They all start crying when they see Karl
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   They all look like Mel Smith, so why see another one?

   Karl: "ugh, you know what I feel about babies." Steve: "You've seen one, you've seen them all."

   📼 XFM S2E47 · 19 Jul 2003
6. Who was Ricky trying to look like during his new romantic phase at university?
   • David Sylvian
   • Gary Numan
   • Simon Le Bon
   • Adam Ant
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   David Sylvian

   "Wanted to look like David Sylvian. That was the idea." His first try stopped at the chin, "sort of like a mannequin."

   📼 XFM S3E07 · 13 Dec 2003
7. Steve said he'd been the victim of a Christmas con. What was Ricky's guess at the 'con'?
   • Buying a Christmas tree with no needles
   • Paying for a turkey that turned out to be a chicken
   • Getting a Rich Hall book with pages missing
   • Paying four pounds for something, then seeing it for £3.99
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   Paying four pounds for something, then seeing it for £3.99

   Ricky: "you bought something for four pounds then saw it for four pound - three pounds ninety as you walked home?"

   📼 XFM S3E08 · 20 Dec 2003
8. On the last show of XFM series 2, why did Ricky say it wasn't worth cashing his XFM cheques?
   • It wasn't worth the time it took to sign them
   • They always bounced
   • He gave them to charity
   • They were made out to Karl
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   It wasn't worth the time it took to sign them

   Ricky: "I don't need to do it, it is honestly, beneath me."

   📼 XFM S2E51, 16 Aug 2003
9. Karl wore a 'porter' (his word for a little round pork pie hat) in the nativity play. What did Ricky joke a porter was doing in the nativity?
   • Leading the donkey to Bethlehem
   • Helping Mary and Joseph with their bags
   • Guarding the gold, frankincense and myrrh
   • Selling programmes at the stable door
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   Helping Mary and Joseph with their bags

   Ricky worked it out: "I think the porter doubled up with the inn and the stable."

   📼 XFM S1E13 · 23 Feb 2002
10. Which song did Ricky want to walk out to for his celebrity boxing match?
    • Simply the Best by Tina Turner
    • California by 2Pac and Dr Dre
    • Gonna Fly Now from Rocky
    • Eye of the Tiger by Survivor
    Show answer

    California by 2Pac and Dr Dre

    Steve's verdict: "I think that's embarrassing." He later suggested "I get knocked down" would be more appropriate.

    📼 XFM S2E10 · 26 Oct 2002

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