The Show quiz

1. Ricky said Karl got an E in GCSE History. How long did Ricky say it took Karl to get the result?
   • 2 years
   • 6 months
   • 14 years
   • 40 years
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   14 years

   Ricky: "it took you 14 years to get the result, and then it was 2 other people that got 'em for ya".

   📼 XFM S1E14 · 2 Mar 2002
2. In the chat room Monkey News, what did the monkeys say instead of 'wear something sexy'?
   • Leave the flea collar at home
   • Wear your best tyre
   • Bring plenty of bananas
   • Comb your back hair
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   Bring plenty of bananas

   Steve's reaction: "Are you making up the Monkey News now because you can't find any more?"

   📼 XFM S3E02 · 8 Nov 2003
3. Ricky nearly forgot the Knob News jingle. What does it say before "Knob News!"?
   • Oh, behave!
   • Stop it, you're making me blush!
   • Ooh, Matron!
   • Ooooh you'll have someone's eye out!
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   Ooooh you'll have someone's eye out!

   Then came the news itself: the smallest ever functioning penis was "under three quarters of an inch when erect".

   📼 XFM S2E51 · 16 Aug 2003
4. In Karl's "Songs of Phrase" answers, which Lisa Stansfield song supplied the word "in", prompting Ricky to shout "Pathetic"?
   • In the City
   • In Too Deep
   • In My Life
   • In All the Right Places
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   In All the Right Places

   Ricky: "Aw, pathetic. Did anyone get that?!" The best entries, from Deborah and Kate, got three of the six.

   📼 XFM S2E33 · 5 Apr 2003
5. Ricky and Steve acted out the Red Army storming Hitler's bunker in 1945. What did the soldier supposedly shout?
   • "Somebody fetch a camera!"
   • "Dibs on his moustache!"
   • "Grab his hat for my mam!"
   • "Bagsie his winkle!"
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   "Bagsie his winkle!"

   Steve: "And your immediate thought is... I ought to chop off his todger?" Ricky: "Yeah we didn't know it was gonna be Hitler."

   📼 XFM S2E49 · 2 Aug 2003
6. A listener nominated Wilma Flintstone as the sexiest cartoon. Who did Ricky and Karl say it should surely be instead?
   • Betty
   • Pebbles
   • Penelope Pitstop
   • Marge Simpson
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   Betty

   Steve found Wilma "quite homely", but would worry about Fred finding out: "he's a good guy!"

   📼 XFM S1E08 · 12 Jan 2002
7. Steve read out a Dear Deidre letter. What did the husband think explained his wife's sudden burst of passion?
   • His new sports car
   • His new gym membership
   • His new aftershave
   • His new mustache
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   His new mustache

   She knew it was really her crush on Darius Danesh. Ricky and Steve pictured the husband telling his mates in the pub to grow "The old Tom Selleck".

   📼 XFM S2E22 · 18 Jan 2003
8. In Karl's Sixth Sense scene he was asked, "You see ghosts, Cole?" What spooky sight had he actually seen?
   • A nun buying scratchcards
   • A dog driving a car
   • An old man having a Twix
   • A pigeon on the bus
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   An old man having a Twix

   Karl: "You never see that, do you? Old fella having a Twix." A listener later suggested calling the feature "The Twix Sense".

   📼 XFM S2E24 · 1 Feb 2003
9. Listeners were sending in film roles they'd like to see Karl play. What name did Ricky come up with for this competition?
   • The Karl Oscars
   • Karlywood
   • Hollywouldn't
   • Pilkywood
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   Hollywouldn't

   Steve: "Okay, brilliant." The first suggestion read out was Karl as Clyde the monkey in Every Which Way but Loose.

   📼 XFM S2E24 · 1 Feb 2003
10. After Ricky's flatulence incident, which part of the XFM record library did Ricky and Steve warn was affected?
    • The rock section
    • The Christmas section
    • K to Z
    • A to J
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    A to J

    Steve said the kitchen was out of bounds until the New Year, and that Tony Blackburn should beware "the A to J in the record library".

    📼 XFM S3E08 · 20 Dec 2003

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