MIDSOMER MURDERS

CONVENTION 2008 QUIZ - ANSWERS!

ROUND 1

Question 1

What do number 2 Woodside Road and number 6 Parchmore Close have in common?

Answer :

They have been 2 of the Barnaby's addresses.

Question 2

In "Destroying Angel", which part of Gregory Chambers' anatomy is found first?

Answer :

His hand

Question 3

In which episode is Dr Bullard's colleague Michael Rycroft seen for the only time?

Answer :

The Electric Vendetta

Question 4

What was special about petty crook Eddie Floyd?

Answer :

He was the only murder victim to be forgotten about (he was lost in the edit on The Electric Vendetta)

Question 5

What was the name of the pub game played by Barnaby and Troy in "Dark Autumn"?

Answer :

Aunt Sally

Question 6

What's the name of the school in "Murder On St Malley's Day"?

Answer :

Devington School

Question 7

In "A Tale of Two Hamlets", what's the name of Ellis Bell's book, and the subsequent film?

Answer :

The House of Satan

Question 8

What football team featured on Troy's leaving cake?

Answer :

Middlesbrough FC

Question 9

What was the name of the composer of Midsomer Rhapsody in the episode of the same name?

Answer :

Joan Alder

Question 10

What links characters Agnes Waterhouse, Sally Rickworth and Denise Dailey?

Answer :

They were all nurses

 

ROUND 2

Question 1

What was the name of the Monarch tobacco company's cigarettes in "Strangler's Wood"?

Answer :

Carla

Question 2

In which episode do we see both Jezebel Tripp's book and Ellis Bell's book displayed together?

Answer :

Dead Letters (in the library at the end of the episode)

Question 3

In "Death and Dreams", how do the children drug Barnaby?

Answer :

They put the drugs in his tea.

Question 4

In "Down Among The Dead Men", what do the Hatchards do for a living?

Answer :

They sell fish

Question 5

What was the name of the piece of music that was played just as the murders took place in "Dark Autumn"?

Answer :

The Creep

Question 6

In "A Picture of Innocence", at what time every day did the Madrigals take their photograph?

Answer :

9 a.m.

Question 7

In "Written In Blood", which writer did the Midsomer Worthy Writer's Circle invite to their meeting?

Answer :

Max Jennings

Question 8

What was the name of the New Age Lodge in "Death In Disguise"?

Answer :

The Lodge of the Golden Wind Horse

Question 9

What was the nickname of the taxidermist in "Death Of A Stranger"?

Answer :

Handbag Henry (Henry Carstairs)

Question 10

Which song was Mimi Clifton singing when she was electrocuted in "The Axeman Cometh"?

Answer :

The Doll's House Blues

 

ROUND 3

Question 1

Name the producer of Midsomer Murders?

Answer :

Brian True-May

Question 2

Who directed the first episode, "The Killings At Badger's Drift"?

Answer :

Jeremy Silberston

Question 3

Which actor plays Dr George Bullard?

Answer :

Barry Jackson

Question 4

Who composes the music for Midsomer Murders?

Answer :

Jim Parker

Question 5

Name the two episodes in which Elizabeth Spriggs and Richard Cant appeared?

Answer :

The Killings At Badger's Drift, and Dead Letters

Question 6

Who wrote the first Midsomer Murders screenplay?

Answer :

Anthony Horowitz

Question 7

In which episode did Richard Briers play a vicar?

Answer :

Death's Shadow

Question 8

Which actor became a Hollywood star after he appeared in Midsomer Murders?

Answer :

Orlando Bloom

Question 9

In which episode did Ben Jones first appear?

Answer :

The House In The Woods

Question 10

Name ONE of the only two female directors of Midsomer Murders?

Answer :

Sarah Hellings or Moira Armstrong

 

ROUND 4

Question 1

On which instrument is the theme tune to Midsomer Murders played?

Answer :

The Theramin

Question 2

What was buried in the garden, in "Faithful Unto Death"?

Answer :

A shepherd's pie

Question 3

In which episode does Joyce Barnaby win a competition to judge the perfect village?

Answer :

Judgement Day

Question 4

Whilst Barnaby and Scott are locked in the cellar in "Hidden Depths", Joyce is at a fund-raising dinner for which charity?

Answer :

Fallow Fields (horse sanctuary)

Question 5

What was Cully arranging in "Bad Tidings"?

Answer :

A school re-union

Question 6

Which episode was filmed partly at Henley Regatta?

Answer :

Dead In The Water

Question 7

How are the actresses who played Fleur Bridges in "Blood Will Out" and Hannah Moore in "Death and Dreams" connected?

Answer :

They are sisters (Honeysuckle and Perdita Weeks)

Question 8

What's the name of Barnaby's Auntie in "Blue Herrings"?

Answer :

Auntie Alice

Question 9

What was the name of the computer adventure game in "Bantling Boy"?

Answer :

The Secret of the Ring

Question 10

What were Lucinda and Simon looking for in "The Vixen's Run"?

Answer :

Emeralds

 

ROUND 5

Question 1

Which real town is used for the location of Causton?

Answer :

Wallingford

Question 2

In which studio complex is Bentley Productions based?

Answer :

Pinewood Studios

Question 3

Which episode was partly filmed in North Wales?

Answer :

Death And Dust

Question 4

Which make of car did Barnaby drive before his Jaguar?

Answer :

Austin Rover

Question 5

In Blood Will Out, Barnaby was described as "not having much to spare" and Troy was described as "kinky" - what was the traveller John Smith talking about?

Answer :

Their hair

Question 6

What breed of dog did Sean and Julie Fielding sketch in Worm In The Bud?

Answer :

Jack Russell

Question 7

What is the name for the mirrored device on the village green in Death In A Chocolate Box?

Answer :

Camera Obscura

Question 8

Which episode started with the Barnaby family enjoying a holiday in France?

Answer :

Death Of A Stranger

Question 9

What is the family name of the relish producers in Sauce for the Goose?

Answer :

Plummer

Question 10

John Nettles has famously described Midsomer Murders as WHAT on speed?

Answer :

"Agatha Christie on speed" !!!

 

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