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" !!! |