The Great GSPS Multiple Choice Quiz 2025

This quiz was set for the 2025 annual GSPS meeting.

1. Who was the first music director on The Goon Show when it was known as Crazy People?
(a) Stanley Holloway
(b) Stanley Unwin
(c) Stanley Black

2. Who was the third of the three music acts to feature in Crazy People?
(a) The Star Chasers
(b) The Stargazers
(c) The Far Siders

3. Which Goons share a birthday?
(a) Harry and Spike
(b) Mike and Spike
(c) Harry and Peter

4. Where was music maestro Wally Stott – later Angela Morely – born?
(a) Stockport
(b) Leeds
(c) Shepperton

5. Which actor, later to appear in at least four movies with Peter Sellers, appeared in a villainous role in series seven special Robin Hood? Bonus point for any one of the movies referred to…
(a) Valentine Dyall
(b) Dennis Price
(c) Bernard Miles

6. Based on the listings in The Goon Show Companion, how many episodes of The Goon Show – including specials and Vintage Goons – did Spike appear in?
(a) 221
(b) 260
(c) 149

7. Based on the listings in The Goon Show Companion, how many episodes of The Goon Show – including specials and Vintage Goons – featured the words Great or Greatest in their episode titles?
(a) 14
(b) 11
(c) 18

8. Peter Sellers was the second choice to play Inspector Clouseau in the original Pink Panther film. Who was originally cast in the role and left early in the production?
(a) Claude Rains
(b) Jerry Lewis
(c) Peter Ustinov

9. Based on the listings in The Goon Show Companion, how many episodes of The Goon Show – including specials and Vintage Goons – featured the words Mystery or Mysterious in their episode titles?
(a) 7
(b) 12
(c) 20
(d) It is a mystery!

10. At which studio was The Case of the Mukkinese Battle-Horn filmed back in 1956?
(a) Shepperton Studios
(b) Merton Park Studios
(c) Ealing Studios

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