Blackadder Quiz Questions
1. What is Edmund’s primary motivation throughout the first series?
(a) To serve his country
(b) To win the hand of the Queen
(c) To increase his social standing and wealth
(d) To overthrow his father
2. Who is Edmund’s main confidante and sidekick?
(a) Lord Flashheart
(b) Queen Elizabeth I
(c) Baldrick
(d) Percy
3. What is Edmund’s nickname in this series?
(a) The Serpent
(b) The Adder
(c) The Fox
(d) The Lionheart
4. What historical period is this series set in?
(a) The Elizabethan Era
(b) The Regency
(c) The Tudor Era
(d) The Victorian Era
5. What is Edmund’s relationship to the King?
(a) He is the King’s advisor
(b) He is the King’s illegitimate son
(c) He is the King’s second son
(d) He is the King’s nephew
6. What is Edmund’s title in this series?
(a) Duke of Edinburgh
(b) Earl of Leicester
(c) Lord Blackadder
(d) Viscount Blackadder
7. Who is Queen Elizabeth I in this series?
(a) A wise and powerful ruler
(b) A childish and capricious woman
(c) A cunning manipulator
(d) A tragic figure
8. What is the name of the recurring poet character?
(a) William Shakespeare
(b) Christopher Marlowe
(c) Edmund Spenser
(d) Samuel Jonson
9. What is the name of the Spanish Infanta Edmund tries to marry?
(a) Isabella
(b) Maria
(c) Sofia
(d) Elena
10. What is Edmund’s role in this series?
(a) A member of Parliament
(b) The Prince Regent’s Butler
(c) A military general
(d) A court physician
11. Who is the Prince Regent?
(a) King George III
(b) The future King George IV
(c) King William IV
(d) King Edward VII
12. Who is Edmund’s cunning rival in the third series?
(a) Lord Flashheart
(b) Sir Henry “Harry” Melchett
(c) The Duke of Wellington
(d) Samuel Johnson
13. Who are Edmund’s two main servants in the second series?
(a) Baldrick and Percy
(b) Baldrick and Nursie
(c) Baldrick and Flashheart
(d) Percy and Nursie
14. What is the name of the famous lexicographer featured in the third series?
(a) William Shakespeare
(b) Samuel Johnson
(c) Christopher Marlowe
(d) Geoffrey Chaucer
15. What is the name of the mad character played by Hugh Laurie?
(a) Lord Melchett
(b) Prince George
(c) The Duke of Wellington
(d) Mr. Pitt
16. What war is this series set during?
(a) The Napoleonic Wars
(b) World War I
(c) The Crimean War
(d) The Boer War
17. What rank does Blackadder hold in the army?
(a) General
(b) Colonel
(c) Captain
(d) Major
18. What is the name of the recurring pilot character?
(a) Squadron Commander Flashheart
(b) Captain Darling
(c) Lieutenant George
(d) Captain Blackadder
19. What is Baldrick’s usual solution to any problem?
(a) A cunning plan
(b) “I have a cunning plan, sir.”
(c) Running away
(d) Blaming someone else
20. Which actor plays Edmund Blackadder in all four series?
(a) Hugh Laurie
(b) Tim McInnerny
(c) Rowan Atkinson
(d) Tony Robinson
21. Who plays Baldrick?
(a) Rowan Atkinson
(b) Hugh Laurie
(c) Tony Robinson
(d) Tim McInnerny
22. Who plays Lieutenant George in Blackadder Goes Forth?
(a) Rowan Atkinson
(b) Hugh Laurie
(c) Tony Robinson
(d) Tim McInnerny
23. Who plays Lord Flashheart?
(a) Rowan Atkinson
(b) Hugh Laurie
(c) Rik Mayall
(d) Tim McInnerny
24. What is the name of the final episode of Blackadder Goes Forth?
(a) “The General”
(b) “Goodbyeee”
(c) “Plan F Goodbyeee”
(d) “Christmas Truce”
25. Who is the creator of “Blackadder”?
(a) Richard Curtis and Rowan Atkinson
(b) Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese
(c) Greta Gerwig and Christopher Nolan
(d) Stanley Kubrick and Alfred Hitchcock
Blackadder Quiz Questions with Answers
1. What is Edmund’s primary motivation throughout the first series?
(c) To increase his social standing and wealth
2. Who is Edmund’s main confidante and sidekick?
(c) Baldrick
3. What is Edmund’s nickname in this series?
(b) The Adder
4. What historical period is this series set in?
(b) The Regency
5. What is Edmund’s relationship to the King?
(c) He is the King’s second son
6. What is Edmund’s title in this series?
(c) Lord Blackadder
7. Who is Queen Elizabeth I in this series?
(b) A childish and capricious woman
8. What is the name of the recurring poet character?
(d) Samuel Jonson
9. What is the name of the Spanish Infanta Edmund tries to marry?
(b) Maria
10. What is Edmund’s role in this series?
(b) The Prince Regent’s Butler
11. Who is the Prince Regent?
(b) The future King George IV
12. Who is Edmund’s cunning rival in the third series?
(b) Sir Henry “Harry” Melchett
13. Who are Edmund’s two main servants in the second series?
(a) Baldrick and Percy
14. What is the name of the famous lexicographer featured in the third series?
(b) Samuel Johnson
15. What is the name of the mad character played by Hugh Laurie?
(b) Prince George
16. What war is this series set during?
(b) World War I
17. What rank does Blackadder hold in the army?
(c) Captain
18. What is the name of the recurring pilot character?
(a) Squadron Commander Flashheart
19. What is Baldrick’s usual solution to any problem?
(b) “I have a cunning plan, sir.”
20. Which actor plays Edmund Blackadder in all four series?
(c) Rowan Atkinson
21. Who plays Baldrick?
(c) Tony Robinson
22. Who plays Lieutenant George in Blackadder Goes Forth?
(b) Hugh Laurie
23. Who plays Lord Flashheart?
(c) Rik Mayall
24. What is the name of the final episode of Blackadder Goes Forth?
(c) “Plan F Goodbyeee”
25. Who is the creator of “Blackadder”?
(a) Richard Curtis and Rowan Atkinson
