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Here's the answers to this week's trivia quiz! Starting in November, we're cutting back on the weekly trivia posts, but they won't go away altogether. Remember, if there's any questions you would like answers to, or bits of trivia you'd like to pass on, do let us know!

1. What has Fiz got decorating the front of her scooter?
Fiz has four flowers decorating the front of her scooter.

2. In which school musical productions have Rosie and Sophie performed?
Both of the Webster girls appeared in school musical productions. Rosie was in Grease and Sophie was in Bugsy Malone.

3. What is Tyrone's full name?
Tyrone's full name is Tyrone Sylvester Dobbs.

And it's time again for the monthly trivia quiz. Just in time for Halloween, too, but the quiz isn't going to even care about that! Answers on Friday, as always!

1. What has Fiz got decorating the front of her scooter?
2. In which school musical productions have Rosie and Sophie performed?
3. What is Tyrone's full name?
4. How many Baldwins did Joanne Jackson date? Which ones?
5. What is Todd's father's name?
6. What did Toyah spray on the frozen seafood in Firmans when she and Spider were protesting?
7. What was the name of the cop that Janice Battersby lived with for awhile?
8. Lippy, Legs, Bolshie, Fuzz, Mincemeat were all nicknames that Danny Baldwin gave the factory workers. Who are/were their real names?

Check out our trivia section for little known facts about Coronation Street and the collection of quizzes (but scroll past the answers!) are in the back room of Corrieblog Towers.

And we're back with the answers to the Coronation Street monthly trivia quiz! How did you do? Did any of the questions have you stumped? Read on for the answers!

1. Bet Lynch's middle name?
Her full name was Elizabeth Teresa Lynch.

2. What song did Reg sing in a Rovers' karaoke?
Reg sang that classic, Great Balls of Fire!

3. Name of Maria and Liam's baby?
They named their baby after Liam's brother, Paul. Tragically, the baby was born too early and died.

Welcome to this month's Coronation Street trivia quiz! I'm back from me holidays, all caught up on Corrie and ready for another challenging quiz!

1. Bet Lynch's middle name?
2. What song did Reg sing in a Rovers' karaoke?
3. Name of Maria and Liam's baby?
4. Fiz and Chesney have an older brother. Name?
5. What was the first place on the Street that Mike Baldwin lived?
6. Who really sent the postcards from Arthur the gnome?
7. At the age of 13 which Corrie star reached the Young Comedian of the Year finals?
8. Two people have fallen from construction scaffolding. Who are they?
9. What cocktail did Norris and Janice drink on Christmas Eve?
10. Who have all of Steve's partners in Streetcars been?

Check out our trivia section for little known facts about Coronation Street and the collection of quizzes (but scroll past the answers!) are in the back room of Corrieblog Towers.

Today's trivia theme is "keeping it all in the family"

Audrey had two children, Gail and Stephen, each with a different father. Audrey's daughter, Gail, has three children, (Nick, Sarah Lou and David), two from one father (Brian) and one with a different man (Martin) and there was the suspicion at one point that Sarah Lou was not Brian's child. Sarah Lou, Gail's daughter, had two children (Bethany and Billy) by different boys/men (Neil and Todd). Talk about keeping it all in the family!

Terry Duckworth has three children by three different women. Eileen Grimshaw has two sons by two different men. Ken Barlow has three children by two different women and adopted a fourth child. Mike Baldwin had three children by three different women.

It's the last Friday in August and we are here with the answers to this month's trivia quiz! How did you do? Readers Sue B, Scott, Rachel and Llifon all had some correct answers and we even managed to hear from one of the subjects themselves...well, sort of! Here are all the "Corriect" answers.

1. How many times has Gail been widowed?
Twice, Brian Tilsley and Richard Hillman
2. What was the name of Richard Hillman's company?
Kellet Holdings. Gail was a co-signatory.
3. How old was Sarah when she *got* pregnant?
She was 12. She turned 13 in February before she found out she was 5 months gone and had Beth in early June
4. Sam Aston plays Chesney. His brother and sister also played characters. Who? Tommy Duckworth (Joseph Aston, summer 2000), Becky Palmer (Emily Aston, 1996 to 1997)

It's the end of summer already, here in the northern hemisphere! If you're from parts North, we hope you had a nice season. If you're from parts South, you've got your summer to look forward to! Here's something else to look forward to, this month's trivia quiz!

1. How many times has Gail been widowed?
2. What was the name of Richard Hillman's company?
3. How old was Sarah when she *got* pregnant?
4. Sam Aston plays Chesney. His brother and sister also played characters. Who?
5. What was Archie Shuttleworth's profession?
6. Who's the oldest? Nick Tilsley,Tracy, Steve, Maria
7. What did Bev wear to Fred's funeral?
8. What was the name of Minnie Caldwell's cat?
9. What was the name of a cat that Hilda owned for awhile?
10. What was the name of Maxine's cat (which seems to have disappeared)

Check out our trivia section for little known facts about Coronation Street and the collection of quizzes (but scroll past the answers!) are in the back room of Corrieblog Towers.

Friday is great for many reasons, especially when it brings the long awaited answers to the trivia quiz!

1. Maxine decided to surprise Ashley by being naked in the sitting room for when he came home. Who came home instead and got quite a surprise?
Fred came home and really got an eyeful! And it's not the first time Maxine has been indiscreet!

2. What did Fiz do to protest when Mike wouldn't pay her properly for her designs?
Fiz went on the roof of Underworld and took her top off. Tyrone was disgusted at the show of skin and dumped her.

3. What was Blanche's profession?
Blanche was a corset maker. We've even seen her plying her trade in recent years when she adjusted a corset for Violet who was wearing it out clubbing.

Welcome to our now-monthly trivia quiz. Have a go at the answers, and check back Friday! If you're having trouble with comments, email your answers to me and I'll post them on Friday with the official answers.

1. Maxine decided to surprise Ashley by being naked in the sitting room for when he came home. Who came home instead and got quite a surprise?
2. What did Fiz do to protest when Mike wouldn't pay her properly for her designs?
3. What was Blanche's profession?
4. How many times has Fred been married?
5. What was Barbara Knox's maiden name?
6. What colour was David's car?
7. What are Fred and Ashley's middle names?
8. Who are Freddy Peacock's godparents?
9. Where did Nurse Rebecca Hopkins go after her affair with Martin Platt?
10. Which episode of Coronation Street had the highest viewer numbers?

Check out our trivia section for little known facts about Coronation Street and the collection of quizzes (but scroll past the answers!) are in the back room of Corrieblog Towers.

We're jumping in the wayback machine today to pull some real nuggets out of the trivia bag this week.

1. Eileen Derbyshire is the second longest serving cast member as Emily Nugent Bishop. She debuted in the part in episode 15, in January 1961 but "Miss Nugent" was actually seen on screen before that and referred to by Leonard Swindley. A non-speaking extra played the part as seen in this photo.

2. Viewers from the 1960s will remember Elsie's friend, Dot (Dorothy) Greenhalgh with whom she worked at Miami Modes. Dot's first appearance was in Episode 9 but her character was credited as Dorothy Lane.

Friday is here! Yay! How did you like this week's quiz? Something a little different. I think we may do this again. Here's the answers for this week's questions:

1. Which UK supermarket stood in for Bettabuys when Reg and Curly worked there?
c. Morrisons. They would film on Sundays or late at night after the store was closed.

2. What's the name of Michelle's biological son?
b. Alex. It would have been pure synchronicity if the other family that raised him had named him "Dean" wouldn't it?

3. Which family does not have twins?
d. Platt (though twins have played Bethany since birth into childhood, which is unusual. Twins and triplets often stand in for babies but by the time they're about 18 months or so, you can usually tell them apart. The Walton girls were very difficult to tell apart)

As it's the last Tuesday of the month, we're going to offer a quiz. Answers will, as always, be posted on Friday. I thought I'd try multiple choice, just for a change. Let me know what you think!

1. Which UK supermarket stood in for Bettabuys when Reg and Curly worked there?
a. Sainsburys
b. Tesco
c. Morrisons
d. Asda

2. What's the name of Michelle's biological son?
a. Ryan
b. Alex
c. Christian
d. Nick

This week's "Did you know" trivia bounces all over the map of Coronation Street history.

1. Even after Natalie and Kevin broke up, and Natalie left the street, Kevin kept in touch with her. When Natalie's baby girl (with Vinny Sorrell) was born, Kevin went to stay with her and was the baby's godfather. This seems to be completely forgotten now.

2. Roy Cropper first appeared in 1995 as the creepy upstairs neighbour in Mike Baldwin's Crimea Street flats. Deirdre was the superintendant and Roy was sometimes seen lurking around the hallways sipping alcohol out of a bottle in a brown paper bag. When the character took off, he was changed to be tee total.

3. Best friends Sarah and Candice shared the Grimshaw brothers. Candice dated Todd and slept with and later dated Jason. Sarah had a long term relationship with Todd and then after their breakup, chased Jason and tempted him away from Violet. Candice also had a brief fling with Sarah's brother, Nick!

Today's triva was gleaned from the book, Life in the Street, by Graham Kay and published in 1991 and focuses on the classic Corrie actors.

1. Bill Tarmey and Liz Dawn recorded a pop single in 1989, titled "I'll Be With You Soon". The name on the label is "Tarmey and Dawn".

2. Liz Dawn's real name is Sylvia Ibbetson. Her husband Don was her manager when she was starting out and decided her stage name, Dawn, which is the first name of one of their children.

3. Anne Kirkbride only had a couple of very minor roles on stage and telly before she landed the Corrie character of Deirdre Hunt in 1972. She trained at Oldham Rep doing various back stage jobs before getting the chance to act. She was only meant to have a 3 line bit part, in a scene with Alan Howard which made Elsie Tanner give him an earful. She's been on the Street ever since.

This is the launch of a new Tuesday Trivia feature. We will continue to have a quiz on the last Tuesday of the month which will feature about 10 or 12 questions. On other Tuesdays, there will be trivia lists or small feature blogs gleaned from various sources (i.e. Daran Little's books, dvd interviews, actor biographies, and other books written about Coronation Street)

1. Richard Hillman showed up at Alma's funeral claiming to be Alma's cousin. He was smooth and charming (like a snake) and Audrey thought he fancied her when it was Gail he took a shine to. In interviews, Brian Capron believes that Richard made up the tale about being Alma's cousin.

2. Alma asked Audrey to rename the salon after her. She was joking and they both laughed but after Alma died, the sign changed to "Alma's". Shortly after Richard Hillman tried to kill his family, viewers noticed that the salon was named "Audrey's" again. Probably due to the alleged relationship that Alma had to Richard and Audrey wanted no reminders.

3. Alan Bradley started a video lending library out of the back of the Rosamund Street Kabin. It was called Ace Video. The Kabin was also the site of the first cafe in the neighbourhood when Rita put a couple of tables in the back and served up cups of tea and bikkies. Joe Dawson opened up a bakery next door and the cafe proper was born.

The time has come to change things around a little for your Tuesday trivia fix. Sometimes, features need a little refreshing from time to time. We didn't really have any suggestions or comments when we asked, so after this week, we're going to have a different type of Tuesday Trivia. For three Tuesdays of the month, we'll feature a "Did you know" sort of blog, little facts and figures about Coronation Street history and characters that you might not have known or remembered. Once a month, we'll have a trivia quiz, about 10 questions or so. If you would like to have a trivia based on a theme, or if there's any trivia questions you have that you would like answered, do let us know. We'll do the best we can to find the answers. There won't be a quiz this week in preparation for the new feature, starting next Tuesday but you can always challenge yourselves by having a look back at our previous quizzes and answers over here.

Hi gang! Nobody commented on the possibility of dropping or changing the weekly trivia, what are your thoughts? Is a weekly "Did you know" feature good with one trivia quiz a month? And... here are the answers to this week's trivia quiz!

1. Who's taxi call sign was Pink Lady?
That was Ronnie Clayton, who probably could fit in well with Rizzo and the other Pink Ladies from "Grease"!

2. Who stayed in the hospital with Claire the night her and Ashley's house was on fire?
Eileen stayed right by Claire's side and tried to get hold of Ashley who was away with Joshua.

Welcome to Tuesday Trivia. Have a go at these questions and see how you do. Alternatively, drop a note and let us know if you are still enjoying these quizzes or would you prefer to see just a list of trivia facts posted once a week without it being a quiz? I've been thinking that a "Did you Know" feature on Tuesdays with perhaps a quiz once a month would be a good way to freshen up the feature. We aim to please!

1. Who's taxi call sign was Pink Lady?
2. Who stayed in the hospital with Claire the night her and Ashley's house was on fire?
3. What was the name of the T-shirt company that Steve ran for Mike Baldwin?
4. What was the organization that Fred Elliott, Alf Roberts and Curly Watts belonged to?
5. What is WARTS?
6. What is the organization that pub owners belong to?

All our trivia quizzes are gathered in the attic room for safekeeping here.

Friday it is and Friday means trivia quiz answers here at Corrieblog Towers. How did you do with this week's quiz?

1. What was the name of the woman that Mike slept with who then blackmailed him?
That was the lovely Julia Stone, who Mike thought was a sales rep. She pursued Mike for weeks and he finally gave in. However he was horrified to receive photos taken of their tete a tete in the mail...

2. Who was this woman working with?
... because Julia was working with Greg Kelly who was out for revenge on Mike.

Time once again to present our weekly trivia quiz for all you Coronation Street fans with endless little known facts swooshing around in your heads, just dying to get out!

1. What was the name of the woman that Mike slept with who then blackmailed him?
2. Who was this woman working with?
3. What was the name of Duggie Fergusson's son, who was a hair stylist?
4. How did Curly get his house back from Jackie Dobbs?
5. What was the name of the woman that Curly Watts gave his virginity to?

Check out our trivia section for little known facts about Coronation Street and the collection of quizzes (but scroll past the answers!) are in the back room of Corrieblog Towers.

We hope you enjoyed this week's Tuesday Trivia and you didn't come a "cropper" trying to work out the answers!

1. Who did Alma hope to match Hayley with at a dinner party?
Alma had hoped that Hayley and Curly Watts would hit it off. But as Roy was also at the dinner party, Hayley and Roy discovered they had a good deal in common.

2. When Hayley left for Amsterdam to have her gender reassignment surgery, what gift did Roy give her?
Roy gave Hayley a book on "Automotive Engines" but there was a silver locket inside the book.

3. What were the night classes that Roy and Hayley took together?
Roy and Hayley took Life Drawing classes, Spanish lessons, joined the local Operatic society, and became First Aiders.

Welcome to Tuesday Trivia. Today's Cropper themed quiz is my own Happy Birthday to a good mate of mine, Annie, who has been a Hayley fan from the start, just about 10 years ago! Yes, Hayley has been on Coronation Street for ten years now and she and Roy are one of the fans' favourites!

1. Who did Alma hope to match Hayley with at a dinner party?
2. When Hayley left for Amsterdam to have her gender reassignment surgery, what gift did Roy give her?
3. What were the night classes that Roy and Hayley took together?
4. What was the name of the vicar that "married" Roy and Hayley?
5. What is the name of Hayley's son?
6. What name did Roy and Hayley give Tracy's baby?

Remember, we have a trivia quiz here every Tuesday, but you can see the back issues here.

Thankfully, it's Friday! And that means the answers to Tuesday Trivia. On with the show!

1. Who was Hilda's first lodger after Stan died?
Terry Duckworth was Hilda's first lodger after Stan passed away. *Then* it was Kevin. Gotcha!

2. What did Derek Wilton and Vera Duckworth have in common?
Their mothers' first name was Amy. (And yes, they both died from a heart attack but that wasn't what I was wanting here)

3. What was Mike Baldwin's brother's name?
Mike's brother was Harry.

4. What is Angela Harris' father's name?
That would be Keith Appleyard.

5. What are the names of all the Davenports (he that Sally had the affair with)
Ian Davenport was married to Justine and their daughter was Gemma.

Check out our trivia section for little known facts about Coronation Street and the collection of quizzes (but scroll past the answers!) are in the back room of Corrieblog Towers.

Welcome back to the last Tuesday Trivia for April. Can you believe it's another month gone by? Where does the time go? On with the quiz...

1. Who was Hilda's first lodger after Stan died?
2. What did Derek Wilton and Vera Duckworth have in common?
3. What was Mike Baldwin's brother's name?
4. What is Angela Harris' father's name?
5. What are the names of all the Davenports (he that Sally had the affair with)

Check out our trivia section for little known facts about Coronation Street and the collection of quizzes (but scroll past the answers!) are in the back room of Corrieblog Towers.

Here's a rare and really wonderful photo, which we have featured here on Corrieblog once before, it's the answer to one of our Tuesday Trivia questions this week!

1. Can you name all of Martin Platt's jobs?
In no particular order: Jim's cafe, hospital porter, nurse (hospital, senior's home), team mascot (chicken costume), worked with Alan Bradley for a short while when Alan had a security systems shop, worked in his dad's petrol station, also went to France with Jenny Bradley and worked there.

2. Who was the best man at Des and Natalie's wedding?
Les Battersby

3. What hobby did Maud Grimes and Hilda Ogden have in common?
They both read tea leaves.

4. Who said it? "Ï didn't set out to be a man-grabbing b!tch...it just happened that way"
That would be husband stealer Natalie Horrocks.

5. Who was the first celebrity to visit the set of Coronation Street in the early 1960s?
Alfred Hitchcock!

Check out our trivia section for little known facts about Coronation Street and the collection of quizzes (but scroll past the answers!) are in the back room of Corrieblog Towers.