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1 Who played the title role in Monty Python’s The Life of Brian?
A Graham Chapman (he also played Biggus Dickus and 2nd wise man)
2 What type of creature is Brian in The Magic Roundabout?
A Snail (in the original French version he’s called Ambroise – Dougal was loosely based on Tony Hancock)
3 Which Brian “counted them all out, and counted them back”?
A Brian Hanrahan (one of the BBC’s most famous correspondents, he died aged 61 in December 2010)
4 Which famous British guitarist had the birth name Brian Rankin?
A Hank Marvin
5 Which character did Brian Wilde play in Last of the Summer Wine?
A Foggy (Walter Dewhurst)
6 Which BBC Radio 2 programme did Brian Matthew present between 1990 and 2017 (his death)?
A Sounds of the Sixties (he won a Sony Gold Award in 2008 for his impressive record of more than 50 years of national and international radio broadcasting)
7 Who played the character of Brian Potter, owner of The Phoenix Club in Channel Four’s Phoenix Nights?
A Peter Kay
8 Which Brian played Fancy Smith in the BBC’s police drama series, Z-Cars?
A Brian Blessed
9 Who collaborated with Brian May in writing the musical We Will
A Ben Elton
10 Which Brian led the public inquiry into the News International phone-hacking scandal?
A Sir Brian Leveson