ARE you a Corrie superfan? Try our ultimate Coronation Street quiz, devised by celebrity devotee Chris Hawkins, to celebrate 60 years of the soap.
The BBC Radio 6 Music presenter, who has been an avid viewer since he was a child, chose the show for his specialist subject on Celebrity Mastermind in 2015.
He said: “I’m a lifelong fan of Corrie. I love the characters, storylines, the love and hate, the tragedy and the comedy.
“It’s like a microcosm of the world. I never miss an episode. Happy anniversary to a first love. We’re still together. You’re my rock.”
See if you can answer Chris’s 60 questions here as part of Corrie Week in HOAR – one for every year the show has been on air.
- Chris Hawkins presents on BBC Radio 6 Music Monday to Friday 5am-7.30am and weekends 5am-7am.
QUESTIONS
1. Who once drove Annie Walker’s cherished car into a lake?
2. What is the name of Dev’s kebab shop?
3. What unusual hobby did Curly Watts’ enjoy?
4. Why did Janice Battersby have her head shaved?
5. Who bought Hilda Ogden’s house when she left Coronation Street?
6. In 2008, what insurance scam did Leanne pull?
7. Which actor played Mel Hutchwright, the author of Hard Grinding?
8. Before becoming landlord of the Rovers, what shop did Fred Elliott own?
9. Who was the wages clerk at Baldwin’s Casuals shot dead in a robbery?
10. At Eva Price’s wedding, who did she fight with in a fountain?
11. What colour is footie team Weatherfield County’s home kit?
12. What was the name of the campaign to free Deirdre Barlow from jail?
13. In 2010, what title was bestowed upon Betty Williams?
14. Who was stabbed and killed outside a nightclub?
15. Who did Gail describe as “Norman Bates with a briefcase”?
16. What did Yasmeen Nazir use to attack evil Geoff Metcalfe?
17. Where did Joe McIntyre accidentally drown whilst faking his own death?
18. Which married man did Tina McIntyre have an affair with?
19. Who was Hilda and Stan Ogden’s binman lodger?
20. How many actors have played Peter Barlow?
21. Which aunty and nephew protested up a tree on the Red Rec?
22. Who said: “Good looks are a curse, Deirdre. You and Kenneth should count yourselves lucky”?
23. Vernon Tomlin was in a band called the Rock Rhythm Rascals. Who sang in the group?
24. What was the name of the soap’s first transgender character?
25. Peter Kay has appeared in Corrie twice. The first time he was a shopfitter but what was his job the second time?
26. What is the name of Weatherfield’s newspaper?
27. How did Alan Bradley die in Blackpool?
28. Derek Milligan met his end at the Weatherfield Winter Wonderland. How did he die?
29. Craig Charles played Lloyd Mullaney. What was his job?
30. Which ex-EastEnder played Rover’s landlady Stella Price?
31. Where did Gemma Winter go into labour?
32. Chesney’s dog Schmeichel was named after the former Man Utd goalkeeper, Peter Schmeichel. What breed of dog was he?
33. Who kidnapped Rosie Webster?
34. What coffee shop chain opened on Victoria Street in 2018?
35. Who appeared as a ghost before Jack Duckworth died?
36. Which character has been in the soap since the first episode?
37. Which member of the Royal Family has made a cameo appearance?
38. Who fell through the ceiling of their house in a bath tub?
39. In her last ever episode, what did Dierdre throw at the wall?
40. Where did Tyrone Dobbs propose to Maria Connor?
41. What was the colour of Becky Granger’s wedding dress the first time she and Steve McDonald attempted to marry?
42. When Sunita Alahan died, who became the full-time nanny to her children Aadi and Asha?
43. Who signed up to a video dating agency as a singer called Vince St Clair?
44. What was the name of Yasmeen’s chicken which Geoff cooked and served up for dinner?
45. Who died in the live episode tram crash in 2010 to mark the soap’s 50th anniversary?
46. When Don Brennan kidnapped Alma in his taxi, where did they end up?
47. Music by a Manchester band was playing when Tracy killed her ex-boyfriend, Charlie Stubbs. Which band was it?
48. Malcolm Hebden first appeared as Norris Cole in 1994. Who had Malcolm played 20 years earlier?
49. What is the name of David Platt’s barber shop, which he signed over to Audrey last year?
50. How many flying ducks did Hilda and Stan Ogden have on their wall?
51. How old was Sarah-Louise Platt when she became a teen mum?
52. What was the name of Craig Tinker’s pet rat?
53. Which two characters argued in the street in an episode known as High Noon?
54. A syndicate from The Rover’s bought a share in a racehorse. What was the horse called?
55. Where did Raquel go to pursue her aromatherapy/beautician career?
56. Reg and Maureen’s romantic plans were scuppered by Derek Wilton’s drill. What did he do?
57. Who was Janice talking about when she said: “The only person Morticia likes is the one that’s looking back at her as she brushes her fangs in the morning”?
58. When Audrey Roberts met Lewis Archer, what was his occupation?
59. Who was the surrogate mother of Izzy and Gary’s baby?
60. Who married Steve McDonald for a bet?
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