Wilfrid Hyde White and Richard Murdoch
 
Wilfrid Hyde White
and Richard Murdoch

The Men From The Ministry

20 Questions Quiz


Test your knowledge of The Men From The Ministry by answering these questions about names and numbers. A perfect score entitles you to a free one-way ticket to "Archives" in Ballymuckie. Good luck !

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  1. Where was the Records office before being tranferred to Archives at Ballymuckie ? Inverglochie
  2. What is the full name of Lennox-Brown ? Deryck Eric Savage Lennox-Brown
  3. What is the full name of Lamb ? Richard Valentino Canterbury Lamb
  4. How does Sir Gregory sign his name ? G. O. D. Pitkin
  5. Name five secretaries who worked in the General Assistance Department ? Mildred Murfin, April Adams, Celia Nobbs, Lanna, and Daphne Bentwater. Lennox-Brown also once worked as the secretary
  6. In which episode does Gladys appear, although not mentioned by name ? The Post Office Pantomime. Gladys is Deryck Guyler's washboard
  7. What is the name of Hamilton-Jones' wife ? Penelope
  8. What is the name of Lennox-Brown's wife ? Mary
  9. What is the name of Lamb's landlady ? Mrs. Bratby
10. What is the full name of Mildred's boyfriend ? Bernard Figg
11. What is Sir Gregory's nickname ? Bunny
12. What is Lord Stilton's nickname ? Pongo
13. Name two frequently-mentioned colleagues who never appear in any episode ?   Fatty Scott and Rudge of the Board of Trade. (Parker of Pensions once speaks briefly on the phone).
14. What is the name of the theme music for TMFTM ? 'Top Dog' by Ivor Slaney. It is played by the Hilversum Radio Orchestra
15. How many episodes of TMFTM were produced ? 147 BBC episodes plus 14 Transcription Service episodes
16. In how many episodes did Richard Murdoch appear ? All 161 episodes
17. What is the address of The General Assistance Department ? Room 541 (formerly Room 24), 308 Whitehall, London SW1, England, Europe, The World, The Universe
18. On what floor is the General Assistance Department situated ? The fifth floor, which is 'eight floors up'
19. What is Sir Gregory's telephone number ? Whitehall 1928
20. On what date did Lennox-Brown join the Civil Service ? 'Tuesday', July 14, 1940. (Evidently L-B did so little work on his first day that he did not notice it was actually a Sunday)
 

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