In the third episode of The Big Quiz: Coronation Street vs Emmerdale, see how well the actors know their shows. Who are the most and least knowledgeable? Will team Emmerdale or team Coronation Street get the most points at the end of the game?
Rounds[]
Round one[]
Challenge:
In the opening round, Stephen shows an image of a character from each soap, only he has superimposed his own face onto them, and the team has to guess which character it is.
Coronation Street:
- Kevin Webster ✔
- Rita Sullivan ✔
- Kirk Sutherland ❌ (Tyrone Dobbs)
- Jason Grimshaw ✔
Emmerdale:
Round winner: Emmerdale (3-4)
Round two[]
Challenges:
Stephen introduces the team to the Hall of Fame, where six characters (3 from each soap) are shown. The teams must pick one from their show to reveal their question.
Coronation Street pick Gail.
Stephen asks Coronation Street to identify who is “singing” the song in an audio clip. They guess:
- Clip 1 - Rita Sullivan ✔
- Clip 2 - Steve McDonald ❌ (Tyrone Dobbs)
- Clip 3 - Norris Cole ✔
Emmerdale choose Paddy. Stephen brings Mark to the stage to question him on his character of Marlon. Giving Mark four options for each question, Stephen asks him:
- What movie is Marlon’s favourite guilty pleasure? Answered: Mean Girls ❌ (Xanadu)
- Marlon invented his own sausage, but what was the name of his creation? Answered: Marlon's Big Bangers ❌ Saucisson au Woolpackers
- Which did Marlon not say was a skill of his in his opening scene? Women wooed ✔
Round three[]
Challenges:
Stephen shows the teams some pairings from their show, and they must decide whether they have slept together (“done the do”) or not (“kept their distance”).
Stephen asks Coronation Street:
- Michelle and Peter: Kept their distance ❌
- Tracy and Dev: Done the do ✔
- Nick and Maria: Done the do ✔
- Maria and Tyrone: Done the do ✔
- Tyrone and Julie: Kept their distance ✔
- Todd and Sean: Kept their distance ✔
- Bet and Ken: Kept their distance ✔
Stephen asks Emmerdale:
- Charity and Ross: Done the do ✔
- Charity and Jimmy: Done the do ✔
- Joanie and Rodney: Done the do ✔
- Nicola and Robert: Done the do ✔
- Aaron and Finn: Kept their distance ❌
- Diane and Eric: Done the do ✔
- Louise and Ashley: Done the do ✔
Round winner: Tied (11-11)
Round four[]
Challenge:
Stephen introduces the battle board, where the teams are asked to select one of the four options (births, car crashes, kidnaps and free falls) and which soap they believe has had more of them.
Coronation Street select births, believing Emmerdale has had more ❌ (Coronation Street has had 33 to Emmerdale's 31)
Round five[]
Challenge:
Returning to the hall of fame, Emmerdale choose Bernice. Stephen tells them they must identify the missing word from the scenes they will watch.
Stephen asks Emmerdale, and they answer:
- "I've got a full ______ in ten minutes. And when I say full, I mean... Sorry, too much info." Answered: wax ❌ (bikini)
- "This isn't about ________ is it?" "___________?" "Only the last time you asked a favour of me, I ended up looking after an enormous __________." Answered: clock ❌ (sideboard)
- "I've _________ every last one of you" Answered: lapped ❌ (fingered)
Coronation Street choose Audrey. Stephen brings Dolly and Catherine to the stage, where they are asked to identify which characters have had the iconic haircut displayed. They answer:
- Hairstyle 1 - Hayley ❌ (Emily)
- Hairstyle 2 - Ivy ❌ (Bet)
- Hairstyle 3 - David ✔
Round six[]
Challenge:
Stephen asks the teams to identify what went wrong with the proposals in each scene from their soap, taking turns to answer questions.
Stephen asks Coronation Street:
- What went wrong when Steve proposed to Michelle in 2008? Answered: He lost the ring ❌ (she punched him)
- What went wrong when Kirk proposed to Fiz in the Rovers? Answered: She ate it (swallowed) ✔
Stephen asks Emmerdale:
- What happened when Jimmy proposed to Kelly in April 2007? Answered: He lost the ring ❌ (he dropped it in the river)
- What went wrong on David’s 8th proposal to Tracy? Answered: She didn’t see the plane writing the proposal in the sky ✔
Round seven[]
Challenge:
It’s now Emmerdale’s turn at the battle board, where they have to choose one of the remaining three options.
Emmerdale select car crashes, believing Emmerdale has had more than Coronation Street ✔ (Emmerdale has had 39 to Coronation Street's 38).
Round winner: Tied (13-13)
Round eight[]
Challenge:
Returning to the hall of fame, Emmerdale choose their final option, Laurel.
Stephen asks Emmerdale, can you identify who the characters are that have created this “baby”, in an image that has merged two characters’ features together. They answer:
- Image 1: Eric ✔ and Charity ❌ (Pearl)
- Image 2: Ross ✔ and Bernice ❌ (Nicola)
- Image 3: Jimmy ✔ and Charity ❌ (Lisa)
Coronation Street choose Amy. Stephen asks them to identify which characters said the insults that he reads aloud.
Stephen asks Coronation Street who said...:
- "A nasty little bald elf" about Norris? Answered: Rita ❌ (Sally)
- "I’ve had trifles last longer than some of her marriages" about Rita? Answered: Vera ✔
- "Never happy unless she’s got someone else’s hands round her throat" about Gail? Answered: Eileen ❌ (Blanche)
Round winner: Emmerdale (15-16)
Round nine[]
Challenge:
In the final round, the teams are asked a series of questions about the events in each show in 2016 in a race against the clock.
Stephen asks Emmerdale:
- What make was the stolen car Charity returned in in March? Ferrari ✔
- Which character has attacked Rakesh, Gordon, Pete and Jermaine this year? Ross ❌ (Cain)
- What item did Vanessa get Adam’s DNA from for a paternity test? Toothbrush ❌ (beer bottle)
- In November, who threw a brick through Lawrence’s window? Lachlan ❌ (Diane)
- What did we find out Ross is scared off? Clowns ✔
- What is the animal that walks past Ashley’s car following the pile up? Chicken ✔
Stephen asks Coronation Street:
- Who did Norris accuse of stealing the Coronation Street sign? Craig ❌ (Tyrone)
- What was the name given to the dog Beth brought Kirk this year? Peanut ✔
- What costume was Maria wearing in April? Lion ✔
- What did Dev have waxed at the spa? His back ✔
- What activity was Freddie doing with Norris that caused him to break his wrist? Ballroom dancing ✔
- What was the message on Gail’s birthday cake? Happy birthday Gail no nuts ✔
Overall winner: Coronation Street (20-19)
Teams[]
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