From Hollyoaks rows to Coronation Street hotspots and EastEnders villains, see if you are a first-class fan
Today students can study their favourite soaps at the University of Central Lancashire
LAZING on the sofa while hungover to watch the Hollyoaks omnibus used to be a teenage rite of passage.
Now degree students can STUDY their favourite soaps at the University of Central Lancashire, as we told yesterday.
Here, our very own experts from The Sun’s TV Soap mag test whether you are a first-class fan.
Nicknames
1. Which EastEnders character grew up with the nickname Squiggle?
2. What was Donald Fisher’s nickname in Home And Away?
3. What was Sinbad’s real name in Brookside?
4. Which Corrie character did Gail Platt call “Norman Bates with a briefcase”?
5. What was Hollyoaks’ David Burke better known as?
Deaths
6. Who shot JR Ewing in Dallas?
7. In Hollyoaks, who was the infamous Gloved Hand Killer?
8. Who killed Michelle Keegan’s Corrie character Tina McIntyre?
9. What did EastEnders’ Bobby Beale use to kill his sister Lucy?
10. Which Emmerdale character died when the Woolpack chimney collapsed in a New Year’s Eve storm?
Twin marriage
11. Which of the Alessi twins ended up marrying Paul Robinson?
What's in a name?
12. Name the six previous titles of this Erinsborough shop.
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13. In which soap would you be able to buy this newspaper?
Return of the?
14. For which Rovers Return dish was Betty Williams famous?
Hit and run
15. Who is the driver and who do they hit in this EastEnders scene?
Places
16. In which pole-dancing club did Corrie’s Bethany Platt work?
17. Which British soap was set in the fictional London suburb of Charnham and ran from 1997 to 2005?
18. What was the village of Emmerdale called before its name was changed after the soap’s 1993 plane crash?
19. The name Walford is a mash-up of which two London boroughs?
20. Becky McDonald (Katherine Kelly) left Weatherfield on a flight to where?
People
21. How many times has EastEnders’ Ian Beale got hitched? Can you name his wives?
22. Which character did Hollywood actress Margot Robbie play in Neighbours from 2008-11?
23. For half a point, who is the longest-serving British soap actor? For another half a point, who is the longest-serving actor in Aussie soaps?
24. Corrie’s Hayley Cropper was the first-ever transgender character in a British soap. What was her previous first name?
25. Anita Dobson, aka EastEnders’ Angie Watts, released a song to the soap’s theme tune in 1986. What was it called?
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Answers
1. Libby Fox
2. Flathead
3.Thomas Sweeney
4. Richard Hillman
5. Bombhead
6. Kristin Shepard
7. Dr Lindsey Roscoe
8. Rob Donovan
9. A jewellery box
10. Tricia Dingle
11. Christina (Caroline is her sister)
12. Daphne’s, The Hungry Bite, The Holy Roll, The Coffee Shop, The General Store and Harold’s Store
13. Emmerdale
14. Hotpot
15. Frank Butcher, Tiffany Mitchell
16. Tassels
17. Family Affairs
18. Beckindale
19. Walthamstow and Stratford
20. Barbados
21. Five: Cindy Williams, Mel Healy, Laura Dunn and Jane Collins (twice).
22. Donna Freedman
23. William Roache (Corrie’s Ken Barlow); Ray Meagher (Home And Away’s Alf Stewart)
24. Harold
25. Anyone Can Fall In Love
How did you do?
0-5 – Phil Mitchell could teach you a lesson.
6-10 – Study with Ken Barlow.
11-15 – Nice one, like Graeme Proctor dating Tina McIntyre.
16-20 – Enjoy a Rovers pint.
21-25 – Graduate with honours.