1968-1977

Dad's Army

How well do you know the Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard? Fall in for this wartime classic.

Medium 15 questions

About this quiz

This Dad's Army quiz sits in the middle ground, mixing the platoon's civilian trades with questions about the cast, the writers and the show's wartime setting. You'll need to know Mainwaring's day job, what Jones sells, who gets called a stupid boy and what the volunteers were first called in 1940, plus who sang the theme tune. A solid pub quiz round for regular viewers of the repeats.

15 multiple-choice questions, rated medium. Answer them all and you get your score, with every correct answer revealed at the end. Hosting a quiz night? The printable Dad's Army quiz has a question sheet for players and a separate answer sheet for the quizmaster.

Dad's Army (BBC One, 1968-1977), created by Jimmy Perry and David Croft. Setting: Walmington-on-Sea, on the south coast of England.

Dad's Army cast, characters and facts