The ultimate Strictly Come Dancing quiz as BBC series turns 20

Strictly Come Dancing 2024 has yet arrived, arsenic the BBC bid prepares to motorboat erstwhile again successful a precise important year.

The caller bid of the dance competition marks the 20th anniversary of the show, truthful you tin beryllium definite the professional dancers and their personage partners will beryllium pulling retired each of the stops!

With stars including 80s euphony icon Toyah Willcox, DIY SOS prima Nick Knowles and Love Island world TV prima Tasha Ghouri cast successful the line-up this year, viewers volition undoubtedly beryllium intrigued to find retired however the caller bid volition clasp up to the seasons that came earlier it.

So let’s instrumentality a travel down representation lane, remembering past judges specified arsenic Dame Arlene Phillips, and couples from the archetypal ever bid of the amusement specified arsenic Natasha Kaplinsky and Brendan Cole, arsenic we situation you instrumentality portion successful the eventual Strictly quiz.

Do you retrieve which mates scored the astir 40s ever successful the past of the programme? Or who received the lowest ever people from the judges?

Let’s trial your cognition of the TV bid aft watching it for the past 2 decades. Scroll down to spot however good you retrieve it all…

So, are you ready?

Here’s the eventual Strictly quiz arsenic the BBC bid turns 20:

1. What was the sanction of the TV bid that inspired Strictly Come Dancing? 

A) Dance Fever

B) Come Dancing

C) Get Up and Dance

D) Strictly Dance Time

2. How galore celebrities competed connected the archetypal ever bid of Strictly? 

A) Eight

B) Ten

C) Twelve

D) Fifteen

3. Which mates scored the first-ever cleanable 40 from the judges and connected which series?

A) Jill Halfpenny and Darren Bennet successful bid 2

B) Colin Jackson and Erin Boag successful bid 3

C) Natasha Kaplinsky and Brendan Cole successful bid 1

D) Mark Ramprakash and Karen Hardy successful bid 4

4. Which person turned Good Morning Britain presenter memorably performed a Gangnam Style routine?

A) Susanna Reid

B) Anne Widdecombe

C) Rob Rinder

D) Ed Balls

5. Which personage holds the grounds for the lowest ever people connected Strictly?

A) Susannah Constantine

B) John Sergeant

C) Quentin Willson

D) David James

6. What fig connected his scoring paddle did the precocious Len Goodman famously accidental successful a signature, booming way?

A) Five

B) Six

C) Seven.

D) Eight

7. Which cartoon inspired a genuinely horrific Strictly regular by Max George and Dianne Buswell?

A) Futurama

B) The Simpsons

C) Scooby Doo

D) Pokémon

8. Where is Strictly Come Dancing filmed?

A) Elstree Studios

B) Pinewood Studios

C) Television Centre

D) Danceworks

9. What made Rose Ayling-Ellis and Giovanni Pernice’s couple’s prime creation truthful special?

A) The infinitesimal Rose flew successful the aerial connected a harness

B) The infinitesimal erstwhile they referenced Albert Square successful EastEnders

C) The infinitesimal Rose danced en pointe successful ballet shoes

D) The infinitesimal they danced successful soundlessness to honour the Deaf community

10. Who had to backmost retired of Strictly successful 2019 aft injuring their ft days earlier the launch?

A) Dev Griffin

B) Jamie Laing

C) Anneka Rice

D) James Cracknell

11. What’s the celebrated catchphrase that the presenters accidental astatine the extremity of each show?

A) Don’t halt boogying!

B) We’ll creation with you adjacent time!

C) Keep dancing!

D) Jazz hands!

12. Who was the youngest personage ever to instrumentality portion successful Strictly astatine 17 years old?

A) Louisa Lytton

B) Claudia Fragapane

C) Bobby Brazier

D) Saffron Barker

13. Who was the oldest personage ever to instrumentality portion successful Strictly astatine 79 years old?

A) Johnny Ball

B) Angela Rippon

C) Russell Grant

D) Anita Dobson

14. How galore years was Dame Arlene Phillips a justice connected Strictly for?

A) Four years

B) Five years

C) Six years

D) Seven years

15. Which personage and Strictly dancer became the archetypal same-sex mates connected the show?

A) Nicola Adams and Katya Jones

B) John Whaite and Johannes Radebe

C) Richie Anderson and Giovanni Pernice

D) Layton Williams and Nikita Kuzmin

16. Which vocalist performed 1 of Strictly’s astir iconic routines ever inspired by Pulp Fiction?

A) Anastacia

B) Faye Tozer from Steps

C) Jay McGuinness from The Wanted

D) Rachel Stevens from S Club 7

17. What’s the sanction of the idiosyncratic successful complaint of the Strictly band?

A) David Larch

B) Dave Arch

C) Dave March

D) David Sarch

18. How galore regular judges person determination been successful full implicit the years connected Strictly (not including guests judges)?

A) Six

B) Seven

C) Eight

D) Nine

19. Which mates scored the astir 40s erstwhile they were competing connected Strictly?

A) Ashley Roberts and Pasha Kovalev

B) Caroline Flack and Pasha Kovalev

C) Matt Di Angelo and Flavia Cacace

D) Lisa Snowdon and Brendan Cole

20. Which benignant of creation is yet to people a cleanable 40 from the judges?

A) Cha Cha Cha

B) Samba

C) Rumba

D) Couple’s Choice

And that’s it! Have you noted down each of your answers?

Make definite you’re acceptable earlier you scroll down to find retired the answers and spot your expansive total.

Answer time!

1. B) Come Dancing
2. A) Eight
3. A) Jill Halfpenny and Darren Bennet successful bid 2
4. D) Ed Balls
5. C) Quentin Willson with a 1
6. C) Seven
7. B) The Simpsons
8. A) Elstree Studios
9. D) The infinitesimal they danced successful soundlessness to honour the Deaf community
10. B) Jamie Laing
11. C) Keep dancing!
12. A) Louisa Lytton
13. B) Angela Rippon
14. A) Four years
15. A) Nicola Adams and Katya Jones
16. C) Jay McGuinness from The Wanted
17. B) Dave Arch
18. D) Nine
19. A) Ashley Roberts and Pasha Kovalev
20. C) Rumba

What was your people retired of 20? Let america cognize successful the comments below!

Strictly Come Dancing returns contiguous astatine 7.20pm connected BBC One and BBC iPlayer.

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