What was Joan Rivers' real surname?
Try the 400th Tuesday trivia quiz
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Tue 15 September 2026
© BBC 'I'm treating this more as a gig than a quiz show'
John Bishop on hosting the BBC's Wisdom Of The Crowd
15/09/2026 … John Bishop hosts the new BBC quiz show Wisdom Of The Crowd this weekend.
Wed 09 September 2026
© BBC 'Someone's job is to keep me out of prison'
09/09/2026 … It’s run for 17 seasons and is BBC audio comedy at its finest and most inventive – but I have to admit that Jon Holmes’s Radio 4 show and podcast…
Tue 08 September 2026
© MGM-photo by Ted Allan, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons What was Groucho Marx's real name?
08/09/2026 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Win a signed copy of Eric Idle's new book
...plus tickets to see him live
08/09/2026 … Eric Idle returns to the stage this month to celebrate his new memoir, Idle in Provence.
Mon 07 September 2026
Win tickets to Avenue Q
And an overnight stay in London
07/09/2026 … The triple Tony Award-winning comedy musical Avenue Q is back on the West End stage – and Chortle has two tickets to be won, plus an overnight London…
Tue 01 September 2026
© BBC Which company supplies the robots in Ann Droid?
01/09/2026 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
© Studiocanal / BFI National Archive Win a major new Peter Sellers box set
We have three copies to give away
01/09/2026 … A box set of eight classic Peter Sellers performances was released on Blu-ray yesterday – and we have three copies to five away.