1. When did Brookside first air?
2. Before playing Jim and Barbara Royle, Ricky Tomlinson and Sue Johnston played husband and wife in Brookside. What were their names?
3. Brookside was the first soap to feature an openly gay character. What was his name?
4. Brookside, with a little help from the media, ran a campaign to Free George Jackson in 1984. Why was he in prison?
5. What was the name of Jimmy Corkhill’s beloved pet pitbull?
6. In 1994 Brookside broke new ground when it showed the first pre-watershed lesbian kiss. Who did Anna Friel's character Beth Jordache pucker up with?
7. The first and last episodes of Brookie started in exactly the same way - what was happening in the scenes?
8. Dancing on Ice and X Factor star Ray Quinn started out on Brookie as school boy Tony Murray. For what storyline did he win several soap awards?
9. In 1999 father and son Greg and Jason Shadwick were killed when an explosion rocked the close. What was the name of the night club that was bombed?
10. What did Billy Corkhill do when his marriage to Doreen reached breaking point?
11. The 1987 three-part spin-off series 'Damon and Debbie' saw teenage sweethearts Damon Grant and Debbie McGrath leave Liverpool to escape their parents. Which city did they flee to?
12. After the deaths of their children Matthew and Emily in a car crash, who did Max and Susannah Farnham ask to be a surrogate so they could have another baby?
13. Michael Starke played the loveable rogue Sinbad, but what was his character's real name?
14. Ron Dixon and Bev McLoughlin were one of the soap's biggest couples in the 1990s. What name did they give to their house in the close?
15. With which Brookie babe did Jimmy Corkhill have an unlikely fling in 2002?
16. What was so unusual about the relationship between Brookside couple Nat and Georgia Simpson, who moved to the close in 1996?
17. In 1985 'The Siege' saw gunman John Clarke hold nurses Sandra Maghie, Kate Moses and Pat Hancock hostage for three days. Which characters died?
18. In 1993 Mandy Jordache killed abusive husband Trevor and buried him under the patio with help of daughter Beth. How was his body discovered?
19. In the 1,000th episode, Sue and Danny Sullivan plunged to their deaths from scaffolding at the new Parade. Who pushed them?
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