Beer (Blackadder) the drinking game. Blackadder then calls for his strong ale but Baldrick quickly exposes the supposed ale as being water much to the outrage of Melchett and the other competitors. In revenge, Melchett, Partridge and the other competitors force Blackadder to drink a very strong ale. Forty-two seconds later, Blackadder re-enters the dining room blind drunk, bearing an ostrich feather up his bottom and wearing a Cardinal's hat. His aunt recognises that he has been both drinking and gambling, and the Whiteadders make to leave. Blackadder realises he has not only lost the 10,000 florin bet with Melchett, but also
John Blackadder (preacher) was Colonel John Blackadder (born 14 September 1664), later governor of Stirling Castle. Andrew Crichton, author of the "Life of Colonel Blackadder", compiled the "Memoirs of the Rev. John Blackadder" in 1826, mostly unpublished manuscripts written during his imprisonment. John Blackadder is commemorated by the Blackadder kirk in North Berwick, a congregation of the Free Church of Scotland formed following the Disruption of 1843. The congregation united with the congregation of St Andrew's in 1989, to form the congregation of St Andrew Blackadder. John Blackadder (preacher) John Blackadder (or Blackader) (ca. 1622–1685) was an eminent Presbyterian Covenanter preacher in Scotland