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Doctor Who?

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Doctor Who game quiz
"No, this is not a quiz about the television show "Dr Who". It's a quiz about famous doctors and other "doctoral" trivia."

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  



1. What does the word "doctor" mean in Latin?
    teacher
    healer
    priest
    philosopher


2. Which medical milestone was achieved by Dr Christiaan Barnard in 1967?
    He performed the first human heart transplant
    He determined the molecular structure of DNA
    He achieved the conception of the first test tube baby
    He developed a synthetic form of insulin


3. The "Royal Flying Doctor Service" was the world's first aerial medical service. It continues to provide medical and dental care in very remote areas and, if necessary, emergency transport to hospitals in the nearest cities. In which country would you find the "Royal Flying Doctor"?
    Canada
    South Africa
    India
    Australia


4. Which celebrity liked to use the pseudonym "Dr Winston O'Boogie"?
    Jim Morrison
    Elvis Presley
    John Lennon
    Jimi Hendrix


5. Which member of Monty Python's Flying Circus was a qualified doctor of medicine?
    Graham Chapman
    Eric Idle
    John Cleese
    Michael Palin


6. In which of the following Sherlock Holmes stories do Dr John Watson and Sherlock Holmes meet for the first time?
    The Hound of the Baskervilles
    A Study in Scarlet
    The Sign of Four
    A Scandal in Bohemia


7. Which of the following animated cartoons by Dr Seuss earned him an Academy Award?
    Gerald McBoing Boing (1951)
    The Cat in the Hat (1957)
    Green Eggs and Ham (1950)
    Horton Hatches the Egg (1940)


8. Which of the following "Jack the Ripper" suspects was a doctor?
    Montague Druitt
    James Maybrick
    Walter Sickert
    Thomas Neill Cream


9. The infamous Dr Josef Mengele was known by which of the following nicknames?
    Doctor Death
    The Angel of Death
    Doctor Demented
    The Witch Doctor


10. Okay, I lied in the introduction. There IS a question about the television show "Dr Who". Which of the following actors did not play the role of Dr Who?
    Jon Pertwee
    DeForest Kelley
    Peter Cushing
    Tom Baker


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