Doctor Who? - Part One Trivia Quiz

Answer: teacher

"Doctor" is Latin for "teacher". A person who has received the highest degree conferred by a university, Doctor of Philosophy or PhD, is entitled to be addressed as doctor, indicating qualification to teach in their area of expertise. It is not a title that belongs to solely to physicians and it is not limited to the subject of medicine.

Answer: He performed the first human heart transplant

Dr Christiaan Neethling Barnard performed the first human heart transplant in Capetown on December 3rd, 1967. He led a team of 20 surgeons in replacing the heart of Louis Washansky with a heart taken from the victim of a fatal accident. Although the transplant was deemed successful, the patient died 18 days later from double pneumonia.

This was contracted as a result of the drugs he received to suppress his immune system so that it would not reject the transplanted organ. Suppression of the immune system leaves the patient more susceptible to infection.

Answer: Australia

The Royal Flying Doctor Service was founded by the Reverend John Flynn. The first flight was made in 1928. Subsequently, Canada and Africa developed similar aerial medical services in 1947 and 1957 respectively. Today many other countries have similar services. In Australia, the flying doctor service covers two-thirds of the continent and part of Tasmania and is a free service.

Answer: John Lennon

John Lennon's middle name was Winston. As well as Dr Winston O'Boogie, he used a number of other pseudonyms in his musical work, including Dr Winston Booker Table, Reverend Fred Ghurkin, Dr Winston O'Ghurkin, Dr Winston O'Reggae, John O'Cean and Dwarf McDougal (to name but a few).

Answer: Graham Chapman

Graham Chapman was a qualified doctor. He only practised medicine for a few years, however, his medical training did not go to waste as he later co-wrote some episodes of the "Doctor in the House" series and Monty Python sketches are liberally laced with medical themes and jokes.

Answer: A Study in Scarlet

In "A Study in Scarlet", Dr Watson tells us that he was introduced to Sherlock Holmes by "young Stamford, who had been a dresser under me at Bart's". Watson was looking for lodgings and Sherlock Holmes was looking for someone to share his rooms. "I have my eye on a suite in Baker Street", he said, "which would suit us down to the ground."

Answer: Gerald McBoing Boing (1951)

Although best known for writing and illustrating children's books, Theodor Seuss Geisel (aka Dr Seuss) also made animated cartoons and he won an Academy Award for "Gerald McBoing Boing" in 1951. He made two documentaries for which he received Academy Awards - namely, "Hitler Lives" (1946) and "Design for Death" (1947).

He also received a Pulitzer Prize in 1984 for his contribution to children's literature.

Answer: Thomas Neill Cream

James Maybrick was a Liverpool cotton merchant. Montague Druitt was a teacher and a lawyer. Walter Sickert was an artist. Dr Thomas Neill Cream was implicated in a number of murders, other than the "Jack the Ripper" cases. He was eventually charged and found guilty of the murder of Matilda Clover, a prostitute, and sentenced to hang on November 15, 1892.

His last words were said to be "I am Jack ..." Cream was not the only doctor on the list of suspects. Dr Alexander Pedachenko, Sir William Gull (Queen Victoria's physician) and Francis Tumblety (a self-proclaimed doctor whose qualifications were dubious) have also been implicated.

Answer: The Angel of Death

Mengele was a doctor at the Auschwitz concentration camp who selected prisoners for execution in the gas chambers and conducted medical experiments on others. After the war, Mengele escaped to South America. In 1961 he moved to Brazil where he befriended fellow Nazi, Wolfgang Gerhard.

In 1985, a team of forensic experts from America, Brazil and West Germany determined that Mengele had adopted Gerhard's identity. He died in 1979 of a stroke while swimming and was buried under Gerhard's name. This was later confirmed by dental records.

Answer: DeForest Kelley

The odd man out is DeForest Kelley who played Dr Leonard McCoy, the ship's doctor on "Star Trek". Actors who played Dr Who include William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker, Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy and Paul McGann. Peter Cushing also played Dr Who in two movies - "Dr Who and the Daleks" (1965) and "Invasion Earth 2150 AD" (1966).