Dr Who? - Part Two Trivia Quiz

Answer: the monster did not have a name

Mary Shelley did not give the monster a name. Victor was Dr Frankenstein's first name. Percy was Mary Shelley's husband's name - the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. Dr Frederick Frankenstein was the character played by Gene Wilder in the movie "Young Frankenstein". Frederick was Victor's grandson who thought his grandfather's work was "doo-doo" and insisted on pronouncing his name as FRONK-en-steen.

Answer: Dr Harold Shipman

On January 31, 2000, British doctor/serial killer Harold Shipman was convicted of murdering 15 elderly female patients at his practice in Hyde, Manchester, between 1995 and 1998. However, according to the British Medical Journal (BMJ 2001;322:1201, 19 May), 466 deaths will be investigated in a public inquiry, although not all of these deaths are suspicious.

The actual number of victims may never be known but an audit of his practice indicates that the likely number of victims was 236.

Answer: A Day at the Races

In this film, Groucho, Harpo and Chico work to save a sanitarium from bankruptcy. Groucho plays Dr Hugo Z. Hackenbush, a veterinarian who poses as a medical doctor. According to the Turner Classic Movies website, Groucho's character was originally called Quackenbush, reminiscent of the slang term "quack" for doctor.

It was thought to be a thoroughly silly name for a doctor but then it was discovered that there were actually 37 real Dr Quackenbushes in the United States. The character name had to be changed to avoid lawsuits, much to Groucho's disappointment.

However, it is said that he grew to love the name "Hackenbush" so much that he even used it as a signature on some of his correspondence.

Answer: Joseph Bell

The main source of inspiration for the character of Sherlock Holmes was Dr Joseph Bell, who was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's professor of medicine at Edinburgh University. Conan Doyle also served as Dr Bell's clerk. Bell was a popular professor at the university as well as personal surgeon to Queen Victoria when she was in Scotland.

The actor Ian Richardson has played the character of Dr Joseph Bell in the 2001 television series "Murder Rooms" and has also played Sherlock Holmes in the 1983 television movies "The Sign of Four" and "The Hound of the Baskervilles".

Answer: dentist

"Doc" (John Henry) Holliday is perhaps most well known as a participant in the famous "gunfight at the O.K. Corral" in Tombstone, Arizona in 1881. He fought with the Earp brothers against the Clanton gang. He practised dentistry briefly in the east before moving to Arizona. Doc Holliday had tuberculosis (known as "consumption" in those days) and hoped the warm, dry desert climate would be of benefit.

In Arizona, he found a new career as a gambler and gunfighter.

Answer: Jonathon Harris

Believe it or not, Carroll O'Connor was originally considered for the role of Dr Zachary Smith! Dr Smith was originally intended to be a special guest role for a few episodes and then he was to be killed off. However, he was kept on as a regular cast member when the character proved to be popular. Guy Williams and Mark Goddard played Professor John Robinson and Major Don West in "Lost in Space".

Answer: Days of Our Lives

There are quite a few links between the shows "Friends" and "Days of Our Lives". Several of the DOOL characters have made guest appearances on "Friends" including Jack (Matthew Ashford), Brady (Kyle Lowder), Mimi (Farah Fath) and Cassie (Alexis Thorpe). Jennifer Aniston plays Rachel Green on "Friends". Her real-life father, John Aniston, plays Victor Kiriakis on "Days of Our Lives".

Answer: he poisoned her with hyoscine

After the murder, Dr Crippen and Ethel Le Neve fled to Canada by ship. Ethel was disguised as a boy and they posed as father and son. However, the captain was suspicious and radioed the ship's owners to report his concerns. They were arrested upon arrival in Quebec. It was the first time that the recently invented wireless telegraph was used to catch a murderer.

Answer: Samuel Sheppard

In 1954 Dr Sam Sheppard was convicted of the murder of his pregnant wife Marilyn and served ten years. Well-known lawyer, F. Lee Bailey won Sheppard a second trial and he was subsequently acquitted in 1966. Although "The Fugitive" was based on the Sheppard case, Dr Sheppard never ran from the authorities.

In the late 1990's, Sam Sheppard Jr attempted to have his father proved innocent using recently developed DNA techniques but was not successful. The actor David Jansen played the character of Richard Kimble. Sam Gerard was the US Marshal who pursued the fugitive doctor.

Answer: Bill Cosby

Dr William H. Cosby Jr earned a Doctorate in Education in 1977 from the University of Massachusetts. According to http://www.anecdotage.com, the subject of his 242-page dissertation was "An Integration of the Visual Media via 'Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids' into the Elementary School Curriculum as a Teaching Aid and Vehicle to Achieve Increased Learning". Bill Cosby also holds a number of honorary doctorates (over 100 according to some websites).