On Good Friday, we set you a fiendish Doctor Who quiz based on the popular TV show, Richard Osman’s House of Games. We hope you kept a note of what you thought, because below are all the answers. If you haven’t taken part in that quiz, head there now. And good luck!
Sounds Like…
Every image makes up the title of a Doctor Who novel or novella. So a picture of whey, someone throwing a ball, and a forest becomes The Way Through the Woods, and Father Christmas and some thyme becomes Father Time.
1. Lungbarrow
2. The Eleventh Tiger
3. The Roundheads
4. The Magic of the Angels
5. The Way Through the Woods
6. Father Time
Singonyms
We asked you to name songs that have played in Doctor Who, but we swapped the lyrics for synonyms. So three possible points for each question — one for the name of the song, one for the artist, and another for the correct episode.
7. Toxic, Britney Spears. The End of the World (2005).
8. Love Will Tear Us Apart, Joy Division. The Pilot (2017).
9. Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick, The Blockheads. Tooth and Claw (2006).
10. Spice Up Your Life, Spice Girls. The Giggle (2023).
11. Paperback Writer, The Beatles. The Evil of the Daleks (1967).
12. Ghost Town, The Specials. The Rings of Akhaten (2013).
Two Clues In One
With this one, the initials of the question are also the initials of the answer.
CATEGORY 1: 1960s Doctor Who Serials
13. The Tomb Of The Cybermen
14. Marco Polo
15. Fury From The Deep
CATEGORY 2: Spin-Offs and Tie-Ins
16. Class
17. Doctor Who Confidential
18. K9 And Company
CATEGORY 3: Fourth Doctor Companions
19. Leela
20. Sarah Jane Smith
21. Adric
Where Is Kazakhstan?
This is a tough one — two possible points per question: one if you get the right answer, and another if you successfully located that place on the map.
22. Rwanda
23. Turkey
24. Lanzarote
25. Paris
26. Belgium
27. Karachi (Tarak Ital MD, of course, being the medic in The Waters of Mars)
Sorry, Wrong Number
All answers include a number, but with an equation to apply to that number afterwards. We have to be strict here — no points if, for instance, you said Galaxy Four instead of Galaxy Eight.
28. Galaxy Eight. (The rule was x2)
29. The Fourteenth Doctor (though both were played by David Tennant!) (+4)
30. The First Hour (-10)
31. World War 1.5 (÷2)
32. 100 Little Aliens (+90)
33. The Six Doctors (x3)
34. 101 Yards (+28)
35. Doctor Who‘s 10th anniversary (÷5)
36. 1963 — and what a fine year it was too! (-42)
37. 1 (-7,700,900,460)
Answer Smash
We’re smashing two things together to create a fun, nonsensical answer! No points if you didn’t smash them together though…
39. IAN MARTERROR OF THE AUTONS.
40. SILVER NEMESISTERHOOD OF KARN.
41. THE TISSUE COMPRESSION ELIMINATORAJII.
42. LONGLEATERS OF WASPS.
43. DOCTOR IN DISTRESSEX.
44. UNIT TAKES YOU AWAY.
45. DOCTOR WHO AND THE ZARBITAN.
46. THE GIGGLEN MCCOY.
47. ASHILDREAMLAND.
48. THE CATACOMBS OF SEVILLENGARD.
49. TERRY MOLLOYHARGIL.
50. KASTERBOROUSUSIANS.
How did you do? Let us know in the comments section below! There are a possible 67 points on offer, and if you got them all right?! Wow — congratulations indeed!
