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Quiz about Is There a Doctor in the Quiz
Quiz about Is There a Doctor in the Quiz

Is There a Doctor in the Quiz?


This quiz focuses on medical based TV shows from 5 countries. Most medical shows are quite obvious from their titles so these are not all your recent popular dramas. Just choose the 15 shows from the following 20.

A collection quiz by Midget40. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
Midget40
Time
3 mins
Type
Quiz #
415,005
Updated
Dec 31 23
# Qns
15
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
10 / 15
Plays
559
Last 3 plays: Strike121 (7/15), Kalibre (6/15), Guest 149 (8/15).
Choose the 15 shows that are based around medical people or hospitals.
There are 15 correct entries. Get 2 incorrect and the game ends.
Offspring The Royal Chicago Hope Lewis Saving Hope Shortland Street Angels Ben Casey Blue Heelers Eli Stone Bramwell All Saints Babylon 5 Heartbeat Remedy China Beach Mary Kills People Peak Practice This is Going to Hurt Rafferty

Left click to select the correct answers.
Right click if using a keyboard to cross out things you know are incorrect to help you narrow things down.

Most Recent Scores
Dec 13 2024 : Strike121: 7/15
Dec 09 2024 : Kalibre: 6/15
Dec 04 2024 : Guest 149: 8/15
Nov 27 2024 : Guest 107: 8/15
Nov 19 2024 : polly656: 5/15
Oct 27 2024 : Guest 24: 10/15
Oct 23 2024 : Linda_Arizona: 7/15
Oct 22 2024 : Guest 5: 12/15

Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
Answer:

"Peak Practice" was a British drama series about a GP surgery in a small fictional town in the Derbyshire Peak District. Running from 1993 to 2002 it followed the lives and cases of many doctors over the years.

"The Royal" was set in the fictional St Aidan's Royal Free Hospital in Yorkshire, UK. It was a period drama from the 1960s that ran from 2003 to 2011. Originally a spinoff of "Heartbeat" it gained its own audience very quickly.

"This is Going to Hurt" was a British medical comedy-drama television miniseries. It followed the lives of a group of young doctors working on an obstetrics and gynaecology ward in a National Health Service hospital. It aired in 2022 over 7 episodes.

"Angels" was a British series that ran from 1975 to 1983. It was originally set in St Angela's Hospital in Battersea as a medical drama dealing with young student nurses. It later moved to Birmingham as a bi-weekly soap opera.

"Bramwell" was a British television series that ran for 4 seasons from 1995. Its premise was set around a female doctor in the late Victorian Era who sets up a free hospital in the East End of London for the poor.

"All Saints" was an Australian series set at All Saints Western General Hospital in Sydney. The first 6 seasons are set on a hospital ward and then the staff move to the Emergency Department when the ward is closed.

"Offspring" was an Australian program that aired between 2010 and 2017. Although not strictly a total medical drama much of it is set in a hospital in Melbourne revolving around the life of obstetrician Nina Proudman and her family and friends.

"Shortland Street" is a New Zealand prime-time soap opera focusing on the characters of Shortland Street Hospital. It commenced in 1992.

"Saving Hope" is a Canadian supernatural medical drama set in Hope Zion Hospital in Toronto. Beginning in 2012 it ran for five seasons. It focuses on an engaged medical couple where he is in a coma and she is working at the hospital.

"Remedy" was a Canadian series, premiering in 2014 it ran for two years. Set in Bethune General Hospital in Toronto it follows the lives of a father who is the chief of medical staff and his orderly son who has dropped out of medical school.

"Mary Kills People" is a Canadian show that ran from 2017 for three years. It focuses on a female emergency doctor and her partner who provide assisted suicides as a sideline.

"Ben Casey" was an American series that ran from 1961 to 1966. It focused on Dr Ben Casey, a neurosurgeon at County General Hospital.

"Rafferty" was an American series that only aired for one season in 1977. It focused on former army doctor Sid Rafferty who had retired and moved into private practice.

"China Beach" was an American war drama television series set at an evacuation hospital during the Vietnam War. It ran for four seasons from 1988.

"Chicago Hope" was an American television series airing from 1994 to 2000. It was set in this fictional private charitable hospital in Chicago and followed the lives of the medical staff.

AND THE WRONG ANSWERS:

"Blue Heelers" was an Australian police drama.
"Heartbeat" centered around the police in 1960s Yorkshire.
"Lewis" was an English detective
"Eli Stone," a legal drama with a difference set in America.
"Babylon 5" was an American science fiction show.
Source: Author Midget40

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