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Only Consonants IV Trivia Quiz

Yet again giving a quizzical nod to the fantastic BBC quiz show 'Only Connect', these names, words and phrases have had their vowels removed and the remaining consonants squashed together. Given the themes, can you work out the answers?

A multiple-choice quiz by eburge. Estimated time: 7 mins.

Author
eburge

Time
7 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
361,151

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Easy

Avg Score
12 / 15

Plays
378

Question 1 of 15

1. Be sure to pay attention to the number of words in each answer, because the number of spaces in the clue is not necessarily indicative of the number of words or where one word ends and another begins. For the purpose of this quiz, Y is a consonant, not a vowel.

The theme is: Actors who have portrayed the Doctor in 'Doctor Who'

PTR CKTRG HT N

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 2 of 15

2. The theme is: Actors who have portrayed the Doctor in 'Doctor Who'

PLM CGN N

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 3 of 15

3. The theme is: Actors who have portrayed the Doctor in 'Doctor Who'

DVDT NNNT

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 4 of 15

4. The theme is: Countries and their former names

BR KN FS ND P PRV LT

Answer: (Five Words)

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Question 5 of 15

5. The theme is: Countries and their former names

TH P NDB Y SSN

Answer: (Three Words)

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Question 6 of 15

6. The theme is: Countries and their former names

SRLN K NDC YLN

Answer: (Four Words)

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Question 7 of 15

7. The theme is: Moons of Jupiter

RP

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 8 of 15

8. The theme is: Moons of Jupiter

CL LST

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 9 of 15

9. The theme is: Moons of Jupiter

G NY MD

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 10 of 15

10. The theme is: Characters in the musical 'Cats'

SPRGS

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 11 of 15

11. The theme is: Characters in the musical 'Cats'

LDDT RNMY

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 12 of 15

12. The theme is: Characters in the musical 'Cats'

S KMB LSHN KS

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 13 of 15

13. The theme is: American Ivy League schools

DRT MTH

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 14 of 15

14. The theme is: American Ivy League schools

YL

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 15 of 15

15. The theme is: American Ivy League schools

HR VR D

Answer: (One Word)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Be sure to pay attention to the number of words in each answer, because the number of spaces in the clue is not necessarily indicative of the number of words or where one word ends and another begins. For the purpose of this quiz, Y is a consonant, not a vowel. The theme is: Actors who have portrayed the Doctor in 'Doctor Who' PTR CKTRG HT N

Answer: patrick troughton

Patrick Troughton played the second incarnation of the Doctor between 1966 and 1969. He arguably had the toughest job, having to follow on from the popularity of William Hartnell's First Doctor.

2. The theme is: Actors who have portrayed the Doctor in 'Doctor Who' PLM CGN N

Answer: paul mcgann

Paul McGann's only on-screen appearance during his brief tenure as the Eighth Doctor was in the 1996 television movie. The Eighth Doctor does appear in a number of audio stories, though.

3. The theme is: Actors who have portrayed the Doctor in 'Doctor Who' DVDT NNNT

Answer: david tennant

David Tennant played the Tenth Doctor between 2005 and 2010, following Christopher Eccleston's single series as the Ninth Doctor in 2005. Tennant later reprised his role as the Tenth Doctor in the fiftieth anniversary special 'The Day of the Doctor' alongside the Eleventh Doctor, played by Matt Smith.

4. The theme is: Countries and their former names BR KN FS ND P PRV LT

Answer: burkina faso and upper volta

1984 saw Upper Volta renamed to Burkina Faso, drawing on the country's biggest languages for the name.

5. The theme is: Countries and their former names TH P NDB Y SSN

Answer: ethiopia and abyssinia

It was Haile Selassie who renamed the country to Ethiopia in 1963.

6. The theme is: Countries and their former names SRLN K NDC YLN

Answer: sri lanka and ceylon

Ceylon changed to Sri Lanka in 1972.

7. The theme is: Moons of Jupiter RP

Answer: europa

One of the four Galilean moons, Europa is the smallest.

8. The theme is: Moons of Jupiter CL LST

Answer: callisto

Jupiter's second largest, the Solar System's third largest... always the bridesmaid, never the bride, eh Callisto?

9. The theme is: Moons of Jupiter G NY MD

Answer: ganymede

Ganymede is to Jupiter as Jupiter is to our Solar System. By which I mean, it's the biggest of its kind.

10. The theme is: Characters in the musical 'Cats' SPRGS

Answer: asparagus

Asparagus also featured in the poem 'Gus: The Theatre Cat'. His name, as I ought to have told you before, is really Asparagus. Oh, I did. Never mind.

11. The theme is: Characters in the musical 'Cats' LDDT RNMY

Answer: old deuteronomy

The oldest and wisest cat, Old Deuteronomy is the leader of the Jellicle cats.

12. The theme is: Characters in the musical 'Cats' S KMB LSHN KS

Answer: skimbleshanks

Skimbleshanks lives on a mail train and is apparently vital to the running of the mail delivery service. The train won't depart unless he is on board.

13. The theme is: American Ivy League schools DRT MTH

Answer: dartmouth

Located in New Hampshire, Dartmouth College is the most northerly of the Ivy League schools.

14. The theme is: American Ivy League schools YL

Answer: yale

Connecticut's Yale University is one of the oldest in America, having been established in the early eighteenth century.

15. The theme is: American Ivy League schools HR VR D

Answer: harvard

Interestingly, Harvard is located in Cambridge, Massachussetts and is the oldest university in America. The University of Cambridge in England is the second oldest in the country, after Oxford, of course.

Source: Author eburge

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