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'The City of Death' Trivia Quiz

How much do you know about this popular 'Doctor Who' story?

A multiple-choice quiz by ponicho. Estimated time: 2 mins.

Author
ponicho

Time
2 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
197,452

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Easy

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
463

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. What method did the originally Romana suggest to the Doctor that they get down from the Eiffel Tower? Hint

Use the lift

Clime

Jump

Fly

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Question 2 of 10

2. How many extra copies of the Mona Lisa did Leonardo da Vinci paint? Hint

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Question 3 of 10

3. What did the Doctor write on the canvases that were used for the copies of the Mona Lisa to make the paintings worthless in the future? Hint

The Doctor was here

Don't buy this

Fake

This is a fake

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Question 4 of 10

4. Whom was Scaroth disguised as? Hint

Hermann

Countess Scarlioni

Count Scarlioni

Professor Kerensky

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Question 5 of 10

5. What type of creature did Professor Kerensky use for the time experiments? Hint

A dog

A rat

A cat

A chicken

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Question 6 of 10

6. Where did the Doctor and Romana first feel the affects of a time slip? Hint

On the Eiffel Tower

In a cafe

In the Louvre

In the Count's castle

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Question 7 of 10

7. The artist who was sketching Romana sketched something in place of her face. What did he sketch? Hint

The face of a cat

A clock face

A snakes face

He left it blank

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Question 8 of 10

8. What was the name of the detective who helped the Doctor in this story? Hint

Schell

Hermann

Duggan

Chadbon

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which actor who starred in the BBC TV series 'Fawlty Towers' made a cameo appearance in this story? Hint

Prunella Scales

Connie Booth

Andrew Sachs

John Cleese

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which well-known writer wrote 'The City of Death' under the pseudonym David Agnew? Hint

Terry Pratchett

Arthur C. Clarke

Iain M. Banks

Douglas Adams

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What method did the originally Romana suggest to the Doctor that they get down from the Eiffel Tower?

Answer: Fly

Filmed partly in Paris, France, this was the first 'Doctor Who' story to be filmed outside the UK.

2. How many extra copies of the Mona Lisa did Leonardo da Vinci paint?

Answer: 6

Count Scarlioni had Leonardo paint the extra copies so he could sell them to fund the time experiments.

3. What did the Doctor write on the canvases that were used for the copies of the Mona Lisa to make the paintings worthless in the future?

Answer: This is a fake

Count Scarlioni's plot is rooted in fact - the Mona Lisa was stolen in 1911, possibly with the intention of forging six copies.

4. Whom was Scaroth disguised as?

Answer: Count Scarlioni

At the end of the first episode the Count locks himself into his cellar, stands before a mirror and tugs at his face - a mask which conceals the features of Scaroth.

5. What type of creature did Professor Kerensky use for the time experiments?

Answer: A chicken

Kerensky meets his end when he is aged to death with his machine.

6. Where did the Doctor and Romana first feel the affects of a time slip?

Answer: In a cafe

They feel a second time slip in the Louvre which causes Doctor to collapse.

7. The artist who was sketching Romana sketched something in place of her face. What did he sketch?

Answer: A clock face

The clock face had a crack in it implying a crack in time.

8. What was the name of the detective who helped the Doctor in this story?

Answer: Duggan

Duggan ia detective who is investigating the affairs of Count Scarlioni.

9. Which actor who starred in the BBC TV series 'Fawlty Towers' made a cameo appearance in this story?

Answer: John Cleese

John Cleese and Eleanor Bron play two visitors to the Denise Ren� gallery and are viewing the TARDIS, which happens to be parked there, thinking it is an exhibit.

10. Which well-known writer wrote 'The City of Death' under the pseudonym David Agnew?

Answer: Douglas Adams

At the time 'The City of Death' was made, Douglas Adams was a script editor on 'Doctor Who,' and at time the BBC did not like their script editors to pen stories for the same show they were working on, so the pseudonym David Agnew was used.

Source: Author ponicho

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