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Torchwood Multiple Choice Quiz | Television

'Torchwood' is a new BBC show that is a spin-off of 'Dr Who'. Most of the action takes place in and around Cardiff, Wales. Try your hand at a few questions about the first six episodes.

A multiple-choice quiz by Ratmum. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Ratmum

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
247,869

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
3600

Awards
Top 5% quiz!

Last 3 plays: Guest 88 (8/10), Guest 51 (8/10), Guest 174 (7/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. In the opening scene of the pilot, 'Everything Changes', Jack claims there's an activity he will never do again. What is it? Hint

dance

drink whiskey

hitchhike

be pregnant

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Question 2 of 10

2. What is the name of Gwen's live-in boyfriend? Hint

Anwyl

Dafydd

Caradoc

Rhys

3. One of the team members has hidden something in the cellar of the Hub: a cyberwoman named Lisa who was converted during the Canary Wharf battle that occurred during the 'Dr Who' episode 'Doomsday'. Which team member hid her away? Hint

Owen

Jack

Ianto

Toshiko

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Question 4 of 10

4. In 'Small Worlds', Jack explains the origin of the word 'nightmare', and, interestingly, he's actually right. These things have tormented people for centuries. What are they? Hint

a kind of witch

a kind of bad dream

a kind of alien

a kind of fairy/demon

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Question 5 of 10

5. In 'Countrycide', the Torchwood team travels to a small settlement where people capture, kill, and consume strangers who pass through. When Gwen asks their leader why he did it, what does he tell her? Hint

he did it because it was the town tradition

he did it because he hated city people

he did it for his religion

he did it because it made him happy

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Question 6 of 10

6. An alien has possessed someone in 'Day One'. The rest of the Torchwood team plans to eliminate the threat by killing the host, but Gwen convinces them that the host is still a human being they should save. What is the name of the woman who hosts the alien? Hint

Rhiannon

Angharad

Carys

Fionnela

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Question 7 of 10

7. One of the reasons Torchwood has an outpost in Cardiff is because of a space-time phenomenon that passes through the city. Alien technology occasionally falls through, as it does in the episode 'Ghost Machine'. What is this phenomenon called? Hint

The Vacuum

The Wormhole

The Rift

The Chasm

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Question 8 of 10

8. Jack reveals there are at least four Torchwood outposts. One in London, one in Cardiff, one that's missing, and a fourth, which is run by "a very strange old man", in which Scottish city? Hint

Glasgow

Edinburgh

Aberdeen

Inverness

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Question 9 of 10

9. Within the first six episodes, the Torchwood team is exposed twice by their love of a particular food. What is it? Hint

pizza

fish and chips

bangers and mash

curry

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Question 10 of 10

10. Jack avoids answering questions about his past. However, he sometimes gives Gwen information he doesn't tell the others on the team. In 'Small Worlds', Jack tells Gwen he encountered fairies a long time ago. When and where was it? Hint

Balaklava, 1854

Lahore, 1909

Gallipoli, 1915

Dunkirk, 1940

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In the opening scene of the pilot, 'Everything Changes', Jack claims there's an activity he will never do again. What is it?

Answer: be pregnant

Obviously, Jack has come across, and utilized, some interesting technologies either in his home century or during his travels in time.

2. What is the name of Gwen's live-in boyfriend?

Answer: Rhys

Rhys doesn't know the true nature of Gwen's job; he thinks she works in Special Ops. She just hasn't told him how special the ops really are!

Answer: Ianto

This is the episode where the rest of the team discover they have, perhaps, taken Ianto's quiet presence a bit too much for granted.

4. In 'Small Worlds', Jack explains the origin of the word 'nightmare', and, interestingly, he's actually right. These things have tormented people for centuries. What are they?

Answer: a kind of fairy/demon

The word nightmare has nothing to do with female horses, and everything to do with the Old English word 'maera', which was a sort of evil fairy or goblin. The maera sat on people's chests and suffocated them while they slept.

Answer: he did it because it made him happy

The stereotype of decayed mountain folk who kill strangers occurs on both sides of the Atlantic. In the US, movies such as 'Deliverance', 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre', and 'The X-Files' episode 'Home', have all used this stereotype as a plot point.

Answer: Carys

The alien manages to kill several people before the team traps it at a fertility clinic. Gwen offers to host it to save Carys, but Jack kills it before it can infect her.

Answer: The Rift

The Rift has been a plot point in both 'Dr. Who' and 'Torchwood'. In various 'Dr Who' episodes, the Rift has caused problems in a funeral home, has provided radiation to fuel the TARDIS, and was going to have a nuclear power station built on it - which, if completed, would have destroyed the Earth. Important safety tip: never build a nuclear reactor over a space-time Rift!

8. Jack reveals there are at least four Torchwood outposts. One in London, one in Cardiff, one that's missing, and a fourth, which is run by "a very strange old man", in which Scottish city?

Answer: Glasgow

We can only hope that someday, the Cardiff team will meet up with the very strange old man or that they will figure out what happened to the missing outpost.

9. Within the first six episodes, the Torchwood team is exposed twice by their love of a particular food. What is it?

Answer: pizza

Gwen is able to find the Hub by following the trail of pizza orders from the local pizza delivery place to Torchwood. Later, ordering a pizza begets problems when Lisa kills the delivery woman and places her brain in the pizza delivery woman's body. Maybe the team should depend on take away service from now on.

Answer: Lahore, 1909

Although Gwen has begun a relationship with Owen, the way Jack appears to trust her more than the others, even though she is the newest to the team, hints that their relationship may, in the future, be very complex indeed.

Source: Author Ratmum

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