Quiz  /  Benedict Cumberbatch Quiz

  • 1. 
    While filming in which country was Cumberbatch carjacked and abducted along with two of his costars?

  • Australia
  • Nepal
  • Wales
  • South Africa

  • 2. 
    What are Cumberbatch’s two middle names?

  • Tarquin Columbine
  • Timothy Carlton
  • Terrence Carlton
  • Christopher Carlton

  • 3. 
    Cumberbatch and fellow British actor Eddie Redmayne have both played which real-life figure?

  • British Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger
  • Physicist Stephen Hawking
  • Inventor and engineer Nikola Tesla
  • Mathematician and logician Alan Turing

  • 4. 
    For what contributions to the country was Cumberbatch cited when he was named a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2015?

  • Distinguished contributions to dog breeding
  • Services to the Scottish economy
  • Services to the British television industry
  • Services to the performing arts and to charity

  • 5. 
    Who did Cumberbatch’s parents—actors Wanda Ventham and Timothy Carlton—play in the third season of Sherlock?

  • John Watson’s parents
  • Sherlock’s parents
  • The leaders of a band of forgers
  • The prime minister and her husband

  • 6. 
    What did Cumberbatch’s mother say to him upon hearing the news that he was to play the iconic Sherlock Holmes?

  • “Well done! You can introduce me to that dishy Jude Law!”
  • “I think you should turn it down. You could be typecast as a troubled genius.”
  • “But you haven’t got the right nose!”
  • “We sent you to Harrow so you could have a respectable career, not star in a television series!”

  • 7. 
    Which of the following names have been generated by various online Benedict Cumberbatch name generators?

  • Budapest Crimpysnitch
  • All of these
  • Bombadil Copperwire
  • Bandicoot Cabbagepatch

  • 8. 
    Which of the following is not a game played by the MJN Air staff in Cabin Pressure, the BBC Radio 4 comedy series (2008–14) in which Cumberbatch played pilot Martin Crieff?

  • The Traveling Lemon
  • Rhyming Journeys
  • Yellow Car
  • Catch the Kitty

  • 9. 
    How many films was Cumberbatch promoting when he attended the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)?

  • Six
  • Five
  • One
  • Three

  • 10. 
    In which work did Mark Gatiss, who went on to costar on Sherlock as Mycroft Holmes, previously share the screen with Cumberbatch?

  • The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
  • Fortysomething
  • Starter for 10
  • Midsomer Murders
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