Q 01/05

Which original Emmerdale Farm cast member had just spent three years as Doctor Who companion Jamie McCrimmon?

A) Ronald Magill

B) Arthur Pentelow

C) Frazer Hines

D) Andrew Burt

Answer · why

C) Frazer Hines

Frazer Hines played Joe Sugden from 1972 to 1994, and still holds the record for the most Doctor Who episodes of any companion. He quit the farm becau...

Q 02/05

Which future Doctor Who companion made her acting debut as Emmerdale's Jasmine Thomas in 2005?

A) Jenna Coleman

B) Karen Gillan

C) Billie Piper

D) Catherine Tate

Answer · why

A) Jenna Coleman

Jenna Coleman put drama school on the back burner to play Jasmine Thomas for four years, having beaten future co-star Roxanne Pallett to the part.

Q 03/05

Emmerdale's December 1993 plane-crash episode drew complaints for airing near the fifth anniversary of which disaster?

A) Kegworth

B) Lockerbie

C) Manchester

D) Staines

Answer · why

B) Lockerbie

Lockerbie's fifth anniversary fell on 21 December 1993, nine days before the episode, and ITV received many complaints about the timing. The fictional...

Q 04/05

Which Emmerdale vet became the first lesbian character in a British soap when she came out in 1993?

A) Lynn Whiteley

B) Rachel Hughes

C) Bernice Blackstock

D) Zoe Tate

Answer · why

D) Zoe Tate

Zoe Tate was British soap's first lesbian character, and Leah Bracknell played her for 16 years on what began as a nine-month contract.

Q 05/05

Which Emmerdale actor, Jack Sugden's adopted son on screen for 20 years, won Strictly Come Dancing in 2019?

A) Adam Thomas

B) Kelvin Fletcher

C) Matthew Wolfenden

D) Ryan Hawley

Answer · why

B) Kelvin Fletcher

Kelvin Fletcher won the seventeenth Strictly with Oti Mabuse three years after leaving the soap, and has since become a farmer for real.