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Monster, Villain or Angel Trivia Quiz

Good, versatile actors are able to play multiple roles without being type-cast. These 10 actors have portrayed the extreme ends of the spectrum.

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

Author
rblayer

Time
4 mins

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Multiple Choice

Quiz #
194,424

Updated
Jul 23 22

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10

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Question 1 of 10

1. John Travolta played a hit man in "Pulp Fiction" and an evil Air Force pilot in "Broken Arrow". What was the name of the angel he portrayed in a 1996 film? Hint

Christopher

Sebastian

Michael

Eddie

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Question 2 of 10

2. The late Michael Landon played the part of a probationary angel in the television series "Highway to Heaven". What monster did he portray in a 1957 film? Hint

Mummy

Swamp Thing

Dracula

Werewolf

3. The late actor Richard Mulligan is perhaps best known for playing a kindly, widowed pediatrician on the television series "Empty Nest". He also played an angel in the 1985 film "The Heavenly Kid". What notorious historical character did he portray in a 1970 movie? Hint

Field Marshall Erwin Rommel

General George Armstrong Custer

John Brown

Marquis de Sade

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Question 4 of 10

4. Character actor Henry Travers played a Sing Sing prison inmate/librarian in 1939's "You Can't Get Away with Murder", but he is perhaps best know for playing the angel in "It's a Wonderful Life". What was the angel's name? Hint

Michael

Clarence

Frederick

Albert

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Question 5 of 10

5. From a big ape's prisoner in "King Kong" to a cross-dresser's friend in "Tootsie", Jessica Lange is a very versatile actress. In what film did she play the Angel of Death? Hint

All That Jazz

Blue Sky

Titus

Sweet Dreams

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Question 6 of 10

6. Della Reese is perhaps best know for her 'heavenly' role in television's "Touched by an Angel", but in what movie did she play a prostitute/madam? Hint

Harlem Nights

White Nights

Boogie Nights

Hollywood Nights

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Question 7 of 10

7. Actor-writer-director, Buck Henry, portrayed an angel/escort to Warren Beatty in the 1978 film "Heaven Can Wait". He also played Snyder in "Grumpy Old Men". What was Snyder's profession? Hint

Crooked banker

Embezzler

Used car salesman

Tax collector

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Question 8 of 10

8. Perhaps best known as the loveable Rev. Jim Ignatowski on the television series "Taxi", Christopher Lloyd has also played a mental patient in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and the evil Butch Cavendish in "The Legend of the Lone Ranger". In what 1994 film did he play the boss angel? Hint

Angels on the Tailgate

Angels in the Outfield

Angels in the Ballpark

Angels in the Game

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Question 9 of 10

9. Dolly Parton's movie roles have ranged from a gun-toting secretary in "9 to 5", to a high-heeled, heavily cleavaged angel in the made-for-TV movie "Unlikely Angel". She also played a madam in a musical set in what U.S. state? Hint

Florida

Nevada

Texas

Tennessee

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Question 10 of 10

10. What actor has played both a crocodile poacher as well as an angel? Hint

Adam Sandler

Pauly Shore

Paul Hogan

Brendan Fraser

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. John Travolta played a hit man in "Pulp Fiction" and an evil Air Force pilot in "Broken Arrow". What was the name of the angel he portrayed in a 1996 film?

Answer: Michael

Travolta became a household name in 1975 when he portrayed the not-too-bright Vinnie Barbarino in the television series "Welcome Back, Kotter". Soon thereafter his dancing abilities were show-cased as Tony Manero in "Saturday Night Fever", Danny Zuko in "Grease" and Bud Davis in "Urban Cowboy".

2. The late Michael Landon played the part of a probationary angel in the television series "Highway to Heaven". What monster did he portray in a 1957 film?

Answer: Werewolf

After his first big film role as Tony Rivers in "I Was a Teenage Werewolf", Landon starred in the title role in 1959's "The Legend of Tom Dooley". The same year he became Little Joe Cartwright for a fourteen year run on "Bonanza".

Answer: General George Armstrong Custer

In 1970's "Little Big Man", Mulligan portrayed the soldier best known for his 'last stand'. He also won comedy acting Emmys for two television series, "Soap" in 1980 and "Empty Nest" in 1989.

Answer: Clarence

Born in England in 1874, Mr. Travers appeared in over fifty films, but it was his portrayal of 'angel second class' Clarence Oddbody in Frank Capra's 1946 classic that insured his legacy.

5. From a big ape's prisoner in "King Kong" to a cross-dresser's friend in "Tootsie", Jessica Lange is a very versatile actress. In what film did she play the Angel of Death?

Answer: All That Jazz

In "All That Jazz", Lange's character, Angelique, assists Roy Scheider's Joe Gideon in reviewing some highlights of his hedonistic life prior to his eventual death.

6. Della Reese is perhaps best know for her 'heavenly' role in television's "Touched by an Angel", but in what movie did she play a prostitute/madam?

Answer: Harlem Nights

Vera, played by Della Reese, was in charge of the prostitutes at a night club in the Eddie Murphy-Richard Pryor-Redd Foxx comedy. Her knife-wielding, vulgar-talking role as a madam was a vast character departure for the legendary gospel singer, who is also an ordained minister.

7. Actor-writer-director, Buck Henry, portrayed an angel/escort to Warren Beatty in the 1978 film "Heaven Can Wait". He also played Snyder in "Grumpy Old Men". What was Snyder's profession?

Answer: Tax collector

In addition to such roles as a hotel clerk in "The Graduate", the talented Mr. Henry was the creator of television's "Get Smart", as well as the screenplay writer for numerous films.

Answer: Angels in the Outfield

A little boy's mother died and he was placed in a foster home. His reluctant father said that the boy could live with him when the hapless Angels baseball team won a pennant. The boys prayers were answered when Christopher Lloyd led a squad of angels to help the Angels. Lloyd was the two-time Emmy winning star of "Taxi", and also portrayed a Klingon commander in "Star Trek III: The Search for Spock".

Answer: Texas

In "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas", a TV reporter exposes a popular brothel, and it is targeted for closure. The locals, and the local sheriff, played by Burt Reynolds, pitch in to help the poor owner, Miss Mona, portrayed by Dolly Parton.

10. What actor has played both a crocodile poacher as well as an angel?

Answer: Paul Hogan

The original "Crocodile Dundee", Hogan won a Best Actor Golden Globe and a Best Original Screenplay Oscar for the film about the likable man from Australia. He portrayed a crook-turned-angel in 1990's "Almost an Angel".

Source: Author rblayer

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