Crazy For Swayze Trivia Quiz

Answer: To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

"To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar" came out in 1995. Patrick Swayze played Vida. Noxeema was played by Wesley Snipes. In "Too Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything Julie Newmar" Noxeema and Vida have won a trip to Hollywood because they won a drag queen contest. They ended up taking Chi-Chi with them, despite that she was not a very good drag queen.

Answer: Skatetown, USA

"Skatetown, USA" came out in 1979. Patrick Swayze played Ace Johnson in this disco movie. This movie featured some disco dancers who prepare for having a major race. The climax came at the showdown between Stan (played by Greg Bradford) and Ace (played by Swayze).

Answer: Ghost

"Ghost" was released in 1991. Swayze played Sam, who was murdered and then returned as a ghost to let his girlfriend Molly (played by Demi Moore) know it was not an accident that he was killed. Oda Mae Brown was played by Whoopi Goldberg. When Oda Mae told Molly about Sam singing "Henry the VIII" Molly replied that was how he got her to go out with him originally.

Answer: Jesse

Patrick Swayze's father, Jesse Wayne Swayze, like his son was an alcoholic. Both he and Swayze died at the same age, but his father died from a fatal heart attack.

Answer: Dirty Dancing

"Dirty Dancing" was released in 1987. Swayze played Johnny Castle a dance instructor who fell in love with Frances "Baby" Houseman. Baby was played by Jennifer Grey, daughter of legendary Broadway actor Joel Grey. In the movie, Baby's family went on vacation at the Kellerman's where she met and fell in love with Johnny.

The problem is her family had money, he was poor. Everyone thought he was a thief when some wallets turned up missing, Baby had to admit she's been staying in his cabin at night to prove his innocence. Only it didn't work and he was fired, but he returned at the end to do the final dance and declared to Baby's parents "Nobody puts Baby in the corner."

Answer: August 18, 1952 in Texas

His mother was a dance instructor, so he was dancing all his life. Growing up in Texas and being a male taking ballet made life tough for Swayze, until someone picked on him and he beat the person up, after that the boys in his neighborhood left him alone and accepted that he could dance.

Answer: Lisa Niemi

On June 12, 1975 Swayze married Lisa Niemi. They met in 1970 when Swayze was 18 and she was 14 in 1970. Lisa was taking dance lessons from Swayze's mother.

Answer: sister

After his sister committed suicide in 1994, Swayze got help for his addiction to alcohol. He was able to get clean and took a brief leave of absence from making films. His sister, Vicky committed suicide by overdosing on pills.

Answer: pancreatic

According to the American Cancer Society pancreatic cancer is not fully preventable. However, cigarette smokers (of which Patrick Swayze was a well-known chain smoker) account for 20%-30% of all cases. Patrick Swayze was 57 when he died. His body has been cremated and his ashes were spread across his horse ranch in New Mexico.

Answer: The Beast

"The Beast" was a TV series that lasted only one season (due to Swayze's illness) in which he played Charles Barker. The series was a crime drama series. In the show Barker took on a rookie FBI agent and trained him and taught him the important psychological factors of the job, where a moment of hesitation could lead to death.