Jennifer Garner Trivia Quiz

Answer: Jennifer Anne Garner

Jennifer and her daughter, Violet Affleck, share the same middle name - Anne. Melissa and Suzannah are the names of Jennifer's older and younger sisters, respectively. Believe it or not, there is also an actress named Jennifer Kristin Garner. She has worked in "Edge of Night" and the independent film, "Star-Crossed" (2003).

Answer: Martha Stewart

Jennifer, who loves to cook and garden, named her dog after her favorite lifestyle guru, Martha Stewart, on whose show Jen has also guested several times.
Maggie May was the name of the beagle Jennifer owned with former husband Scott Foley. Their other dog was Charlie Rose, a Maltese. Foley got "custody" of both dogs after the divorce.

Answer: False

Jennifer admits that early in her career she let producers think James Garner was her uncle because it helped her get auditions. She DOES have an Uncle Jimmy, but he is a farmer in Oklahoma.

Answer: Saxophone

Jennifer got her first E-flat alto saxophone in the 5th grade and named it "Sally."

Answer: Chemistry

Jennifer went into college undecided, majored in chemistry "for about five minutes", then went straight into the Theatre Department. She graduated in 1994. Incidentally, her father was a Chemical Engineer.

Answer: 29

The ever-youthful Ms. Garner was 29 when she began playing college student and secret agent Sydney Bristow on television in 2001.

Answer: Pearl Harbor

Before "Daredevil" (2003) came the movie "Pearl Harbor" (2002). They did not share any scenes together, but Ben Affleck played Captain Rafe McCawley, and Jennifer had a small role as Nurse Sandra. Jennifer also had a bit part as "woman in elevator" in the Woody Allen movie "Deconstructing Harry" (1997), but Ben was not in it.

Answer: Best Kiss

For their "kiss of death" scene in "Elektra" (2005), Jennifer Garner (Elektra) and Natassia Malthe (Typhoid Mary) were nominated for an MTV Movie "Best Kiss" Award, but they lost out to Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling of "The Notebook" (2004).

Answer: Understudy in the Broadway show, "A Month in the Country"

Garner had roles in all four productions, but her FIRST professional acting job was as an understudy in a Broadway production of "A Month in the Country" (1995). While other understudies played cards out back, Jennifer faithfully watched every performance - eight shows a week. Coincidentally, the male lead in "A Month in the Country" was Ron Rifkin, whom many now know as Garner's SD-6 boss Sloane in "Alias".

Answer: Hope Floats

Sandra Bullock played the lead in "Hope Floats" (1998). In "Dude, Where's My Car?" (2000), Jennifer Garner had a small role as Ashton Kutcher's girlfriend Wanda.
In "13 Going on 30" (2004) she played Jenna Rink.
In "Catch Me If You Can" (2002), Garner played prostitute Cheryl Ann, who threw playing cards at Leonardo DiCaprio and said "go fish" until he offered the right price.