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Quiz about Hugh Laurie Is There A Doctor In The House
Quiz about Hugh Laurie Is There A Doctor In The House

Hugh Laurie: Is There A Doctor In The 'House'? Quiz


Mr. Laurie plays the antisocial, exasperating, blunt but ultimately brilliant Dr. Gregory House in TV's "House, M.D.". This quiz will begin with the award winning actor and end with him. Enjoy!

A multiple-choice quiz by Gatsby722. Estimated time: 9 mins.
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Gatsby722
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Dec 03 21
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Question 1 of 10
1. Hugh Laurie was in a film remake that came out in 2004 (the same year "House, M.D." hit the airwaves). In it, he co-starred with Dennis Quaid, among others. Which film was this? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Dennis Quaid took on a risky role in 2002's "Far From Heaven" and did an exceptional job (more often than not, he does that). In the movie, his co-stars were Julianne Moore and Dennis Haysbert. The latter Dennis we know as the (now dead) President on TV's "24". In that series, what was that President's name? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. The TV series "24", a critical and popular hit, took a novel idea and ran with it - the hour long show reflects an hour's worth of action and various intrigue as it goes minute by minute. The show got a shot in the arm in 2005-6 in adding the juicy character of the new First Lady named Martha Logan. Who plays Martha? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Kiefer Sutherland is the lead in TV's "24", and a worthy star in his own right. This could easily be due, in part, to his gene pool since his father is veteran actor Donald Sutherland. The question this time is which film earned Donald his only Academy Award Nomination in the 1970s/1980s? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Elliot Gould and Donald Sutherland were a memorable pair of surgeons serving in Korea in 1970's "M*A*S*H" (roles later taken by Alan Alda as 'Hawkeye' Pierce and Wayne Rogers as Trapper John in the long-running TV series). As for the television version, which of these statements about it is true? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Alan Alda, lead actor in the TV show "M*A*S*H", made a nice film career as his success on the small screen ballooned. One notable feature in which he participated was "Same Time, Next Year" (1978) where he shacked up with a married woman (played by Ellen Burstyn) one weekend a year for decades. He was married, too, and anxiety ran high as did the turbulent changes in their lives. Doris and George went through a lot together on those annual weekends, though. Such as what? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. As played by Sam Shepard and Ellen Burstyn in 1980, Edna and Cal were nothing short of the most unlikely pair of lovers to be found in "Resurrection". After a near death experience she emerged as a healer, some said a "God", which was a far cry from what she was before the accident. Cal was a rascal from start to finish. Shepard, a noteworthy playwright, really proved his acting chops in the film and, at around the same time, made another movie where he played Harry York opposite the actress that would become his true life lover and mother of his children. That would be Jessica Lange. Which film were they in together in the early 80s? Note: his part wasn't nearly as large as was hers. Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. In 1994, after sitting on the shelf for years, a film called "Blue Sky" found its way to screen. Jessica Lange was in it, starring with Tommy Lee Jones as her beleaguered husband. He was in the military and she was colorful, to say the least. Hank and Carly Marshall had, on a good day, a rocky marriage at best. She was basically off her rocker and his military job kept them moving around which made her skittishness reinforced. In the end (or somewhere in the middle) she drifts into an affair and he becomes increasingly disturbed by his wife's orneriness and the rigors of his military assignment. What exactly was the project about that Hank Marshall was working with, by the way? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Poor Dr. Richard Kimble! He returns home to find his wife, the short-lived Sela Ward, murdered and quickly finds himself to be the prime suspect. Soon there are spectacular train wrecks, daring escapes and more thrills than Jennifer Lopez has publicists! There's no need to wonder if the good doctor was guilty. Of course he wasn't! But his fervent pursuer, Tommy Lee Jones, was hell bent on catching him nonetheless. Harrison Ford played Kimble, and did so to fine and pulsating effect. I was wondering - what was Harrison's first feature film? Ever? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. The lovely Emmy Award winning Sela Ward took a role on TV's "House, M.D." in 2005, playing the ex of the enigmatic Dr. Gregory House (brought to life by Hugh Laurie, who lent his name to this quiz without even knowing it). She's married to someone else now but she and House waste little time fanning old flames, sleeping together for old time's sake, deciding to get married, deciding not to, arguing incessantly, flirting MORE incessantly - all this while her husband is dangerously ill, no less, in the hospital. Murky business indeed but murky business follows Dr. House wherever he goes, it seems. He certainly doesn't make life easy for anybody, notably himself. Good thing he has a best male friend to talk to, resistant as the young fellow is to be bestowed such a badge. Who plays House's pal Dr. James Wilson on "House, M.D."? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Hugh Laurie was in a film remake that came out in 2004 (the same year "House, M.D." hit the airwaves). In it, he co-starred with Dennis Quaid, among others. Which film was this?

Answer: The Flight Of The Phoenix

"The Flight Of The Phoenix" was originally released in 1965 with a stellar cast led by Jimmy Stewart. While the 'updated' version stuck with the concept of the initial film (plane crashes in the desert, survivors attempt to avoid disaster if not death, etc.) the remake was not quite up to the first one, according to critics and audiences alike.

A perfect example of "more" not being the same at all as "better".
2. Dennis Quaid took on a risky role in 2002's "Far From Heaven" and did an exceptional job (more often than not, he does that). In the movie, his co-stars were Julianne Moore and Dennis Haysbert. The latter Dennis we know as the (now dead) President on TV's "24". In that series, what was that President's name?

Answer: President David Palmer

The 1950s got a good going over in "Far From Heaven", no doubt about that. Quaid played an otherwise "model" husband, who was just happening to be emerging from the closet, while his wife (Moore) was hitting the sheets with a black man (Haysbert). So much for the rigid morality that gets assigned to that decade, yes?
3. The TV series "24", a critical and popular hit, took a novel idea and ran with it - the hour long show reflects an hour's worth of action and various intrigue as it goes minute by minute. The show got a shot in the arm in 2005-6 in adding the juicy character of the new First Lady named Martha Logan. Who plays Martha?

Answer: Jean Smart

In a word, Martha Logan is a mess BUT she's great fun to watch. Jean Smart has certainly broken the mold she started for herself with her character Charlene from the 80s sitcom "Designing Women" (Charlene was a goody-two-shoes to the core; Mrs. Logan doesn't remotely have that personality pattern).

She almost steals the thunder out from under Kiefer Sutherland in "24", and that's not the easiest thing to do.
4. Kiefer Sutherland is the lead in TV's "24", and a worthy star in his own right. This could easily be due, in part, to his gene pool since his father is veteran actor Donald Sutherland. The question this time is which film earned Donald his only Academy Award Nomination in the 1970s/1980s?

Answer: He was never nominated for an Oscar!

The elder Sutherland has not been nominated but, at the time of this writing, he is only 70 years old and still actively working. There is still time and he certainly exhibits sufficient energy.
5. Elliot Gould and Donald Sutherland were a memorable pair of surgeons serving in Korea in 1970's "M*A*S*H" (roles later taken by Alan Alda as 'Hawkeye' Pierce and Wayne Rogers as Trapper John in the long-running TV series). As for the television version, which of these statements about it is true?

Answer: One of the actors, in real life, died one day before (and from the same thing) as did the actor who played the same role in the movie version.

McLean Stevenson (TV show) and Roger Bowen (movie) both died in mid February 1996 after suffering heart attacks - they had both portrayed Lt. Colonel Henry Blake. There IS a Tony Packo's (I know this because I've eaten there; they serve the best hot dogs and pickles! Klinger was right about that much, anyway!). 'Hawkeye' and Margaret never actually made love.

They went as far as a passionate kiss and stopped there. And, since all speculation was that the series would fail miserably, movie stars (no matter their loyalty to the concept) stayed away from it enthusiastically at first, even for guest shots.
6. Alan Alda, lead actor in the TV show "M*A*S*H", made a nice film career as his success on the small screen ballooned. One notable feature in which he participated was "Same Time, Next Year" (1978) where he shacked up with a married woman (played by Ellen Burstyn) one weekend a year for decades. He was married, too, and anxiety ran high as did the turbulent changes in their lives. Doris and George went through a lot together on those annual weekends, though. Such as what?

Answer: On one of their weekends he helped her give birth. On another she consoled him after he revealed that his son had been killed in Vietnam.

Some of those things did happen but not all of them. Doris a nun and George, poor jumpy George, a murderer? I think not. But it was a lovely, albeit a bit wicked, love story. The joy of it was watching them not only grow together but to watch what the various "eras" between the 1950s and the 1970s had done to the world and to them in it. Burstyn was Oscar-nominated for her work in "Same Time, Next Year", Alda wasn't.
7. As played by Sam Shepard and Ellen Burstyn in 1980, Edna and Cal were nothing short of the most unlikely pair of lovers to be found in "Resurrection". After a near death experience she emerged as a healer, some said a "God", which was a far cry from what she was before the accident. Cal was a rascal from start to finish. Shepard, a noteworthy playwright, really proved his acting chops in the film and, at around the same time, made another movie where he played Harry York opposite the actress that would become his true life lover and mother of his children. That would be Jessica Lange. Which film were they in together in the early 80s? Note: his part wasn't nearly as large as was hers.

Answer: Frances (he played a lifelong friend/love interest)

"Frances" was a good movie - a perfect vehicle for Lange to show her stuff - but it was fictionalized considerably more than a little. Released in 1982 it told the story of spirited 1930s actress Frances Farmer who was riddled with emotional problems which landed her in ultimately tragic hot water.

The Harry York character, while someone by that name DID exist, is mostly a blend of people in Farmer's life. In the film, he stuck by her through thick and thin. In truth, one of Frances's biggest challenges in her true story is that no one ever did that.
8. In 1994, after sitting on the shelf for years, a film called "Blue Sky" found its way to screen. Jessica Lange was in it, starring with Tommy Lee Jones as her beleaguered husband. He was in the military and she was colorful, to say the least. Hank and Carly Marshall had, on a good day, a rocky marriage at best. She was basically off her rocker and his military job kept them moving around which made her skittishness reinforced. In the end (or somewhere in the middle) she drifts into an affair and he becomes increasingly disturbed by his wife's orneriness and the rigors of his military assignment. What exactly was the project about that Hank Marshall was working with, by the way?

Answer: Nuclear experimentation

Hank was very uncomfortable with the hazards of nuclear testing and his endeavors were top secret, which made his uncomfortableness even greater. That pressure, the family's rootlessness and, of course, Carly's purely lunatic behavior was, at the end of the day, as combustible as any nuclear explosion might be.

The film was the last one from Orion Films, which was buried in financial duress (which caused "Blue Sky" to be shelved to begin with) and also the final directorial contribution of the esteemed Tony Richardson.

The last laugh was Jessica Lange's, however. She was named Best Actress that year for her work in this film, making it impossible not to notice that the lovely Miss Lange plays 'unbalanced' with the best of them.
9. Poor Dr. Richard Kimble! He returns home to find his wife, the short-lived Sela Ward, murdered and quickly finds himself to be the prime suspect. Soon there are spectacular train wrecks, daring escapes and more thrills than Jennifer Lopez has publicists! There's no need to wonder if the good doctor was guilty. Of course he wasn't! But his fervent pursuer, Tommy Lee Jones, was hell bent on catching him nonetheless. Harrison Ford played Kimble, and did so to fine and pulsating effect. I was wondering - what was Harrison's first feature film? Ever?

Answer: Dead Heat On A Merry-Go-Round

They didn't even give the poor 24-year old a screen credit for the movie which found theatres in 1967. It probably didn't bother him much since he DID get paid and also got a small part in a James Coburn movie. A pretty forgettable Coburn movie, but let's not split hairs.

It took a souped up hot rod and a night of cruising in "American Graffiti" (Ford was 30 when that movie came out, believe it or not!) and a kinship with a Wookie in "Star Wars" to put Harrison on the map. His work is pretty solid, even earning him a nomination for a Best Actor Oscar for "Witness" (1985).
10. The lovely Emmy Award winning Sela Ward took a role on TV's "House, M.D." in 2005, playing the ex of the enigmatic Dr. Gregory House (brought to life by Hugh Laurie, who lent his name to this quiz without even knowing it). She's married to someone else now but she and House waste little time fanning old flames, sleeping together for old time's sake, deciding to get married, deciding not to, arguing incessantly, flirting MORE incessantly - all this while her husband is dangerously ill, no less, in the hospital. Murky business indeed but murky business follows Dr. House wherever he goes, it seems. He certainly doesn't make life easy for anybody, notably himself. Good thing he has a best male friend to talk to, resistant as the young fellow is to be bestowed such a badge. Who plays House's pal Dr. James Wilson on "House, M.D."?

Answer: Robert Sean Leonard

Remember Leonard? From "Dead Poet's Society"? His role here is small, but important - rare is the man who could even pretend to be chummy with Dr. House but Robert Sean pulls it off. Dr. Gregory House is, I dare say, one of the most interesting and layered characters on TV.

He's essentially brilliant but visibly nuts usually. He seems to abhor authority figures no more or no less as intensely as he verbally detests subordinates. He is entrusted to save lives but looks like someone you wouldn't want in a crowd with a loaded gun! The biggest thrill of it is that he is unsettling in every way but irresistable to watch, to even care about. Laurie is a skilled actor and slyly shows that House is a very vulnerable man. All the bluster is only designed to keep people (and audiences) guessing about that part of his persona. Hugh Laurie, born in England in 1959, is in truth a very opposite sort than his character.

He's married, the father of three, an accomplished pianist. Upon getting the role in "House, M.D.", though, he purchased an all-black Triumph motorcycle - for several reasons. One of them notably was that he liked the helmet; with it on no one could see him and he cozied to that notion. Sounds a bit "House"-ish to me.
Source: Author Gatsby722

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