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Quiz about Homicide Life on the Street Bit Characters
Quiz about Homicide Life on the Street Bit Characters

"Homicide: Life on the Street" Bit Characters Quiz

Well-known names have shown up as bit characters in the show. This is a quiz about some of them.

A multiple-choice quiz by bxbarracuda. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
bxbarracuda
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
265,036
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Difficult
Avg Score
5 / 10
Plays
285
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Question 1 of 10
1. This famous name that showed up on a "Homicide" episode was that of the lead singer for the Seattle-area band known for the song "Would". Hint


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Question 2 of 10
2. This person was the bassist for the most famous grunge band. Hint


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Question 3 of 10
3. In this episode, the character name will be off by one letter from the real person. The real person has been a musician in a back up band, though he might be more well-known as an actor these days. Hint


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Question 4 of 10
4. This rock band guitarist made one of his only acting appearances in a role on "Homicide", and his band is also part of a roller coaster ride. Hint


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Question 5 of 10
5. This famous name was an actor from a movie which featured the character Long John Silver. Hint


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Question 6 of 10
6. Jazz musician is the claim to fame for this famous person who had their name appear in an episode. Hint


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Question 7 of 10
7. This person played a colorful character on a children's television show. Hint


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Question 8 of 10
8. This name is that of a person who can be likened to a real life Grizzly Adams. Hint


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Question 9 of 10
9. This is another person with a name off by one letter, but this time it changes the famous writer's gender. Hint


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Question 10 of 10
10. This famous name is that of a character from a 1950's movie. Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. This famous name that showed up on a "Homicide" episode was that of the lead singer for the Seattle-area band known for the song "Would".

Answer: Layne Staley

 Layne was the lead singer for Alice in Chains and left this world way too early.

The episode was "Black and Blue" and first aired on January 20th, 1994.

Eddie is the lead singer of Pearl Jam, Chris was lead singer of Soundgarden and Trent is known for Nine Inch Nails.
2. This person was the bassist for the most famous grunge band.

Answer: Chris "Krist" Novoselic

 Known while playing with Nirvana as Chris, he changed his name from the English spelling to Krist, and he wrote a book called "Of Grunge and Government: Let's Fix This Broken Democracy!"

The episode was "A Many Splendored Thing" and first aired on January 27th, 1994.

Van has been bassist for Seattle-based Screaming Trees, Jeff Ament has been the bassist for Pearl Jam and John Paul Jones was the bassist for Led Zepplin.
3. In this episode, the character name will be off by one letter from the real person. The real person has been a musician in a back up band, though he might be more well-known as an actor these days.

Answer: Stephen Van Zandt

 Steven Van Brandt was the character name, while Stephen Van Zandt has been part of the E Street Band and also played Silvio on the "Sopranos".

The episode was "Thrill of the Kill" and aired on November 10th, 1995.

Clarence Clemons has also been in the E Street Band that has backed Bruce Springsteen, Billy Blough was in the Deleware Destroyers who backed George Thorogood, and Gary Ryan was a Blackheart for Joan Jett.
4. This rock band guitarist made one of his only acting appearances in a role on "Homicide", and his band is also part of a roller coaster ride.

Answer: Joe Perry

 Joe Perry of Aerosmith played Joe Landrewsky and is credited as Anthony Joseph Perry.

The episode was "Brotherly Love" and aired on October 16th, 1998.

The roller coaster featuring Aerosmith can be found at Disney World MGM Studios.

Ace is from Kiss, Ritchie from Deep Purple and Mick from Bad Company.
5. This famous name was an actor from a movie which featured the character Long John Silver.

Answer: William Devlin

 William Devlin played Morgan in 1950 version of "Treasure Island".

The episode was "Finnegan's Wake" and aired on April 24th, 1998.

All three other choices have captained ships in movies.
6. Jazz musician is the claim to fame for this famous person who had their name appear in an episode.

Answer: Mark McCarron

 Mark McCarron is a jazz guitarist.

The episode was "Full Court Press" and aired on April 3rd, 1998.
7. This person played a colorful character on a children's television show.

Answer: Sasha Williams

 Sasha Williams played the Yellow Power Ranger.

The episode was "Zen and the Art of Murder" and aired on April 2nd, 1999.

All three other choices are actresses.
8. This name is that of a person who can be likened to a real life Grizzly Adams.

Answer: Clayton Mack

 Clayton Mack was an outdoorsman and author known for his books on grizzly bears and claiming to have seen Sasquatch.

The epsisode was "Identity Crisis" and aired on April 30th, 1999.

Dan Haggerty played Grizzly Adams on the T.V. show of the same name, Paul Cropper is a bigfoot hunter and Timothy McSweeney has searched for the Yeti.
9. This is another person with a name off by one letter, but this time it changes the famous writer's gender.

Answer: Alexandre Dumas

 The character in the episode was Alexandra Dumas, while Alexandre Dumas was a writer best known for the novels "The Count of Monte Cristo" and "The Three Musketeers".

The episode was "Heartbeat" and aired on December 8th, 1995.

The other three choices are all authors whose gender can be changed wtih one letter.
10. This famous name is that of a character from a 1950's movie.

Answer: Alice Kingley

 Alice Kingley was the character played by Patricia Neal in the movie "Washington Story".

The episode was "Abduction" and first aired on March 27th, 1998.

Hank Quinlan is from the movie "Touch of Evil", George Broulard is from "Paths of Glory" and John Ferguson is from "Vertigo".
Source: Author bxbarracuda

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