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Quiz about Famous Characters and the Schools Linked With Them
Quiz about Famous Characters and the Schools Linked With Them

Famous Characters and the Schools Linked With Them Quiz


Do you know these fictitious places of higher education on television and the movies and the characters associated with them? It's time to go back to school and try to remember those awesome times. This was previously an adopted quiz.
This is a renovated/adopted version of an old quiz by author joopie

A multiple-choice quiz by BullsGold. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
BullsGold
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
83,285
Updated
Mar 23 26
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
8 / 10
Plays
29
Last 3 plays: Guest 24 (4/10), lethisen250582 (10/10), spanishliz (5/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. On "Beverly Hills 90210", what was the name of the high school that was the most popular and prominently-attended on the show? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Which groovy high school did the kids, especially Greg and Marcia, attend during "The Brady Bunch" television show? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Daniel LaRusso, the main protagonist of "The Karate Kid" (1984), recently moved to California and almost immediately got bullied at school by Johnny Lawrence of the Cobra Kai dojo. What high school did they all attend? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. The 1960s cartoon, "The Jetsons", has the Jetson's 16-year-old daughter Judy attending a futuristic school high in the sky and clouds. What is the name of her high school? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Which high school in the Boston area did Sabrina Spellman attend on "Sabrina, The Teenage Witch" (the 1996 television series)? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. It's the time of "Happy Days" with Fonzie trying to roam the halls there along with Richie Cunningham, Potsie Webber, and Ralph Malph. What high school did they all attend? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. This high school was first featured in the "Batman" TV series in the season 2 episode "That Darn Catwoman" (1967) where Robin, giving a graduation speech, is scratched by Pussycat (Lesley Gore) with a drug that changes him into a criminal instead of a crime fighter. What school did this take place at? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. "The Breakfast Club" was mostly filmed at a shut-down school named Maine North High School in Des Plaines, Illinois. Director John Hughes gave the school the same name as he did in the movies "Weird Science", "Sixteen Candles", and "Ferris Bueller's Day Off". What was the name of the school? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Venice High School was the actual real name of the school used in the scenes of the movie "Grease" (1978), but what was the name of the school in the movie? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. One of the scenes in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" occurred when Ridgemont High School played the crosstown rival in football. What was the name of the rival team that Ridgemont player Charles Jefferson almost single-handedly destroyed? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. On "Beverly Hills 90210", what was the name of the high school that was the most popular and prominently-attended on the show?

Answer: West Beverly Hills High School

Many of the exterior shots are of the actual Torrance High School. Later on, Torrance High School was used for "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" as well.

It is true that in the 1990s television show, its characters attended the fictional West Beverly Hills High School. Sometimes on the show it was called "West Bev". Although "West Bev" was the fictional name of the TV high school, the program itself was inspired by the real Beverly Hills High School.
2. Which groovy high school did the kids, especially Greg and Marcia, attend during "The Brady Bunch" television show?

Answer: Westdale High School

They first attended Filmore Junior High School before Westdale and before Filmore it was Woodlawn Elementary School. Greg was considered the "Casanova of Clinton Street" and Jan is more known than any of the other kids on the show to attend Filmore.

The Brady house was located in Sherman Oaks. It was the actual Taft High School in Woodland Hills where most of the scenes of the show were taken. Yes, mother Carol Brady was an alumni from Westdale too!
3. Daniel LaRusso, the main protagonist of "The Karate Kid" (1984), recently moved to California and almost immediately got bullied at school by Johnny Lawrence of the Cobra Kai dojo. What high school did they all attend?

Answer: West Valley High School

West Valley High School is also where Daniel tries to make the soccer team, but gets picked on by Lawrence and other members of Cobra Kai and decide it's not worth it. Soon after, he meets Mr. Miyagi who teaches him the art of karate. In a short time, he and Daniel work hard enough to get him into the All-Valley Under-18 Karate Tournament. Daniel works his way through the competition, and in the finals wins his match and the tournament with his surprise crane kick.
4. The 1960s cartoon, "The Jetsons", has the Jetson's 16-year-old daughter Judy attending a futuristic school high in the sky and clouds. What is the name of her high school?

Answer: Orbit High School

Other characters are the most popular cheerleader, Sally Spaceout, and "sporto" Rocky Retro, who is an athlete there. They even have robot teachers. Younger brother Elroy attends the separate Little Dipper School not too far away. The buildings have a "Googie" architectural style. They are sometimes bubble-shaped. Her father, George, was the star pitcher for the school's spaceball team.
5. Which high school in the Boston area did Sabrina Spellman attend on "Sabrina, The Teenage Witch" (the 1996 television series)?

Answer: Westbridge High School

The high school that Sabrina Spellman and friends Jenny Kelly and Harvey Kinkle attended was Westbridge High School in Westbridge, Massachusetts. Located near Boston, this is where she met her friends Jenny Kelly and Harvey Kinkle, and her rival Libby Chessler. She eventually graduates from Westbridge. Some of her teachers were Mrs. Quick, and Mr. Pool.

Sabrina's middle name is Victoria. "Sabrina the Teenage Witch" first appeared as part of "Archies Comics" in "Archie's Madhouse" #22 in October 1962. In the "Archie" comics they all attend Baxter High School.
6. It's the time of "Happy Days" with Fonzie trying to roam the halls there along with Richie Cunningham, Potsie Webber, and Ralph Malph. What high school did they all attend?

Answer: Jefferson High School

Jefferson High School was located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Fonzie tried to go to school there for a while as well, but struggled and dropped out. Potsie, Ralph, and Richie all played on the high school basketball team. When Richie was a senior there he was a member of the school's newspaper club. Fonzie eventually received his degree there and became a vocational instructor at Jefferson.
7. This high school was first featured in the "Batman" TV series in the season 2 episode "That Darn Catwoman" (1967) where Robin, giving a graduation speech, is scratched by Pussycat (Lesley Gore) with a drug that changes him into a criminal instead of a crime fighter. What school did this take place at?

Answer: Aaron Burr High School

"That Darn Catwoman" was Season 2, Episode 40 and Catwoman was played by Julie Newmar. The school is the beginning place where Catwoman sets off to rob the Gotham City Mint. Robin is drugged on the backstage of the auditorium and beats up Chief O'Hara.
8. "The Breakfast Club" was mostly filmed at a shut-down school named Maine North High School in Des Plaines, Illinois. Director John Hughes gave the school the same name as he did in the movies "Weird Science", "Sixteen Candles", and "Ferris Bueller's Day Off". What was the name of the school?

Answer: Shermer High School

Yes, director John Hughes named all of the movies listed as having a Shermer High School. Shermer Road was actually the name of the street he had lived on as a child.

Eventually North Maine was closed down and used as a building for a regional headquarters of the Illinois State Police.

The story revolves around a mean vice-principal named Richard "Dick" Vernon, as the detention supervisor on a Saturday, and the back-and-forth struggles five students had that day with him and each other.
9. Venice High School was the actual real name of the school used in the scenes of the movie "Grease" (1978), but what was the name of the school in the movie?

Answer: Rydell High School

Rydell High School is the main fictional high school name of the "Grease" series. It was included in the original 1978 film "Grease", its 1982 sequel "Grease 2", as well as the 2023 prequel "Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies". It was named after Bobby Rydell, who was a teen idol in the 1950s.

The main stars of the original movie "Grease" were John Travolta as Danny Zuko and Olivia Newton-John as Sandy Olsson.
10. One of the scenes in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" occurred when Ridgemont High School played the crosstown rival in football. What was the name of the rival team that Ridgemont player Charles Jefferson almost single-handedly destroyed?

Answer: Lincoln High School

Charles Jefferson was played by Forrest Whitaker, who's more than ticked off because his car, a 1981 Camaro, was wrecked and destroyed. He thinks it was the players at Lincoln High, but instead, it was Jeff Spicoli and Charles' brother who wrecked it the night before. They are both high on marijuana at the time of the accident, to which Spicoli announces to his friend... "I can fix it!"
Source: Author BullsGold

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