Ghosts on the U.S. TV show "Ghosts" (Part 2) Quiz

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Here are the main ghosts that are regular cast characters on the CBS TV show "Ghosts":

Alberta Haynes is a Prohibition-era jazz singer ghost, portrayed by actress Danielle Pinnock. One of the important storylines in the second season was the decades-old murder mystery surrounding her death (poisoned by strychnine-laced moonshine), but originally ruled a cardiac arrest after her performance on New Year's Eve, 1928 at Woodstone Manor. She is confident and loves the spotlight, but also has a very soft, vulnerable side. Her ghost power is that she can hum melodies, eerie or otherwise, that are audible to the living.

Actress Sheila Carrasco portrays Flower, aka Susan Montero, the sweet hippy who seems constantly spaced out. Her death in the 1960s was as unconventional: she was mauled by a bear when she thought it wanted a bear hug from her. She was high on hallucinogenic mushrooms in that moment which explains why her ghostly demeanor is always scatterbrained. Despite her forgetful, hippyish peace-loving naivete, she has displayed a surprisingly shrewd and intelligent side at times. Her ghostly power is that she can make living people experience a psychedelic "trip" for a very short while when she walks through them.

Sasappis, is a ghost from the Lenape tribe who died in the 1500s and is the second-oldest ghost residing in Woodstone Manor. Portrayed by Román Zaragoza, Sasappis was a young, shy Lenape man who dreamed of becoming a storyteller, a respected role in his tribe. His father bestowed him with an eagle feather for courage, but Sasappis but he died before he could tell his first story at a harvest ceremony. His cause of death has not yet been revealed. His ghost power is that he is able to enter living people's dreams, and in some cases, if there is good reason, to influence those people; fittingly this power fulfills his desire to be a storyteller.

Trevor Lefkowitz, a Wall Street stockbroker at Lehman Brothers in 2000 is one of the main ghost characters, portrayed by Asher Grodman. He is the most recently deceased ghost of the main cast, having died of a fatal heart attack from a mixture of alcohol and drugs during a celebration at Woodstone Mansion with his colleagues in the year 2000. Trevor was the "finance bro", a wealthy, hard-partying Wharton School graduate who loved talking about his sexual exploits, celebrity parties, frat brothers. But it is revealed that his pantsless appearance in the afterlife is due to actually to an act of empathy for a junior colleague being hazed. Trevor's ghost power is the ability to manipulate small objects with great effort, which is most often exhibited by his typing on a keyboard with painstaking near exhaustion.

These are the semi-regular ghosts in the show who appear from time to time:

Lieutenant Colonel Nigel Chessum was commanding a British regiment in Upstate New York when he was accidentally shot by a Continental Army officer. He is portrayed by American comedian actor John Hartman, and his Nigel character resides in a shed on the Woodstone property with other British soldiers, and he has had a story arc involving a romantic relationship with a ghost living in the main manor.

Elias Woodstone, portrayed by actor and comedian Matt Walsh, is the 19th-century robber baron/industrialist ghost who was lord of the Woodstone Manor when he was alive. He is a scoundrel, cheating in his marriage and in society and he died when he suffocated inside of a vault when he was locked inside by the designer of that secret vault, who was angry when learning of his wife's affair with Elias. Elias's ghost remained trapped in the vault for about 130 years until Sam and Jay discovered and opened it. His ghost power is that when he walks through living people, they experience brief sexual arousal.

Carol Martino is a recurring ghost character who actually started out as a living being in several episodes of the show as the widow of one of the regular cast ghosts. She is portrayed by Caroline Aaron, and we learn in her story arc that she had cheated on her husband with his best friend Jerry, and her dead husband hears this confession since he is in the room unseen by her, of course, as he's a ghost. In the season 3 Halloween episode, Carol meets her demise when she chokes on a powdered donut hole and dies at the Woodstone Manor Halloween party. She then becomes a ghost bound to the property, just like the others.

The murder suspect, named Donna, had been framed for the murder of her husband, Gerald, whereas the real murderer was her neighbor, Linda, who killed Gerald with a pitchfork over a parking dispute. Framing Donna was easy since, at the time, she was in a Halloween costume, with a pitchfork. So, Donna (actress Allegra Edwards) fled to St. Lucia, but then died when a cell phone fell from a balcony and struck her on the head, becoming a ghost bound to the hotel property. She met one of the Woodstone Manor ghosts because his ghost power was that he was able to leave the Woodstone property, and the two of them began a relationship. And then he helped clear her good name with some detective work, discovering the real killer.

Nichole Sakura portrays the "car ghost" Jessica-a "car ghost" being one who has died in a car accident and is thus bound to that vehicle, which makes for a tricky situation when Jessica strikes up a relationship with Sasappis since he can't leave the Woodstone property. As a result, their relationship could only continue when Jessica's car is on the Woodstone grounds. But when the car's owner decided to sell the car, Jessica realized she would be leaving the relationship when the car was purchased by a rock band, and she would be in a lifestyle that was exciting and full of her first love: fast food.

In season 1, actor Matt Keyes provided the headless body of the ghost character nicknamed Crash, the headless ghost of a 1950s greaser, while the head he carried was voiced by Hudson Thames. From Season 2 and thereafter, Alex Boniello was the voice. Crash has the classic motorcycle-riding greaser look: black leather jacket, white shirt, and black hair, slicked-back. It is assumed his decapitation was the result of a motorcycle accident. There are times, however, when he appears "headed" but that's only because he is balancing the head on his neck, and it can therefore be easily knocked.

And here are the ghosts that are NOT characters on the TV show "Ghosts":

Eleanor Twitty is the very first ghost encountered by the Aykroyd, Murray, and Ramis team in the first "Ghostbusters" movie in 1984. She was known as the Library Ghost who haunts the New York Public Library. Portrayed by actress Ruth Hale Oliver she first appears in the library as a quiet, elderly woman, but then transmogrifies into a skeletal monster who roars at the Ghostbusters in that unforgettable scene.

Elvira is the first wife of the character Charles Condomine in Noël Coward's play "Blithe Spirit" who is a mischievous spirit in the play who has returned to haunt and cause chaos in her Charles's life. She was summoned back from the spirit world accidentally during a séance at the home of Charles and his second wife, Ruth.

Ferdie the Fox Cub is a character from the 1948 animated short "There's Good Boos To-Night," which was the second short film in the animated series of "Casper the Friendly Ghost" shorts. Ferdie feels sorry for Casper after all the animals run away from him scared. So, he approaches Casper without fear, and befriends him. Ferdie suffered a tragic death when a hunter's bullet passes through Casper and kills Ferdie. But they have an emotional reunion when Ferdie's spirit rises from the grave that Casper buried him in, becoming friends forever.

George Kerby is the ghost of a wealthy, fun-loving socialite who, along with his wife Marion, returns from the afterlife to shake up the life of their repressed friend in the 1937 supernatural screwball comedy called "Topper." Silver screen legend Cary Grant portrays George, who when alive lived a glamorous and irresponsible life of non-stop partying with his wife played by Constance Bennett. After a night of drunken carousing, George crashes their car, and the couple become ghosts, who further realize they must perform a good deed to get into Heaven

Jacob Marley, died seven years before the story in Charles Dickens's 1843 novella, "A Christmas Carol" begins. His ghost is condemned to wander the Earth, and he is the first ghost to haunt Ebeneezer Scrooge, his former business partner in their moneylending/creditor business. He spooks Scrooge and tells him that he will be haunted by Three Spirits with important lessons for Scrooge to learn if he wishes to find redemption. It's the rare story that is a great to read on Halloween and/or Christmas!