Professions in Entertainment Trivia

1. What is the name of the religious minister in 'The Simpsons'?

From Quiz You Gotta Have Faith

Answer: Rev Timothy Lovejoy

Reverend Timothy Lovejoy is the minister at The First Church of Springfield in the animated series 'The Simpsons'. The character first appeared in 1990 in an episode titled 'The Telltale Head'. He is a protestant minister of the fictional "Western Branch of American Reform Presbylutheranism" church.

From Quiz Laughter is the Best Medicine

Answer: Scrubs

'Scrubs' was a medical comedy show that ran for nine seasons from 2001 to 2010. The show focuses on a group of medical interns as they start and develop their careers as doctors. The central character, J.D. was played by Zach Braff, while Turk, J.D.s best friend, was played by Donald Faison. Dr Perry Cox was played by John C. McGinley, Cox is a more senior doctor at the hospital who is J.D.'s supervisor and mentor.

From Quiz The Street Lawyer

Answer: Gambini

Vinny Gambini had no trial experience when he was able to finagle himself into defending his cousin Bill Gambini (played by Ralph Macchio) in a first-degree murder case. Vinny's proficiency as a 'Street Lawyer' enabled him to rule out Bill's Buick as the car used at the scene of the crime.

From Quiz Captains Courageous I

Answer: Captain Miles Standish

Christopher Jones was the captain of the Mayflower and John Smith, of course, was the leader of the Jamestown colony in Virginia and was not with the Pilgrims in Plymouth. Billy Pilgrim was a character in Kurt Vonnegut's "Slaughter House Five." Although there is also a folk duo named Billy Pilgrim based in Atlanta who adopted the name of the Vonnegut character in 1994. Miles Standish was a historical personage who was elected first commander of the Plymouth militia in 1621. He was so effective a military leader that the militia continued re-electing him for the rest of his life.

From Quiz Good Cop, Bad Cop

Answer: Lou and Eddie

Lou is the competent one who often has to stop and correct Chief Wiggum, particularly in areas of basic policing. As a result, Lou often draws the disdain of Wiggum. Eddie is not very bright but has proven himself to be more competent than Wiggum.

From Quiz Entertaining Nuns

Answer: Sally Field

"The Flying Nun", according to the premise of the show, could take to the skies because of her light weight and aerodynamic head wear. Hollywood used Sally Field's previous work on the show "Gidget" to define her life before becoming a nun, as a surfer girl. In fact, some clips from "Gidget" were actually used in "The Flying Nun".

From Quiz Cold Blood, Hot Lead

Answer: Dennis

Sheldon Plankton wants Eugene H. Krabs dead. He comes up with a foolproof scheme - he steals King Neptune's crown, flogs it off to Shell City and then frames Krabs for it. The King sentences Krabs to death by burning unless he can retrieve the crown within six days. "That wasn't how it was supposed go down," thinks Plankton and, what's worse, that meddlesome duo of SpongeBob and Patrick set off on a quest to retrieve it. That's when Plankton calls in Dennis, a vicious, cold blooded predator. This question was created by Phoenix Rising member pollucci19.

From Quiz The Crime-busters

Answer: Elliott Gould

Elliott Gould is an American actor who has been acting in Hollywood films since the 1960s. "The Long Goodbye" (1973) was the only time he portrayed Philip Marlowe; it is set around fake suicide, killings, alcoholism, drugs and the betrayal of friendships. Humphrey Bogart is ranked as one of the greatest male actors in the history of American cinema. He only appeared in one movie as Philip Marlowe and that was "The Big Sleep" (1946). Robert Mitchum was an American actor, author, composer and singer. He portrayed Philip Marlowe in "Farewell My Lovely" (1975) and "The Big Sleep" (1978). James Garner was an American actor, voice artist, producer, singer and comedian. He appeared as Philip Marlowe in "Marlowe" (1969). However, he is best known for the TV series in which he was the star in "Maverick" and "The Rockford Files".

From Quiz Entertainment is Serious Business

Answer: Plankton

Plankton has quite often failed miserably at his attempts to steal the Krabby Patty secret formula. The Chum Bucket is also a failure of a restaurant, something that Plankton's computer wife Karen is constantly pointing out to him.

From Quiz I Object!

Answer: Cynthia Nixon

"Sex and the City" ran for six years, from 1998 to 2004 and won multiple television awards. Cynthia Nixon, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis and Kim Cattrall played four young women living their lives in New York City. Miranda Hobbes was an ambitious, successful and skeptical lawyer who considered men and relationships with a cynical air. She acts as the rational voice of reason to the more optimistic and romantic Carrie Bradshaw. Despite the cynicism, Miranda was given a happy ending when she married her on-again off-again boyfriend and had a son.

From Quiz Work With the Animals

Answer: Nigel Thornberry

Nigel Thornberry is the eccentric British father of a family of documentary-makers and nature enthusiasts in the cartoon "The Wild Thornberrys". This series is centred on Eliza, Nigel's youngest daughter who has the ability to communicate with animals. The family also includes the mother (Marianne) and older daughter Debbie, who is usually accompanied by a wild boy named Donnie whom the family befriended.

From Quiz So You Want to Be a Paralegal?

Answer: Julia Roberts

"Erin Brockovich" is a 2000 film. It is a true underdog story. Erin is a woman with no formal training who takes on a huge corporation and wins.

From Quiz By The Left - Quick March

Answer: Leslie Thomas

"The Virgin Soldiers" is a 1966 novel which is an account of a solider called up for National Service in the 1950s. It is set in a British Army base in Singapore and concentrates on the Malayan emergency of the time. Leslie Thomas drew heavily on his own experience of National Service when writing the book. It was later made into a film (1969) starring Hywel Bennet. Despite the subject matter both the book and the film are comedies. Leslie Thomas was a news reporter before becoming a novelist. He covered the trial of Adolf Eichmann, the funeral of Sir Winston Churchill and many royal tours. "The Virgin Soldiers" was his first novel, but he has gone on to write many others. The "Dangerous Davies Detective Series" have been made into a television series. He has been a regular guest on chat shows and documentaries.

From Quiz Detectives in Fiction

Answer: The Saint

The Saint, or Simon Templar, appeared in five films between 1939 and 1941. He appeared in a British TV series with Roger Moore in the title role and a 1997 movie starring Val Kilmer.

From Quiz We Didn't Start The Fire

Answer: Third Watch

Set during the 3pm to 11pm shift (the third watch) the series followed the lives of police officers, firefighters and paramedics based at the fictional 55th precinct and firehouse. The show, which balanced single episode events with on-going story lines, received a fair deal of criticism for its detailed violence and frequent use of profanity. The main cast included Eddie Cibrian in the role of firefighter James "Jimmy" Doherty. Their season three episode "In Their Own Words", which had a number of the show's regular actors/characters introducing film clips featuring interviews of real life firefighters who responded to the 9/11 attacks, earned the programme the prestigious Peabody Award.

From Quiz Criminals R Us

Answer: Hannibal Hayes and Kid Curry

Running between 1971 and 1973, this western was about two outlaws trying to turn over a new leaf to get a pardon. It followed them as they criss crossed America getting involved in the lives of various people they met. There were similarities between it and the film "Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid", not least the appearance of Devils Hole Gang, who were clearly based on the Hole In The Wall Gang.

From Quiz Would You Hire a Rent-A-Cop?

Answer: Burt Reynolds

This movie did not get rave reviews, in fact, both Burt Reynolds and Liza Minnelli were nominated for "Golden Raspberry Awards". The plot was considered tame, but the chemistry between Burt and Liza worked well. The soundtrack by Jerry Goldsmith, has been released twice, the second release as a more complete version.

From Quiz Fictional British Military Heroes

Answer: Horatio Hornblower

Despite not having the advantages of money or influence, Hornblower eventually rises to Admiral of the Fleet Baron Hornblower, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath.

From Quiz Military Titles in Entertainment

Answer: Newman

Peck portrayed Josiah Newmman, a psychiatrist in a World War II military hospital. The movie was both tragic and comic; it also starred a young Bobby Darrin in a memorable performance.

From Quiz Teachers 'R' Us: Fiction's Finest Educators

Answer: Seymour Skinner

Seymour Skinner was the head teacher of Springfield Elementary School in the animated TV series "The Simpsons" (from December 1989). Harry Shearer provided the voice. Skinner had been a Green Beret captured by the enemy in the Vietnam War. That hardly toughened him enough to deal with the unruly kids, led by Bart Simpson. The love of his life was fellow teacher Edna Krabappel, though she had to fight for his attentions over the demands of his domineering mother. Note: All of the "wrong" answers were also fictional teachers.

From Quiz Famous Detectives

Answer: Fish

Yes, it was Fish and he played the dour faced, slouchy detective. Hal Linden was the Captain of the precinct. Max Gail was Wojo, Ron Glass played Detective Harris and Steve Landesberg played Detective Dietrich. It was a great series running from 1975-1982.

From Quiz For Better or Worse, The Great British Nurse

Answer: Open All Hours

Linda Baron was born in 1942. Nurse Gladys Emanuel was an attractive, buxom district nurse who was unofficially engaged to the tight-fisted grocer, Arkwright. "Open All Hours" aired from 1976 to 1985. More recently Ms Baron has appeared in "Eastenders" and "Doctors". She has appeared consistently on stage and screen since her 1963 debut in the film "Hide and Seek". All the choices listed starred the late Ronnie Barker.

From Quiz You Gotta Have Faith

Answer: G.K. Chesterton

The English author G.K. Chesterton wrote fifty-three short stories featuring the character Father Brown which were published between 1910 and 1936. The character is a Roman Catholic priest who uses his intuition to solve crimes.

From Quiz Don't Be An Anti-Dentite!

Answer: Marathon Man

"Marathon Man" is a 1976 thriller starring Dustin Hoffman as a grad student and avid runner named Thomas "Babe" Levy. Babe gets caught up in a conspiracy surrounding Nazi war criminals and stolen diamonds. In the infamous dentist torture scene, a Nazi war criminal turned dentist played by Laurence Olivier uses his dental tools to torture Babe until Babe is able to escape. The movie is quite violent but actually had a number of more graphic scenes and a longer dental torture scene cut after a showing in San Francisco that did not go over well with audiences.

From Quiz The Street Lawyer

Answer: Harper Lee

Gregory Peck won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his 1962 portrayal of Atticus Finch. This 'Tweet Lawyer' is one of fiction's most illustrious lawyers, revered for supporting a social outcast and victim of prejudices, as well as criticized for being complicit in perpetuating institutionalized discrimination. In all, Atticus Finch remains a hero that his daughter Scout, as the book's narrator, looks up to.

From Quiz Captains Courageous I

Answer: Lonesome Dove

The original novel won the 1986 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and was followed by "Streets of Laredo", "Dead Man's Walk", and "Comanche Moon." A four-part TV miniseries based on the novels was nominated for 19 Emmy Awards, winning seven. The story line of "Lonesome Dove" follows a cattle drive undertaken by the two retired Texas Rangers, which bears strong similarity with a famous historical drive in 1866 by Charles Goodnight and Oliver Loving.

From Quiz Entertaining Nuns

Answer: The Trouble with Angels

After winning an Oscar for her 1960 performance in the film "Pollyanna", only Jackie Kennedy was a bigger superstar at that time than Hayley Mills. Hayley is also remembered for her role playing twins in the original, 1961 movie, "The Parent Trap".

From Quiz The Crime-busters

Answer: Mr. Moto

Mr. Moto has appeared in six novels by John P. Marquand from 1936-1957. Eight of the movies from 1937-1939 starred Peter Lorre as Mr. Moto. The 1965 movie "The Return of Mr. Moto" starred Henry Silva. The original character in the novels was a secret agent however, in the movies, he worked with Interpol. Charlie Chan was a U.S.-Chinese detective created by Earl Derr Biggers. There have been over fifty movies made featuring Charlie Chan from 1926-1981. Mr. Wong was a Chinese-American fictional detective created by Hugh Wiley. Although Mr. Wong appeared in many comic books there were six movies made featuring Mr. Wong from 1938-1940 with 5 of then starring Boris Karloff as Mr. Wong. Dr. Fu Manchu was a fictional character created by British author Sax Rohmer during the early 20th Century. He has become the archetype of the evil criminal genius.

From Quiz Dancing Librarians

Answer: Jimmy Buffett

Jimmy Buffett, a native of Mississippi, USA, refers to his music as "Drunken Caribbean Rock 'n Roll." The song "Love in the Library" is from his eight studio album, "Fruitcakes", released in 1994.

From Quiz Entertainment is Serious Business

Answer: "Ocarina of Time"

Beedle debuted in "Wind Waker". He is one of the few characters who speaks in understandable words such as "hello" and "good-bye".

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