Yearbook Memories: Cast of "The Breakfast Club" Trivia Quiz | Celebrities

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1. Emilio Estevez played a stereotypical athlete at Shermer High School named Andrew Clark. Estevez played a coach named Gordon Bombay in which sports trilogy?

Answer: The Mighty Ducks

The 1992 film "The Mighty Ducks" and the sequels the 1994 film "D2: The Mighty Ducks" and the 1996 film "D3: The Mighty Ducks" were about a youth hockey team from Minnesota coached by Gordon Bombay (played by Emilio Estevez). During the movies, this underdog team seemed to overcome challenges and obstacles to perform at an optimal level.

Emilio Estevez's played the role of Billy the Kid in the 1988 film "Young Guns" and the 1990 film "Young Guns II".

2. Molly Ringwald played a stereotypical princess at Shermer High School named Claire Standish. Starting in 2008, Ringwald played Anne Juergens on which television show?

Answer: The Secret Life of the American Teenager

The television show "The Secret Life of the American Teenager", which ran from 2008 through 2013, revolved around a young lady named Amy Juergens who dealt with her teen pregnancy and parents' divorce. Ashley's mother, Anne Juergens (played by Molly Ringwald) was supportive of her daughter's pregnancy and possible marriage with her boyfriend.

In 1986, Ringwald played Andie Walsh in the film "Pretty in Pink".

3. Anthony Michael Hall played a stereotypical brain at Shermer High School named Brian Ralph Johnson. On which late-night live television sketch comedy did Anthony Michael Hall appear as a cast member?

Answer: Saturday Night Live

The television show "Saturday Night Live" premiered on October 11, 1975 as a comedy show featuring musical guests. The comedy sketches on the show ranged from parodies of current events to weekly recurring characters. Each season the cast of the show included both veteran cast members as well as newer and younger performers.

From November 9, 1985 through May 24, 1986, Anthony Michael Hall was the youngest male cast member in the history of the show at the age of seventeen years old. On this comedy show, Hall did celebrity impersonations of Art Garfunkel and Daryl Hall. In 1985, Hall played Gary Wallace in the film "Weird Science".

4. Ally Sheedy played a stereotypical basket case at Shermer High School named Allison Reynolds. Sheedy played a young aspiring architect named Leslie Hunter in which 1985 movie?

Answer: St. Elmo's Fire

The 1985 film "St. Elmo's Fire" was a film starring Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson and Ally Sheedy. In the movie, a group friends, who were recent college graduates, returned home after two of their mutual friends were injured in a car wreck. While at home, the group rekindled old relationships and each person dealt with their new professional careers.

Ally Sheedy starred in the 1998 film "High Art" and the 1987 film "Maid to Order".

5. Judd Nelson played a stereotypical criminal at Shermer High School named John Bender. Nelson played a reckless police detective named Nick Peretti in which 1991 film?

Answer: New Jack City

In the 1991 film "New Jack City", Ice T and Judd Nelson played policemen who tried to stop the criminal and drug related activities of a group led by a crime lord played by Wesley Snipes. Judd Nelson also starred in the 1985 film "St. Elmo's Fire" and the 1994 film "Airheads".

6. Paul Gleason played Richard Vernon, the principal at Shermer High School. Gleason played a Deputy Chief of Police of the Los Angeles Police Department named Dwayne Robinson in which explosive 1988 film?

Answer: Die Hard

"Die Hard" was a 1988 film starring Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Bonnie Bedelia and Paul Gleason. In the movie, a New York City detective named John McClane (played by Bruce Willis) saved an office Christmas Eve party from a terrorist attack.

Paul Gleason also starred in the 1983 film "Trading Places" and 1985 film "The Breakfast Club".

7. John Kapelos played a janitor at Shermer High School named Carl Reed. From 1992 through 1995, Kapelos played police detective Donald Schanke on which gothic police television show?

Answer: Forever Knight

The television show "Forever Knight" aired from May 5, 1992 through May 17, 1996. The show revolved around the life and career of a police detective and vampire named Nick Knight (played by Geraint Wyn Davies) with the assistance of his police partner detective Donald Schanke (played by John Kapelos).

8. Ron Dean played Andrew Clark's father, who was concerned about his son earning a college wrestling scholarship. Dean played an assistant football coach in which 1993 movie based on a story of a player trying to earn a walk-on position on the University of Notre Dame football team?

Answer: Rudy

The 1993 film "Rudy" was based on the story of a young man named Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger (played by Sean Astin). Ruettiger was trying to be a member of the University of Notre Dame football team even though he was small and not very athletic. Ron Dean and John Beasley the two assistant football coaches at the University of Notre Dame who worked with Ruettiger.

Ron Dean also starred in the 1986 film "The Color of Money", the 1993 film "The Fugitive" and the 1994 film "The Client".

9. Tim Gamble played Claire's Father. Gamble played in a 1987 film and subsequent 1993 television series based mobster Al Capone. What was the name of this movie and television series?

Answer: The Untouchables

"The Untouchables" was a 1987 film and 1993 television series based on the attempts of an American Prohibition agent named Eliot Ness to capture a Prohibition-era criminal named Al Capone. Tim Gamble played a reporter in the film and Vernon Jeffries in the television series. Gamble also starred in the 2009 film "Chicago Overcoat".

10. Mercedes Hall played Brian's mother in the film. Besides acting, what is Mercedes Hall's other occupation?

Answer: singer

Mercedes Hall, mother of actor Anthony Michael Hall, is a jazz and blues singer. She released two albums including the 1999 album "Somewhere in the Night" and the 2007 album "Pure Emotion".

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Yearbook Memories: Cast of "The Breakfast Club" Quiz

This quiz is about the cast of the 1985 film "The Breakfast Club" set at the fictional Shermer High School. It dealt with stereotypes in high school. The questions are about the careers of these thespians after the movie.

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