4-Letter Title Characters II Trivia Quiz

Answer: Schoolteacher

"Sara" was a western TV series about a schoolteacher, Sara (Brenda Vaccaro), in Colorado in the 1870s. The series ran from February 13, 1976 until May 7, 1976.

Answer: Detective

"Monk" was a weekly hour TV series about a former police detective, Monk (Tony Shalhoub), who quit the force after his wife was killed with a car bomb. Monk was called the 'defective detective'. He was afraid of many things, but he overcame his fears when he solved a murder for the police department in each episode of "Monk" which ran 125 episodes over eight seasons on the USA Network from July 12, 2002 till December 4, 2009.

Answer: Actor

"Joey" was the continuation/spinoff of "Friends" (1994-2004) about Joey (Matt LeBlanc), an actor who moved to California to try to get better parts. The series also featured his older sister, Gina (Drea De Matteo), and a neighbor, Alex (Andrea Anders). The sitcom ran from September 9, 2004 until August 23, 2006.

Answer: Backwoods Woman

"Nell" was a movie released in December 16, 1994. Nell (Jodie Foster) was raised by her mother, Violet, in an isolated cabin in the North Carolina woods. After Violet died of a stroke, Nell was taken away by some people who tried to figure out the strange language Nell spoke, which didn't quite sound like English, but they discovered it was a strange code based on English.

Answer: Pig

"Babe" was a live action movie in which animals spoke, released in the U.S. on August 4, 1995. Babe (voice of Christine Cavanuagh) was a pig who herded sheep.

Answer: Security guard

"Bean" was a comedy film released in the U.S. on November 7, 1997. It was based on the sitcom "Mr. Bean" about a strange man who seldom spoke. These were slapstick comedies in which the character Mr. Bean got himself into odd situations and found odd ways of solving his problems. In "Bean" he was a security guard at an art gallery who was sent to America with a famous painting.

Answer: Elephant

"Maya" was a movie set in India starring Jay North as Terry. The film was released in the U.S. June 22, 1966. Terry arrived to meet his father, and became friends with Raji. They rode an elephant named Maya while having adventures in India.

Answer: Writer

Mary (Mary Tyler Moore) was the writer of a tabloid newspaper in the sitcom "Mary". This was another sitcom starring Mary Tyler Moore after she starred in "The Dick Van Dyke Show", "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", and "The Mary Tyler Moore Hour". This ran from December 11, 1985 until April 8, 1986.

Answer: Preacher's wife

Abby was a woman possessed by the African god Eshu in the movie "Abby" which was released on December 25, 1974. Her father-in-law found a statuette of Eshu in Africa, and this somehow made Abby possessed with a spirit that made her super strong and angry.

The film was pulled from release after a lawsuit claimed it was too much like "The Exorcist". The beginning was similar to "The Exorcist", but so was the beginning of "The Omen".

Answer: Theater Manager

"Ruby" was a horror movie released on June 29, 1977. The story began when Ruby (Piper Laurie) was with her mobster boyfriend, Nicky, when he died and vowed his spirit would get revenge. Sixteen years later Ruby's mute daughter, Leslie, became possessed with the spirit of Nicky after poltergeist activity began at the drive-in movie theater managed by Ruby. Nicky's voice came out of Leslie.