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Quiz about Entertaining with Animal Names
Quiz about Entertaining with Animal Names

Entertaining with Animal Names Quiz


This quiz asks questions about TV characters, music stars, and other famous folks in entertainment who were named after animals. Enjoy!

A photo quiz by Trivia_Fan54. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
Trivia_Fan54
Time
4 mins
Type
Photo Quiz
Quiz #
407,453
Updated
Aug 22 22
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
8 / 10
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391
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Question 1 of 10
1. On which television show did Fox Mulder appear? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Hawkeye Pierce was a main character in the "M*A*S*H" novels, movie, and television series. Alan Alda played the character on television, but who played the character in the movie? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. On which television show did the character Donny Douglas, nicknamed "The Piranha" appear? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Who wrote the song "The First Cut is the Deepest"? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Who appeared with Roy Clark as hosts on the television show "Hee Haw"? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. A puppet was sold in retail catalogues in the likeness of character "Bull" Shannon from the television show "Night Court".


Question 7 of 10
7. The ________ made "Mr. Tambourine Man" and "Turn! Turn! Turn!" hits in the mid-'60s.

Answer: (One word; spelling is important)
Question 8 of 10
8. Is there a person named "Hootie" in the band called Hootie and the Blowfish?


Question 9 of 10
9. Which animal-named singer(s) on this list also acted in a number of television programs and movies in which they did not play themselves? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. What was Wolfman Jack's real name? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. On which television show did Fox Mulder appear?

Answer: The X-Files

David Duchovny played an FBI agent named Fox Mulder on the American science fiction series "The X-Files". He and his agent partner agent Scully (played by Gillian Anderson) spent their days looking for evidence of aliens. The character's actual name is "Fox William Mulder". Funny enough, the show was actually broadcast from 1993 through to 2002 on the Fox network.
2. Hawkeye Pierce was a main character in the "M*A*S*H" novels, movie, and television series. Alan Alda played the character on television, but who played the character in the movie?

Answer: Donald Sutherland

"M*A*S*H" (or MASH) was a movie that was released in 1970. The comedy was based on a novel called "MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors" by Richard Hooker. The story revolves around army doctors and nurses who are stationed at a mobile surgery unit during the Korean War.

The success of the movie led to a television series that aired from 1972 through to 1983. Captain Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce, Jr. is one of the three surgeons in the unit. He is played by Sutherland in the movie and Alda on the television show. Elliott Gould plays Captain John "Trapper John" McIntyre in the movie and Wayne Rogers in the television show. Robert Duvall plays Major Frank Burns in the film and Larry Linville plays that character in the television show.

The only actor in a major role who appeared in both the film and the television show was Gary Burghoff who played the company clerk Walter Eugene "Radar" O'Reilly in both.
3. On which television show did the character Donny Douglas, nicknamed "The Piranha" appear?

Answer: Frasier

Donny Douglas is a character that is played by Saul Rubinek on "Frasier". Donny is a high profile divorce lawyer on the show who is nicknamed "The Piranha" by his colleagues in the legal profession. Donny is hired by Niles Crane (Frasier's brother) to handle his divorce from Maris, his very much disliked wife (who never actually appears on screen). Donny wins Niles a large divorce settlement when he threatens to disclose that Maris' family fortune did not come from lumber (as she had stated), but rather from the sale of urinal cakes. Donny starts dating Daphne, the live-in physiotherapist who Frasier hired for his father.

They become engaged, but he is left at the alter by Daphne who realizes that she is a actually in love with Frasier's brother Niles.
4. Who wrote the song "The First Cut is the Deepest"?

Answer: Cat Stevens

Cat Stevens wrote "The First Cut is the Deepest" in 1965 before he was well-known. In fact, he didn't record the song until his second album in 1967. Even then, it didn't become a real hit for him. P. P. Arnold bought the song from Stevens, and had a hit with it.

It reached Number 18 on the UK charts for her in 1967. The song has also become a hit for others, including Keith Hampshire who took it to Number One on the Canadian music charts, Rod Stewart who took it to Number One on the UK charts, and Sheryl Crow who took the song to Number One on the US Adult Contemporary chart.
5. Who appeared with Roy Clark as hosts on the television show "Hee Haw"?

Answer: Buck Owens

Alvis Edgar Owens Jr., also known as Buck Owens, was a country music star who was active from the late 1950s. At first, he was in a duo with Don Rich, then he formed a band named Owens and the Buckaroos in the early 1960s. Owens co-hosted the show "Hee Haw" with Roy Clark.

There were 655 episodes of the show, and Owens was on most of them. "Hee Haw" was a show that was created to compete with "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In". However, rather than current popular music and sketches like on "Laugh-In", "Hee Haw" relied on country music and comedy pieces that had a country theme.
6. A puppet was sold in retail catalogues in the likeness of character "Bull" Shannon from the television show "Night Court".

Answer: True

Charles Richard Moll played the bailiff "Bull" Shannon on the television show "Night Court" from 1984 to 1992. At 6 feet 8 inches (2.03 metres), he was an imposing figure for the roll. However, the character was portrayed as a somewhat bumbling, dim-witted guy, but in Season Five, it is revealed that Bull has an IQ of 181 which means he is actually a genius. Bull had his own puppet that was made in his likeness.

It first appeared on the fourth season premiere episode. "The Next Voice You Hear...".

It was quite popular with fans, so It was sold to the general public in retail catalogues.
7. The ________ made "Mr. Tambourine Man" and "Turn! Turn! Turn!" hits in the mid-'60s.

Answer: Byrds

The Byrds came together in 1964 and were quite popular on the folk-rock scene for a few years. There was a lot of instability in the membership of the band over the few years that they were together. The band started with five men in 1964, including Roger (Jim) McGuinn (lead guitar, vocals), Gene Clark (tambourine, vocals), David Crosby (rhythm guitar, vocals), Chris Hillman (bass guitar, vocals), and Michael Clarke (drums).

By the time The Byrds disbanded in 1973, only one of the original members was still with the band (McGuinn).

They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991.
8. Is there a person named "Hootie" in the band called Hootie and the Blowfish?

Answer: No

Hootie and the Blowfish is a music group that was formed in 1986. Four members make up the band. When they formed, members included Darius Rucker, Mark Bryan, Dean Felber, and Brantley Smith, but Smith has since left the band and was replaced by Jim Sonefeld. Rucker and Bryan met at the University of South Carolina.

The name "Hootie" has been reported to be a conjunction of the nicknames of two other friends who were not in the band.
9. Which animal-named singer(s) on this list also acted in a number of television programs and movies in which they did not play themselves?

Answer: Sheryl Crow

Before she was a soloist in her own right, Sheryl Crow did advertising jingles and sang as a backup singer for Michael Jackson (on the "Bad" tour), Stevie Wonder, Belinda Carlisle, Jimmy Buffett, Kevin Gilbert and Don Henley. She became a solo performer in the early 1990s, but didn't have much success until she released "All I Wanna Do" in 1994.

In 1997, she recorded "Tomorrow Never Dies", the theme song for the James Bond movie that was released that year. Crow has also appeared in movies and on television, including in the biographical film about Cole Porter where she played a musical theatre performer, "The Minus Man" where she played a character named "Casper", and in "54" where she plays a VIP patron at Club 54.

She has also been on over ten television shows (acting as both herself and as other characters in the shows).

Besides performing, Crow has her own brand of jeans that was launched in 2008.
10. What was Wolfman Jack's real name?

Answer: Robert Weston Smith

Wolfman Jack (Robert Weston Smith) was a very popular and successful disc jockey who started his career in 1960. He worked at a variety of stations. It wasn't until he met his manager, Don Kelley, in the late 1960s that it was decided to branch out from radio.

His gravelly voice and his persona lent themselves to performing in film, on television, and on recordings. He appeared in "American Graffiti" in 1973, as well as its sequel "More American Graffiti" in 1979. The royalties from those two movies provided an income for him that allowed him to seek out other opportunities in the entertainment industry.

He appeared as Wolfman Jack in a number of television shows, including "The Odd Couple", "What's Happening!!", "Vega$", "Married... with Children", and "Emergency!".

His voice can also be heard in "Clap for the Wolfman", a song by the Canadian band The Guess Who. Another Canadian band, The Stampeders, released their version of "Hit the Road Jack" in 1979 that contained some lyrics by Smith.

He was also the announcer on the NBC show "The Midnight Special" from 1973-1981. Smith hosted "The Wolfman Jack Show" that was recorded by the CBC network in Canada in 1979 and syndicated to stations in the US. Sadly, he passed away at the age of 57 after a heart attack in 1995.
Source: Author Trivia_Fan54

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