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Movie Characters Quiz

July 20, 2007 - -

I had this idea a while back, and I've been compiling a decent list slowly for a while. This is a list of character names from different movies. I had a chat with Paul about it a couple weeks back, and he came up with a bunch too. So here's the list of characters. The odd numbers are ones I came up with, and the even numbers are ones Paul came up with. Are you surprised that I'm the odd one? Yeah, I know, Paul and I could definitely compete for who's odder. Anyway, enjoy. No Googling.

  1. Jack Skellington
  2. Dr. Richard Kimble
  3. Martin Brundell
  4. Lane Meyer
  5. Egon Spengler
  6. Ed Rooney
  7. Miles Dyson
  8. Stanley Ipkis
  9. Carter Duryea
  10. Phil Conners
  11. Jeffrey Goines
  12. Eugene Tackleberry
  13. Palmer Joss
  14. Werner Brandes
  15. Stephen Falken
  16. Alex Rogan
  17. Indrid Cold
  18. Willis Davidge
  19. Airman Cecil O'Malley
Comments on Movie Characters Quiz
 
Comment Fri, July 20 - 3:56 PM by KJToo
So, name the movie right?

1. Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas (Danny Elfman?)
2. The Fugitive (Harrison Ford)
3. The Fly (Jeff Goldblum)
4. Better Of Dead (John Cusack)
5. Ghostbusters (Ivan Reitman, I think)
6. Ferris Bueller's Day Off (Grr. He was in Howard the Duck. Jeffrey Jones!)
7. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (Joe Morton, I believe.)
8. The Mask (Jim Carrey)
9. Wow. Not ringing any bells.
10. I've got nothing.
11. Again, nothing.
12. Police Academy (David... grr, can't remember his last name, but I believe he passed away last year.)
13. Drawing a complete blank.
14. Sneakers (Stephen Tobolowsky. "Hello, my name is Werner Brandes, my voice is my passport.")

The rest have me stumped.
 
Comment Fri, July 20 - 4:09 PM by Greg
KJ - Not bad at all, although I'm thinking you'll kick yourself on 15 and 16.
 
Comment Fri, July 20 - 4:19 PM by KJToo
Oh, I'm going to kick myself multiple times, I'm sure.

Oh, crap! Alex Rogan (16) is The Last Starfighter, and I have no idea who played him!
 
Comment Fri, July 20 - 7:58 PM by Frank
#10 - Groundhog Day?
#13 - Contact, one of my all time faves even if they butchered the book.
#15 - Wargames. Would you like to play?
 
Comment Fri, July 20 - 8:04 PM by Greg
Frank-
Awesome. You got all three right. But what the heck do you mean about the book?? The movie Contact was based off the book, and although I loved the movie, I thought the original book by Carl Sagan was even better. I put up a super-brief book review, and I know the book was really slow in the middle, but that ending was amazing.
 
Comment Sat, July 21 - 10:29 PM by Ngewo
2. Fugitive
5. Ghost Busters
8. The Mask
9. In Good Company
10. Groundhog Day
13. Contact
 
Comment Sun, July 22 - 2:55 PM by Greg
Wow - we've got answers to all but the last three. (I tried to make them progressively harder)
 
Comment Sun, July 22 - 9:47 PM by Ngewo
is the last one A Few Good Men? I don't know, just a guess. I remember a scene in the movie when they call on a few airmen...
 
Comment Sun, July 22 - 11:07 PM by Greg
Bingo.
...and I would never have known what 18 was either. Really obscure. I'll post an answer summary soon.
 
Comment Mon, July 23 - 11:37 AM by KJToo
Okay, I'm kicking myself over Phil Conners, as I almost guessed Groundhog Day but decided against it.

I'm not at all upset about missing 13 or 15, as I hated Contact and only saw Wargames once umpteen years ago.

I've never seen In Good Company, and even seeing the name of the movie I couldn't tell you what it's about or who's in it.

So that leaves 11, 17 and 18 unanswered, correct?

 
Comment Mon, July 23 - 1:51 PM by Frank
My feelings about Contact are this; I watched the movie first, read the book second and then felt that movie could have been much more interesting. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the film but I felt they dumbed it down too much. So when I say butchered I mean they didn't do the book justice :)
 
Comment Mon, July 23 - 11:52 PM by Greg
ANSWERS

1. Jack Skellington was from Nightmare Before Christmas.
2. Dr. Richard Kimble was The Fugitive.
3. Martin Brundell was The Fly.
4. Lane Meyer is John Cusack in Better Off Dead.
5. Egon Spengler was one of the Ghostbusters
6. Ed Rooney was the principal in Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
7. Miles Dyson was the guy in Terminator 2 who invented Skynet.
8. Stanley Ipkis is The Mask (Jim Carrey)
9. Carter Duryea is Topher Grace in In Good Company
10. Phil Conners is from Groundhog Day
11. Jeffrey Goines is Brad Pitt's character in 12 Monkeys
12. Eugene Tackleberry is from Police Academy
13. Palmer Joss is Matthew McConhoweveryouspellit from Contact
14. Werner Brandes in from Sneakers
15. Stephen Falken is from Wargames
16. Alex Rogan is The Last Starfighter
17. Indrid Cold is one of the only two nobody guessed. And no actor played him. But have you ever seen The Mothman Prophecies?
18. Willis Davidge was the main character in Enemy Mine. I'd never have gotten this one.
19. Airman Cecil O'Malley was one of the witnesses called at the end of A Few Good Men. Obscure, but the name popped into my head, so I used it.
 
Comment Tue, July 24 - 12:11 AM by Ngewo
Mothman Prophecies, I've seen that movie a few times, I should have gotten that one.