Purple-ful Entertainment Trivia Quiz

Answer: The Purple Rose of Cairo

Mia Farrow played the part of Cecilia, a waitress from New Jersey during the Great Depression. Cecilia tried to escape the worries of her everyday life by going to see the film "The Purple Rose of Cairo". She did this several times before one of the characters in the film, Tom Baxter (played by Jeff Daniels), noticed her and broke through the screen. This caused Gil Shepherd, the actor that played Tom Baxter, to come and try and coax Tom back into the movie screen.

"The Purple Rose of Cairo" won several awards, including the BAFTA Award for Best Film and Best Screenplay in 1986. It was also nominated for an Oscar.

Answer: Sheb Wooley

"Purple People Eater" was a novelty song about a flying purple people eater that ate purple people and came to land to be in a rock and roll band. In 1988, a film was based on the character and Sheb Wooley actually participated in the movie as the character Harry Skinner.

Sheb Wooley was born in Oklahoma in 1921 and he died in September of 2003. He appeared in many western films and series, such as "High Noon", "Rawhide", "The Outlaw Josey Wales", "The Adventures of Kit Carson", and "Terror in a Texas Town". He was also known as a country artist and appeared regularly on "Hee Haw".

Answer: Alice Walker

The novel was published in 1982 and won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award in 1983. It gives readers a look at life for black females living in the Southern U.S. during the 1930s. The film adaptation came out in 1985, starring Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, and Oprah Winfrey.

Alice Walker was born in Georgia in 1944. Not only has she written several novels, short stories, and poems, but she has also worked as an activist since she met Martin Luther King, Jr. in the 1960s.

Answer: The Purple Man

Zebediah Killgrave was born in Yugoslavia and worked as a spy. It was during a mission to steal an experimental nerve gas when he was exposed to the gas and turned purple. He also developed the power to control people. After this incident, he began a life of crime and even used his powers to get a girl named Melanie to marry him. Once he relinquished his control of her, she left and later gave birth to a daughter, Kara.

Answer: Spyro

The original game for PlayStation was called "Spyro the Dragon". Spyro advanced through different levels to find the trapped dragons as well as collect treasure and dragon eggs. He would travel from one world to the next in a hot air balloon and would access the different levels of each world through portals. In the last level of the game, he fought and defeated Gnasty Gnorc.

Since then, there have been many games in the Spyro series on various consoles. Some of the games include: "Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage", "Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly", "The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning", and "Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure".

Answer: Deep Purple

Deep Purple has been considered to be one of the pioneers of hard rock and heavy metal. The band has changed various times in its history. In 1969, Rod Evans and Nick Simper were dropped. The band then picked up Ian Gillan as a vocalist and Roger Glover as a bass player. Other band members include: Steve Morse, Don Airey, Glenn Hughes, and David Coverdale.

The band has recorded many albums, but "Fireball" (1971) and "Machine Head" (1972) both made it the the number one spot on the UK charts. The 1980 compilation record "Deepest Purple: The Very Best of Deep Purple" also made it to the top of the UK charts, and included songs like "Black Night", "Smoke on the Water", and "Burn".

Answer: Tinky Winky

The series, which ran from 1997-2002, was aimed at small children and originally aired on CBeebies, a BBC brand. Tinky Winky often walked, danced, fell down, and sang his theme song, which went "Tinkle Winkle, Tinky Winky". Tinky Winky and the other Teletubbies also enjoyed big hugs.

Answer: Harold and the Purple Crayon

In the beginning of "Harold and the Purple Crayon", Harold decided he would like to go for a walk in the moonlight. He then drew himself a moon, as well as a path. He also drew himself a forest with only one tree so that he didn't get lost. Other books in the series include: "Harold at the North Pole", "Harold's Fairy Tale", and "Harold's Nightmare".

In 2002, the books were actually adapted into a television series for HBO, which won a Daytime Emmy Award.

Answer: Share Bear

Although Share Bear was not one of the original ten Care Bears, she came along soon after and appeared in the first movie "The Care Bears Movie" in 1985. Her lesson to kids has always been to share what they have with others. In 2002, her tummy design was changed to be a picture of two heart-shaped suckers. Throughout her history Share Bear has been voiced by Patricia Black, Louise Vallance, and Tracey Moore.

Answer: Donatello

Donatello was the calmest and smartest of all the turtles. He was a fan of technology and often fixed things as well as developing equipment for the turtles. He carried a bo staff as a weapon.

The Ninja Turtles franchise started as a black and white comic series, but it has grown to include animated series, anime, action toys, video games, and movies.