Dudley Do-Right, Dudley Do-Wrong Quiz

Answer: Brendan Fraser

"Dudley Do-Right" is a romantic comedy starring Brendan Fraser as "Dudley" and Sarah Jessica Parker as "Nell." The movie was a critical failure; Roger Ebert called it "harmless" and "simple-minded," giving it two and a half stars.

Answer: Dudley Carleton, 1st Viscount Dorchester

Knighted in 1610, Dudley served as Ambassador to the Venetian Republic, and later Ambassador the the United Provinces. After returning to England, he served in the House of Commons until he was made Baron Carleton, then served in the House of Lords. After a second diplomatic mission, this time to The Hague, he was created Viscount Dorchester in 1628.

Answer: Chemistry

Dudley R. Herschbach, Yuan T. Lee, and John C. Polanyi jointly won the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for their contributions concerning the dynamics of chemical elementary processes." He is an Eagle Scout, and a signer of the Humanist Manifest. As well as being a board member of the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, he voiced an episode of "The Simpsons" titled "Treehouse of Horror XIV."

Answer: basketball

After playing at the University of North Carolina, Dudley Bradley was selected by the Indiana Pacers in the 1979 NBA Draft. He holds an NBA rookie record with 211 steals in a single season. After retiring from basketball, Bradley became a police officer with the Maryland Transportation Authority.

Answer: Dudley Moore

Dudley Moore was in more than thirty films, including "10" and "Arthur." He also recorded seventeen albums, and had three singles on the UK chart singles. Moore suffered from a terminal degenerative brain disorder, progressive supranuclear palsy, the early symptoms of which made him appear drunk. Due to the immobility caused by the palsy, Moore developed pneumonia and died in 2002.

Answer: Lady Jane Grey

Lord Guildford Dudley married Lady Jane Grey about six weeks before the death of King Edward VI. Edward VI named his cousin Lady Jane Grey as the heir to his throne bypassing his sisters Mary and Elizabeth. Four days after the death of Edward VI, Jane and Guildford entered the Tower of London. Jane was Queen for nine days before Mary I was proclaimed Queen. Mary I had the couple imprisoned in the Tower of London and, after Wyatt's Rebellion, had them executed for treason.

Answer: Thomas Dudley

Thomas Dudley was instrumental in the banishment of Anne Hutchinson from the colony for theological differences. Which seems ironic considering it was during his term of office that the laws were passed which led to the Massachusetts Body of Liberties, guarantees that were later adopted as the Bill of Rights to the U.S. Constitution.

Answer: Dudley Pope

Dudley Bernard Egerton Pope wrote 24 novels, including the Ramage series, and 12 histories. Born in 1925, his last novel was published in 1989, and he died in 1997.
Dudley Fairbridge Pope was a right handed batsman who played 159 first class matches. Born in 1906, he began his career in 1925 and scored 6557 runs before his death in a car accident in 1934.

Answer: Dudley "Red" Garrett

Red Garrett was not the only professional hockey player to become a casualty in World War II. The list also includes Russell McConnell and Joe Turner. Russell McConnell turned down offers from the New York Rangers to serve in the Royal Canadian Navy. Joe Turner played one game as a Detroit Red Wing goaltender before joining the service, and the International Hockey League named its championship cup the Turner award in his memory.

Answer: Dudley Shelton Senanayake

The Honorable Dudley Senanayake was the son of Don Stephen Senayake who was the first Prime Minister of Ceylon. Dudley studied at Cambridge and became a barrister before returning to Ceylon and a career in government.