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1.
  Whoopi Goldberg    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Whoopi is one of the most versatile and prolific actresses around. I could have made this quiz a lot longer than 15 questions! I'll give a description of the character she played, you name the movie!
Average, 15 Qns, Zivo24, Jan 04 23
Average
Zivo24
Jan 04 23
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  Whoopi    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz is about Whoopi Goldberg.
Tough, 10 Qns, NalaMarie, Feb 17 17
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NalaMarie
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Whoopi Goldberg Trivia Questions
1. Whoopi as a coach of a professional sports team...

From Quiz Whoopi Goldberg

Answer: Eddie

Whoopi played Eddie, a New York Knicks superfan, hired to coach the team as a gimmick, but ends of up saving the team. Look for real-life Laker Rick Fox in the movie, among others.

2. When was Whoopi born?

From Quiz Whoopi

Answer: November 13, 1955

She was born in New York, NY.

3. Whoopi as a woman with a terrible secret, hired to be a nanny to a lonely boy...

From Quiz Whoopi Goldberg

Answer: Clara's Heart

Clara's terrible secret? She had been raped by her own son, who then committed suicide. The boy was played by Neil Patrick Harris ('Doogie Howser').

4. How many times has Whoopi been married?

From Quiz Whoopi

Answer: 3

She married Alvin Martin in 1973 and divorced him in 1979. He is the father of her daughter, Alexandrea. She married David Claessen in 1986 and divorced him in 1988. Her last marriage was to Lyle Trachtenberg in 1994 and divorced him in 1995.

5. At the end of this movie you find out that Whoopi's character was insane all along ...

From Quiz Whoopi Goldberg

Answer: The Telephone

In this little known movie from her early career she plays a woman who spends an entire evening making phone calls to people on a phone that you later find out was disconnected. She kills the repairman, played by Jim Belushi, when he comes to take the phone.

6. Whoppi as a school teacher in a ghetto...

From Quiz Whoopi Goldberg

Answer: Sarafina!

She played a teacher in a South African ghetto school in this musical. She also played a teacher in 'Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit'.

7. How many children does Whoopi have?

From Quiz Whoopi

Answer: 1

Her daughter Alexandrea was born in 1974.

8. Whoopi as a lounge singer on the run....

From Quiz Whoopi Goldberg

Answer: Sister Act

The movie was a big comeback for Whoopi.

9. Whoopi as a lesbian who falls in love with a straight woman...

From Quiz Whoopi Goldberg

Answer: Boys on the Side

She played Jane, the lesbian musican. She sang the song 'You Got It', in the movie and on the soundtrack.

10. For which movie did Whoopi win an Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role?

From Quiz Whoopi

Answer: Ghost

She won in 1990. She was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role for 'The Color Purple', but didn't win.

11. Whoopi as a nurse in a mental institution...

From Quiz Whoopi Goldberg

Answer: Girl, Interrupted

A small but memorable role.

12. Whoopi as a maid to a white family in the south in the 1950s...

From Quiz Whoopi Goldberg

Answer: Long Walk Home

Whoopi played the maid to Sissy Spacek's character during the Montgomery bus boycott, hence the 'Long Walk Home'...the trip she had to make to get to and from work.

13. Whoopi as a scam artist posing as a psychic...

From Quiz Whoopi Goldberg

Answer: Ghost

Whoopi won a much deserved Oscar for best supporting actress for playing Oda Mae Brown. When she accepted the award her first words were...'I always wanted this..'.

14. What is the name of Whoopi's autobiography?

From Quiz Whoopi

Answer: Book

Her autobiography was published in 1997 to mixed reviews.

15. Whoopi as an undercover cop trying to make up for a terrible mistake in her past...

From Quiz Whoopi Goldberg

Answer: Fatal Beauty

She played a cop who was once a drug addict whose young daughter had died from an overdose of drugs she had left laying out. 'Fatal Beauty' was the name of the lethally tainted cocaine whose dealers she was trying to catch.

16. Whoopi as a white man on Wall Street...

From Quiz Whoopi Goldberg

Answer: The Associate

Her character can't get ahead in her career because she's a black woman so she uses makeup and a mask to turn herself into a older, white man.

17. Whoopi as a bank employee trying to help a spy escape from behind the Iron Curtain...

From Quiz Whoopi Goldberg

Answer: Jumpin' Jack Flash

This is a Whoopi classic! One of her funniest movies ever.

18. Whoopi as a New York window dresser who dies of cancer...

From Quiz Whoopi Goldberg

Answer: How Stella Got Her Groove Back

She played Delilah, best friend to Stella, played by Angela Bassett.

19. Whoopi as the wife of a civil rights activist...

From Quiz Whoopi Goldberg

Answer: Ghosts of Mississippi

Whoopi played Myrlie Evers, wife of Medgar Evers, the murdered civil rights activist, in this real-life drama.

20. Whoopi as an abused woman, longing for her lost family...

From Quiz Whoopi Goldberg

Answer: The Color Purple

She was nominated (and should have won) a Best Actress Oscar for her portrayal of Celie.

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