John Q Trivia

1. Even though I was sentenced to prison, I proved how far I would go to protect my son. Who am I?

From Quiz Who Played Me in "John Q"?

Answer: Denzel Washington

Washington, born on December 28th, 1954 in Mount Vernon, New York was cast as John Quincy Archibald. John and his wife, Denise, had financial problems so he looked in the newspaper for a second job. Their son, Mike, collapsed one day while he played baseball and John and Denise rushed him to the hospital. They found out that Mike would need a heart transplant or he was going to die. Since John's insurance did not cover transplant surgeries, he had to come up with a large sum of money in order to get Mike's name on the donor recipient list. John purchased a gun and hold the hospital hostage until his son would get on the organ recipient list. When it appeared that no heart was available, John said he would kill himself so his heart would go to Mike. However, a heart was brought to the hospital before John could go through with his plan and Mike's doctor, Dr. Raymond Turner, performed the life saving operation. John was arrested and convicted of kidnapping and false imprisonment. Washington starred in the films, "American Gangster", "Training Day" and "He Got Game". In 1990, Washington won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the film, "Glory". Other Oscar nominees for Best Supporting Actor that year were Marlon Brando for "A Dry White Season", Martin Landau for "Crimes and Misdemeanors", Danny Aiello for "Do the Right Thing" and Dan Aykroyd for "Driving Miss Daisy".

From Quiz John Q.

Answer: cross

Gabriela Oltean played this lady. She was simply credited as "Beautiful Woman".

From Quiz John Q.

Answer: Quincy

He first says it when they rush Mike into the ER.

From Quiz John Q.

Answer: Denise

Denise was no good at the sound game, but she beat John at thumb wrestling.

From Quiz Who Played Me in "John Q"?

Answer: James Woods

Woods, born on April 18th, 1947 in Vernal, Utah was cast as Dr. Raymond Turner. Dr. Turner's first scene was when he met John and Denise Archibald to discuss Mike's condition. He said Mike had defects in his heart and that it was three times the size of a regular child's heart. He told them the heart's size caused the blood to back up into his lungs. He said Mike needed a transplant or he would die. Dr. Turner said Mike's blood type was B positive so his name would go right to the top of the donor recipient list. After John took the hospital hostage, Dr. Turner was still inside and he performed an emergency operation on someone who just got shot. Near the end of the film, he informed John that he would have to run tests on a prospective heart to make sure it would be okay to transplant into Mike. John told Dr. Turner he would kill himself if no heart was available for Mike so he could give his heart to Mike. At first, Dr. Turner objected to this plan but he was reluctant to honor John's request should it be the only available option. Luckily, John did not have to go through with his plan since a heart was available for Mike. Dr. Turner performed the transplant and Mike lived. Woods played characters in the films, "The Virgin Suicides", "Diggstown" and "Scary Movie 2". In 1997, Woods was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the film, "Ghosts of Mississippi", but he lost to Cuba Gooding, Jr. for "Jerry Maguire". Other Oscar nominees for Best Supporting Actor that year were William H. Macy for "Fargo", Edward Norton for "Primal Fear" and Armin Mueller-Stahl for "Shine".

From Quiz John Q.

Answer: Body building

He wanted to become a body builder.

From Quiz John Q.

Answer: Goodbye

He preferred saying "see you later".

From Quiz Who Played Me in "John Q"?

Answer: Shawn Hatosy

Hatosy, born in 1975 in Frederick, Maryland portrayed Mitch Quigley. Mitch was in the hospital with his girlfriend, Julie, on the day that John held the place hostage. Mitch and Julie were in a car accident and he claimed the car did not have an air bag. In one scene, Mitch attacked John with a knife and they scuffled. In the middle of that scuffle, John hit his head in Mitch's face and this caused his nose started to bleed. When John contemplated killing himself so his heart would be used to save Mike, he joked that he would not do it if Mitch had the same blood type as his son. Hatosy had guest starring stints on the TV shows, "Law & Order", "Homicide: Life on the Street" and "Six Feet Under".

From Quiz John Q.

Answer: he was over qualified

In other words they did not want to pay him what he was qualified to make.

From Quiz John Q.

Answer: Orioles

John was wearing one of their jerseys at their game.

From Quiz John Q.

Answer: fall asleep and not wake up

James Woods played Dr. Turner very well. James later portrayed former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani in a TV movie.

From Quiz Who Played Me in "John Q"?

Answer: Kevin Connolly

Connolly, a native of New York City, got the part of Steve Maguire. Steve was a nurse at the hospital where Mike received treatment and was first seen when John and Denise brought him in after his collapse. Steve got Mike into a bed and called for a doctor to help him. Steve was one of the people who John held hostage when he took over the hospital. John used chains and locks to close the doors to the emergency room. In one scene, two paramedics came and demanded the doors be unlocked since they had a gunshot victim. John asked Steve if he knew who they were and he said yes so John unlocked the door to bring the patient in for treatment. In the middle of the movie, Steve asked John if he had an HMO and John replied that he did. Steve informed John that HMOs paid doctors not to test patients to see if they had certain health problems and then argued with Dr. Turner about his point. Connolly starred in the movies, "The Notebook", "He's Just Not That into You" and "Antwone Fisher".

From Quiz John Q.

Answer: 30 percent

The 30 percent down payment was a total of $75,000.

From Quiz John Q.

Answer: about 7

He filed that appeal and later had Rebecca Payne tell him he filed the wrong kind. The delay could add 30 more days on to the time before he might get coverage.

From Quiz John Q.

Answer: $20

He was desperate to raise money and had to take it.

From Quiz John Q.

Answer: $6,000

He begged Dr. Turner to reconsider and promised he would continue to pay until it was all paid for.

From Quiz John Q.

Answer: Denise

Dr. Turner was releasing Mike and she told John to do something about it.

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