Missing Chris Farley Trivia Quiz

Answer: February 15th, 1964

Christopher Crosby Farley was born on February 15th, 1964 in Madison, Wisconsin. He had three brothers. Their names are Tom Jr, Kevin and John. His sister's name is Barbara.

Sadly, Chris died of a drug overdose on December 18th, 1997.

Answer: Two

Chris and David starred in "Tommy Boy" (1995) and "Black Sheep" (1996). "Tommy Boy" was a movie about Thomas Callahan III (Chris) who was known as a hard partier and not that bright. After Tommy graduated from University, he went back home to work for his dad at an auto parts plant. Tommy and Richard (David Spade) had to go cross country to sell brake pads after Tommy's dad's death. Hilarity ensued!

"Black Sheep" rejoined Farley and Spade, but it was not as funny as "Tommy Boy". In this movie, Chris played the dumb brother of Al Donnelly (Tim Matheson) who was running for governor. It was Steve Dodds (David Spade) who had to keep Mike (Chris Farley) away from the election.

Answer: False

Chris's idol was John Belushi, Jim's brother. Chris liked John's ability to do physical humour. John Belushi also died at an early age (33, same as Chris Farley) due to a drug overdose. Both John and Chris were regular performers at "The Second City" in Chicago. Both appeared on "Saturday Night Live", John from 1975 - 1979 and Chris from 1990 - 1995.

Answer: Matt Foley

Matt Foley was a motivation speaker who was probably one of the worst speakers you could imagine. He was 35 years old, divorced three times and lived in a van down by the river. He was quite abrasive, overly sweaty and clumsy. He would often throw himself onto furniture and break it. He was very successful but for the wrong reasons. He would be quickly moved out of his meetings by the organizers, leaving his audience huddled close together and frightened. They decided to listen to what Matt had to say because they did not want to be like him.

Thomas Callahan was the name of Chris Farley's character in "Tommy Boy" (1995). Mike Donnelly was the name of Chris Farley's character in "Black Sheep" (1996). Bennett Brauer was a character who frequented the "Weekend Update".

Answer: Chicago

Bill Swerski's Superfans comprised of Joe Montegna (as Bill Swerski) with Chris Farley (as Todd O'Connor), Mike Myers or John Goodman (as Pat Arnold) and Robert Smigel (as Carl Wollarski). George Wendt appeared as Bob Swerski, explaining that his brother Bill had another heart attack.

Each member wore dark sunglasses and had a moustache, which made them look like their hero, Mike Ditka. When asked who would win the Superbowl, the answer was "Da Bears". They would gather in a bar drinking beer and eating Polish sausages while bantering about "Da Bears".

Answer: Little Nicky

Chris played Ronnie, Connie's boyfriend in "Coneheads" (1993). This movie was based on the skit from "Saturday Night Live" where it aired in the late 1970s into the early 1980s. The movie was about Beldar, Prymatt and Connie Conehead trying to fit in as earthlings and not doing very well.
"Wayne's World" (1993) was Chris's movie debut. This movie was about Wayne and Garth trying to promote their public access cable show. Chris was an unnamed security guard.
Chris was an unnamed bus driver in "Billy Madison" (1995). This movie was about a slacker who had to go back to school and finish every grade in 24 weeks in order to take over his father's company.

Chris did not appear in "Little Nicky" (2000) as it came out several years after his death.

Answer: Roseanne

Chris was in "Roseanne" (1988-1997) and was credited as "Man in Clothing Store". "Roseanne" was a ground breaking show about a strong woman dealing with the every day challenges of marriage and work.

Chris did not appear in "Ellen" (1994-1998), "Titus" (2000-2002) or "Get a Life" (1990-1992).

Answer: True

Chris attended Marquette University and in 1986 graduated with a degree in Communications and Theatre. Marquette University is a private, co-educational, Jesuit and Roman Catholic university, located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It is the largest private university in the sate of Wisconsin. Other notable alumni from this school are Pat O'Brien, Amy Madigan and Peter Bonerz.

Answer: Jerry Springer

Chris lived next to Jerry Springer of "The Jerry Springer Show" at the time of his death. Jerry's show had been on the air since 1991 and NBC picked up this "trash television" show through the 2009-2010 season.

"The Jenny Jones Show" (1991-2003) starred Jenny Jones. This show used shock value to try and gain viewers. Sally Jessy Raphael also had her own show "Sally Jessy Raphael" later called "Sally". This show ran from 1983-2002.
"The Tempestt Bledsoe Show" ran from 1995 to 1996.

Answer: Bennett Brauer

Bennett Brauer was the character whom Chris played. In his skits, he described his lack of hygiene and social grace for which he often used finger quotes.

Joe Gibson was the coach of the Washington Redskins who often used "finger quotes" when discussing post game interviews. Ben Elton, a comedian who also used "finger quotes". Dr. Evil from "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery" (1997) was a fan of "finger quotes".