When the Middle Name Is First Trivia Quiz

Answer: Walter

Walter Bruce Willis was born in Germany on March 19, 1955...makes you want to ask "what you talking about Willis"? He is a singer and an actor, often in action movies like "Die Hard" (1988) and its sequels. He came to fame on the TV show "Moonlighting" (1985-1989) as David Addison.

He has 3 daughters (Rumer, Scout and Tallulah) with former wife Demi Moore, and in 2009 married the English model and actress Emma Heming.

Answer: Rosalie Anderson

You may have figured out that actress and model Andie is short for Anderson, but her given first name is Rosalie. Andie, born in 1958, is a model and an actress. She made her screen debut in the 1984 (long-forgotten) film "Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes" and later appeared in "Sex, Lies and Videotape" in 1989, "Groundhog Day" in 1993, and "Four Weddings and Funeral" in 1994.

She also appears in ads as a spokesperson for L'Oreal beauty products.

Answer: Allen

Would you know who they meant if someone was talking to you about Allen Grammer? You might think it was an institution of learning or a semantic excercise - but it is, in fact, Dr. Frasier Crane in the flesh. Grammer was born in the US Virgin Islands in 1955, and he first appeared as the psychologist, Dr. Crane, on the TV show "Cheers", which was spun off into his own show "Frasier" (1993-2004), one of the cleverest sitcoms on television.

He has also appeared many times as the voice of the infamous Sideshow Bob on "The Simpsons".

Answer: Hannah

Would her life have been different if she kept the name Hannah Fanning? Was that too dull for her? And, just so you know, her younger sister Elle's first name is Mary! But back to Dakota; in 2000, Dakota appeared as a child on many popular TV shows, e.g., "ER" and "Ally McBeal".

The following year, at seven years old, she played the breakout role of Lucy Diamond Dawson, opposite Sean Penn, in the movie "I Am Sam". She has been performing ever since, transitioning from child actress to adult.

Answer: Matthew

Yes, the name the star of "Cruel Intentions" (1999) and "I Know What You Did Last Summer" (1997) has, on his birth certificate, Matthew Ryan Phillippe. Ryan could first be seen in 1992 as Billy Douglas on the soap opera "One Life to Live". He has appeared on TV shows like "Damages" (2012) and in movies like the Oscar Winning "Crash" in 2004, the best forgotten "MacGruber" in 2008, and Clint Eastwood's movie "Flags of Our Fathers" (2006).

He was previously married to actress Reese Witherspoon, with whom he has two children.

Answer: Laura Jeanne

Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon won an Academy Award for Best Actress for portraying June Carter in the film "I Walk the Line" (2005). She was formerly married to the also middle-named Ryan Phillippe. I wonder what they called each other at home? Born in 1976, Reese's first feature film role was as Dani Trant in the 1991 movie "The Man in the Moon".

She appeared on the TV series "Return to Lonesome Dove" in 1993, was cast as Rachel Green's sister on the sitcom "Friends", and starred as Elle Woods in "Legally Blonde" (2001) and its sequel.

Answer: William

Did you guess the simplest name? The man known as The King of Hollywood and Rhett Butler himself, was known to his relatives as William Clark Gable. Apparently, he opted for the less common name when he became a star. He began his career as an extra in silent films in the 1920s and worked his way up to leading man, a position he held for 3 decades.

In 1934, he won a Best Actor Oscar for the wonderful Frank Capra film "It Happened One Night" with Claudette Colbert. He was also nominated in that same category for his role as Fletcher Christian in "Mutiny on the Bounty" (1935) and, of course, for Rhett Butler in "Gone with the Wind" (1939).

Answer: Philip

In 1992, Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins won the Best Actor Academy Award for his remarkable portrayal of Hannibal Lecter in "The Silence of the Lambs", but when they called his name to receive the Oscar, it was Anthony who took the statuette. In fact, Mr. Hopkins has won so many awards he probably had to add an annex to his home. Among other awards he has claimed are: the Prime Time Emmy Award for Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or Movie for the 1981 program "The Bunker", the Bafta Award for "The Remains of the Day", Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Performance in "Equus" (1975) and the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2006.

Answer: Nicole

The birth certificate for the Canadian actress, Evangeline Lilly, says Nicole Evangeline Lilly. This strikes me as a beautiful name no matter which part you take. She is an actress and an author. For her role in "Lost" (2004-2010), she won Saturn Awards, Teen Choice Awards and was nominated for a Golden Globe. Ms. Lilly was in Kathryn Bigelow's award winning film "The Hurt Locker" (2008), and played the elf, Tauriel, in the 'Hobbit' movies of 2013 and 2014.

In July of 2013, she debuted her children's book "The Squickerwonkers".

Answer: Thomas

Jack Black was born as Thomas Jacob Black, but I guess he thought Jack Black had more pizzazz. Perhaps the member of the musical group Tenacious D with Kyle Gass didn't care for a band with the name Black Gass; and, maybe the star of the movie "School of Rock" (2003), thought Thomas was a bit too tame. Jack was born in Santa Monica, CA in 1969.

He is a producer, singer and actor, primarily in comedy films. When he was still at UCLA, he was part of Tim Robbins' acting group; this led to his film debut in "Bob Roberts" in 1992.

He has been the voice of Po in the "Kung Fu Panda" series of movies and played Dewey Finn in "The School of Rock".