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Whoopi Goldberg Trivia Quiz

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!

A multiple-choice quiz by Zivo24. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Zivo24

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
59,162

Updated
Jan 04 23

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
9 / 15

Plays
2181

Last 3 plays: Sample2024 (6/15), Guest 136 (12/15), Guest 63 (7/15).

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Question 1 of 15

1. Whoopi as a coach of a professional sports team... Hint

Eddie

Homer and Eddie

The Player

Kiss Shot

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Question 2 of 15

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

Fatal Beauty

Clara's Heart

The Color Purple

Corrina, Corrina

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Question 3 of 15

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

The Telephone

In and Out

Moonlight and Valentino

Girl, Interrupted

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Question 4 of 15

4. Whoppi as a school teacher in a ghetto... Hint

Sarafina!

The Associate

Boys on the Side

Sister Act

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Question 5 of 15

5. Whoopi as a lounge singer on the run.... Hint

Sister Act

Jumpin' Jack Flash

Burglar

Naked in New York

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Question 6 of 15

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

In and Out

Fatal Beauty

Clara's Heart

Boys on the Side

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Question 7 of 15

7. Whoopi as a nurse in a mental institution... Hint

Deep End of the Ocean

Bogus

How Stella Got Her Groove Back

Girl, Interrupted

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Question 8 of 15

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

Corrina, Corrina

Long Walk Home

The Color Purple

Made in America

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Question 9 of 15

9. Whoopi as a scam artist posing as a psychic... Hint

The Telephone

Ghost

Bogus

Wisecracks

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Question 10 of 15

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

The Player

Fatal Beauty

The Associate

Eddie

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Question 11 of 15

11. Whoopi as a white man on Wall Street... Hint

Burglar

Wisecracks

The Associate

Soapdish

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Question 12 of 15

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

Jumpin' Jack Flash

Long Walk Home

Homer And Eddie

Made in America

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Question 13 of 15

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

Deep End of the Ocean

Eddie

How Stella Got Her Groove Back

Clara's Heart

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Question 14 of 15

14. Whoopi as the wife of a civil rights activist... Hint

The Player

Long Walk Home

Ghosts of Mississippi

Made in America

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Question 15 of 15

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

Answer: (Three words)

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Most Recent Scores

Dec 20 2024 : Sample2024: 6/15
Dec 17 2024 : Guest 136: 12/15
Nov 13 2024 : Guest 63: 7/15
Nov 12 2024 : Guest 168: 15/15
Nov 05 2024 : Guest 174: 11/15
Oct 29 2024 : Guest 99: 12/15

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Whoopi as a coach of a professional sports team...

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

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').

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

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.

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

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'.

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

Answer: Sister Act

The movie was a big comeback for Whoopi.

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

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.

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

Answer: Girl, Interrupted

A small but memorable role.

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

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.

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

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..'.

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

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.

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

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.

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

Answer: Jumpin' Jack Flash

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

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

Answer: How Stella Got Her Groove Back

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

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

Answer: Ghosts of Mississippi

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

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

Answer: The Color Purple

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

Source: Author Zivo24

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