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1. John Belushi played John "Bluto" Blutarsky, a misbehaving member of the Delta Tau Chi fraternity who was in his seventh year at Faber College. In one of Belushi's final films, he played a peaceful, quiet, straight-arrow suburban resident named Earl Keese. What was the name of this film?

Answer: Neighbors

The 1981 film "Neighbors", starring John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Cathy Moriarty, Kathryn Walker and Lauren-Marie Taylor, was released on December 18, 1981. Sadly, this was Belushi's last film as he died on March 5, 1982, three months after the film's release.

In the film, John Belushi starred as Earl Keese, a calm, normal suburbanite with a wife and daughter. Keese's peaceful home life implodes once a new family, the obnoxious Vic and Ramona, move next door the Keese family.

2. Tim Matheson played Eric "Otter" Stratton, the Delta Tau Chi fraternity's rush chairman. Matheson played the Vice President of the United States, John Hoynes, from 1999 through 2006, on which television series?

Answer: The West Wing

"The West Wing" was a television series which aired from from September 22, 1999 to May 14, 2006. The show was based on the fictional administration of a President of the United States named Josiah "Jed" Bartlet. During Bartlet's first term as President of the United States, John Hoynes (played by Tim Matheson) served as the Vice President of the United States.

3. Thomas Hulce played Lawrence "Pinto" Kroger, a pledge of the Delta Tau Chi fraternity. In 1984, Hulce was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for playing which composer?

Answer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Thomas Hulce voiced the character Quasimodo in the 1996 film "The Hunchback of Notre Dame". He also starred in the 1988 film "Dominick and Eugene" and the 1989 film "Parenthood". Hulce was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for playing Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in the 1984 film "Amadeus".

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a musical composer from Austria who lived from 1756 through 1791. Mozart composed over six hundred original musical works during the era labeled by musical historians as the Classical Period.

4. James Widdoes played Robert Hoover, the president of the Delta Tau Chi fraternity. In 1984, James Widdoes played the character Stan Pembroke during the first season of which television series?

Answer: Charles in Charge

"Charles in Charge" was a television series that aired from October 3, 1984 through November 10, 1990. The show was about a young man named Charles, a college student who worked as a babysitter for a family to cover his living expenses. Charles worked for the Pembroke family during the first season of the show and the Powell family for the last four seasons of the show.

5. Bruce McGill played Daniel Simpson Day, also known as D-Day. D-Day was an enigmatic member of the Delta Tau Chi fraternity. In which movie did Bruce McGill NOT star as a political figure?

Answer: The Legend of Bagger Vance

Bruce McGill played United States Congressman Stan Marks in the 2003 film "Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde", United States Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton in the 2012 film "Lincoln" and United States Central Intelligence Agency Director George Tenet in the 2008 film "W.".

The 2000 film "The Legend of Bagger Vance" starred Will Smith, Matt Damon, Bruce McGill, Jack Lemmon and Charlize Theron. The movie centered around a golfing event featuring the best golfers of the era. Bruce McGill played golfer Walter Hagen.

6. Mark Metcalf played Douglas C. Neidermeyer, an ROTC cadet officer and member of the Omega Theta Pi fraternity at Faber College. In 1984, Mark Metcalf starred in two music videos for which band?

Answer: Twisted Sister

Mark Metcalf starred in the music videos for the 1984 songs "We're Not Gonna Take It" as a father and "I Wanna Rock" as a school teacher. Both songs were performed by the band Twisted Sister. Metcalf's character in each video was very similar to his Neidermeyer character in the 1977 film "Animal House". Metcalf also starred in the 1986 film "One Crazy Summer".

7. Kevin Bacon played Chip Diller, an Omega Theta Pi fraternity pledge and ROTC student at Faber College. In 1992, Bacon played Captain Jack Ross, a prosecutor for United States Marine Corps, in which movie?

Answer: A Few Good Men

The 1992 film "A Few Good Men" was a film starring Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore and Kevin Bacon. In the movie, two United States Marines were charged with the murder of another member in their unit, a Private named William T. Santiago. United States Navy lawyer, Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee (played by Tom Cruise), defended the two soldiers and earned a not guilty verdict on the murder charge.

Kevin Bacon starred in the 1984 film "Footloose", the 1994 film "The River Wild" and the 1995 film "Apollo 13".

8. Donald Sutherland played Dave Jennings, an English professor at Faber College who was working on a novel. Sutherland has starred in several movies based on novels. Donald Sutherland played a character named Reverend Monroe in which movie based on a novel?

Answer: Cold Mountain

The 2003 film "Cold Mountain", based a on Charles Frazier's 1997 novel of the same name, starred Nicole Kidman, Jude Law, Ren�e Zellweger, Natalie Portman, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Donald Sutherland. The story was set in the United States Civil War and was about a soldier who left the war to find his true love.

Donald Sutherland is a veteran actor with acting credits including novel-based movies such as the 1980 film "Ordinary People", the 2005 film "Pride & Prejudice", the 2012 film "The Hunger Games" and the 1996 film "A Time to Kill".

9. Karen Allen played Katy, a Faber College student who dated both Delta Tau Chi fraternity member Donald "Boon" Schoenstein and an English professor at Faber College named Dave Jennings. In 1981, Allen played the romantic interest of an archaeology professor in which film?

Answer: Raiders of the Lost Ark

The 1981 film "Raiders of the Lost Ark" was an adventure film set in the 1930s starring Harrison Ford as the main character, archaeology professor Indiana Jones. Indiana Jones competed with the a group from the Nazi party to find an item called the Ark of the Covenant, an item the Nazi party believed could be used as a weapon and make them unbeatable.

Karen Allen played Marion Ravenwood, the girlfriend of Indiana Jones in the film and the daughter of Jones' mentor, Abner Ravenwood. Allen played Revenwood again in the 2008 film "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull".

10. A successful blues musician played bass in the fictional band Otis Day and the Knights at Delta Tau Chi fraternity's legendary toga party. The blues musician hit number twenty-two on the United States Billboard Hot 100 in 1987 with the song "Smoking Gun". Who was this blues musician?

Answer: Robert Cray

Blues guitarist and singer Robert Cray found local success on the west coast of the United States in the late 1970s as a member of the Robert Cray Band and Cray-Hawks. Cray released the commercially successful 1983 "Bad Influence" and 1986 "Strong Persuader" albums. In 2011, Robert Cray was inducted to the Blues Hall of Fame.

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Yearbook Memories: Cast of "Animal House" Quiz

This quiz is about the cast of the 1978 film "National Lampoon's Animal House", set at the fictional Faber College. The questions are about the career exploits of these thespians after the movie.

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