Aunts and Uncles In Film and TV Quiz

Answer: Uncle Fester

This was the second movie loosely based on the TV series "The Addams Family". In this version, Fester was Gomez's brother. In the TV show he was Morticia's uncle. The children tried to kill Morticia's new baby, so a nanny was hired, who convinced the parents to send the children to camp. Meanwhile, the nanny married Fester and tried to kill him, which was difficult because Fester was electrically charged.

Answer: Uncle Frank

Kevin recorded Uncle Frank singing in the shower in "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York". Kevin's father's brother's family was staying with them to go on another Christmas trip. Kevin got separated from the rest of the family at the airport and got on the wrong plane.

He ended up in New York City with his father's credit cards. He rented a room in a fancy hotel after saying hello to Donald Trump. The manager entered the room to try to find Kevin's father, but Kevin was alone. Kevin played the recording of Uncle Frank singing in the shower and yelling at Kevin to get out or he would slap him "silly".

The manager thought Frank was in the shower yelling at him, so he ran away.

Answer: Uncle Jed

In the big screen movie "The Beverly Hillbillies", Jethro traveled with his Uncle Jed to Beverly Hills after Jed struck oil on his swamp land. Jethro turned the family truck into a monster truck. Meanwhile, a man who worked at the Commerce Bank plotted to have his girlfriend marry Uncle Jed so he could have the recent family fortune.

Answer: Aunt Bedelia

"Creepshow" was a comedy horror movie containing six horror stories. The first story was "Father's Day" in which Aunt Bedelia arrived at the family mansion to visit her father's grave. She talked to her dead father about having murdered him years earlier. Her father rose from the grave and complained about never getting his Father's Day cake. "I want my cake!"

Answer: Uncle Jesse

Uncle Jesse was a character in "Moonrunners", the movie which inspired the TV series, "The Dukes of Hazzard". The only major characters with the same names in the movie and the TV show were Uncle Jesse and Roscoe. Two adult men who were cousins lived with their Uncle Jesse and helped him run moonshine all over the county, but Roscoe was the sheriff who tried to stop them.

Answer: Uncle Charlie

Uncle Charlie (Charlie Sheen) was supposedly wealthy from writing songs for commercials, but he seemed to spend most of his time having affairs with various women. Charlie's divorced brother and nephew moved in with Charlie.

Answer: Uncle Phil

Phil was the uncle to the adopted daughter of his wife's brother, on "Modern Family". This was really three families. Phil and his wife had children; his wife's brother had a husband and daughter; and his father-in-law had a wife with a previous son and then a new son.

Answer: Aunt Clara

"Bewitched" concerned a witch who married a mortal man. He didn't want her to use magic powers, but her relatives would visit and use their powers. Aunt Clara was an elderly witch who frequently accidentally did things with her magic. She might want to whip up a Caesar salad and accidentally make Julius Caesar pop up.

Answer: Uncle Herman

"The Munsters" was a family of people who looked like monsters. Herman looked like Frankenstein's monster. His wife Lily was the daughter of Dracula. She was super strong and might've been a vampire. They had a son who looked like he was in the middle of turning into a wolf.

The one called Grandpa was in fact Dracula, Lily's father. Marilyn was the normal looking woman who lived in the house, and she called Herman "Uncle Herman".

Answer: Uncle Woody

Lamont Sanford's Uncle Woody was married to loud Aunt Esther. Woody had to overcome his drinking problem before he adopted a boy in the series "Sanford and Son".