Fictional Characters from Hawaii Quiz

Answer: Thomas

Thomas Magnum is the womanizing private investigator in "Magnum P.I." He was played by Tom Selleck in the original series and by Jay Hernandez in the remake. Magnum is not originally from Hawaii. Rather, he was born in Michigan and raised in Virginia. Magnum lived for free in a Hawaiian bungalow owned by an eccentric author where he was employed as security, though he usually wound up taking various jobs. Magnum enjoyed living the high life of fast cars, expensive objects and attractive women. Prior to becoming a detective, Magnum served in the Navy during the Vietnam War.

Answer: Stitch

"Lilo & Stitch" is set on the island of Kaua'i. Stitch is an alien from outer space. He is a blue koala-looking chaotic creature. Lilo is a little girl being raised by her sister Nani. Lilo adopts Stitch, believing him to be a dog. Nani struggles to raise Lilo after their parents death and fears her sister may be taken away from her. Meanwhile, Stitch is being sought after by aliens from his home planet and causes problems for Nani.

Answer: King Shark

King Shark was born in Hawaii with the name Nanaue. His father was the God of Sharks. King Shark resembles something of a merman crossed with a hammerhead shark. His rival is Superboy who able to defeat King Shark with his heat vision. King Shark's main ability is his strength and his main tools are his sharp teeth. He also has the ability to regenerate lost body parts.

Answer: Chadwick Gates

Chadwick Gates is a former soldier who returns home to Hawaii after being discharged. He just wants to live his carefree lifestyle of surfing but his mother (Angela Lansbury) wants him to take over the family fruit business. Chad refuses to do that and becomes a tour guide. Chad's girlfriend Maile (Joan Blackman) becomes jealous of Chad's seemingly flirtatiousness with an attractive client.

This causes strain in their relationship. Chad struggles to straighten his life out by balancing his own desires with the desires of Maile and his mother.

Answer: From Here to Eternity

"From Here to Eternity" is a 1951 novel by James Jones and is loosely based on his own war experience. Prewitt, Warden and Holmes are all stationed at Pearl Harbor in the months leading up to the Japanese attack on the base. The men are belong to a regiment called the Boxing Company as many of the soldiers there are amateur boxers. Each man struggles to deal with the strictness of being in the Army. Milt Warden, for example, falls in love with Karen, Holmes' wife, and the two have an affair.

Answer: The Skipper

On "Gilligan's Island", the Skipper (Alan Hale Jr.) was the captain of the S.S. Minnow which he ran short cruises from. The Minnow departed from Honolulu on its ill-fated voyage. The other two characters who lived in Hawaii were Gilligan (Bob Denver), who worked alongside the Skipper after saving his life during the war, and Ginger (Tina Louise), who sang in a local nightclub. The Howells (Jim Backus and Natalie Schafer) were on vacation in Hawaii and live in New England. The Professor (Russell Johnson) was born in Cleveland and is in Hawaii studying the exotic plants of the islands. Mary Ann (Dawn Wells) is from Kansas and was in Hawaii because she won a contest.

The exact location of the island where the castaways are stranded is unknown but various clues indicate it is on of the many uninhabited islands of Hawaii.

Answer: False

"Pokémon Sun and Moon" take place in the fictional land of Alola which is very clearly based on Hawaii. Much of the landscape appears beachy or tropical jungle. Many of the people, city and place names are in Hawaiian. Many of the new Pokémon introduced in the game are inspired by Hawaii, such as Oricorio who resembles a hula dancer. Alola is made up of many islands but consists of four main ones who take the shape of the state of Hawaii.

Answer: The Descendants

"The Descendants" is a 2011 film based on a novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings. Clooney plays Matt King, a wealthy lawyer who oversees very valuable land on Kauai. King leads a fairly common life but his life takes a dramatic turn when his wife Elizabeth (Patricia Hastie) falls into a coma following a boating accident and he is forced to raise his daughters alone. Meanwhile, members of King's family are bankrupt and want King to sell the land so they could receive the money. King is the only trustee of the land. He does not want to sell the land because it has been in his family for generations but he also does not want to ignore the pleas of his family.

The film won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and Clooney was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor.

Answer: Charlie Chan

Charlie Chan is a detective for the Honolulu Police Department. He was created by Earl Derr Biggers who inspired to create a Chinese-American detective while on vacation in Hawaii. Charlie Chan was originally seen as a break in the stereotyping of Asian-Americans who were usually portrayed as villains in 1920s media.

This phenomena is called the Yellow Peril. Chan was smart, kind and helpful. His novels took him all over the world where he solved various, difficult crimes. However as time passed, Charlie Chan gradually became an insulting stereotype of Asian-Americans.

In film, he was usually portrayed by white actors wearing "yellowface" and would have exaggerated manners and talk with a thick accent.

Answer: Steve McGarrett

"Hawaii Five-O" is a buddy cop show featuring Steve McGarrett and his partner Danny Williams, who is often called Danno. In the original show, McGarrett is played by Jack Lord and Danno is portrayed by James MacArthur. In the remake, Alex O'Laughlin and Scott Caan portray McGarrett and Danno, respectively.

McGarrett and Danno often bicker a lot which sometimes hampers their efforts. They work for a special police task force in Hawaii and investigate crimes such as murder, kidnapping and hijacking, often involving military personnel or cargo. When they capture the episode's villain, McGarrett tells his partner to "book 'em Danno", a phrase that is one of the most known on television.