Fictional Characters from Indiana Quiz

Answer: Pawnee

"Parks and Recreation" was a sitcom starring Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope. Leslie was an overambitious employee in the Parks Department for Pawnee, Indiana. She often had big ideas and took her job very seriously. Nick Offerman played Ron Swanson, the Director of the Parks Department. Ron hated government and strived to make the Parks Department as awful and useless as possible.

Other characters include April Ludgate, Ron's equally sarcastic assistant played by Aubrey Plaza and Tom Haverford, a Parks employee who treats himself to extravagant luxuries.

Answer: Garfield and Odie

Garfield is the lasagna loving cat of comic strip fame. He is very lazy and sleeps all the time. He hates Mondays and most people. His owner is Jon Arbuckle who is socially awkward especially with women. Jon's dog is Odie who is not very intelligent. Garfield makes fun of Odie a lot but the two appear to be friends. Odie is considered to be a house pet, unlike Garfield, and thus never speaks.

Answer: A Christmas Story

"A Christmas Story" is set in Hohman, Indiana and stars Peter Billingsley as Ralphie, a boy who wants a Red Ryder BB Gun for Christmas. One of the most infamous scenes from the film is when Flick is dared to lick a flagpole and gets his tongue frozen onto it and has to be saved by the fire department.

Another famous scene involves Ralphie's parents fighting over a lamp shaped like a woman's stocking clad leg.

Answer: Richard Dreyfuss

"Close Encounters of the Third Kind" is a science fiction film directed by Steven Spielberg. Set in Indiana, the film focuses on Roy Neary (Richard Dreyfuss) and his adventures chasing UFOs. While investigating a power failure, Roy had seen a UFO and becomes obsessed with them. A famous scene from the film is when Roy builds Wyoming's Devil's Tower out of mashed potatoes.

Answer: Quantum Leap

"Quantum Leap" is a science fictional television series starring Scott Bakula as Sam Beckett, a time traveler. Beckett is stuck in a cycle and cannot return to his present time and must correct certain events in the past so he can return to the present. He is aided in this quest by Al Calavicci played by Dean Stockwell.

Beckett was born in Elk Ridge, Indiana on a farm. He is super intelligent and was so at a very young age.

Answer: Vincennes

"Alice of Vincennes" is a novel published in 1900 that became an instant best seller. It told the (fictional) story of Alice Roussillon. Alice was raised by Native Americans but adopted by a French family from Vincennes, Indiana. This was during the Revolutionary War period where tensions were high between the American-aligned French and the British.

Some people in the town wanted to remain under French control while others wanted to become British. Furthermore, Alice and her family want to turn the town over to the Americans. Alice becomes a hero and fights alongside the French and Americans against the British.

She takes up arms and sews American flags that she must keep hidden.

Answer: Tom Clancy

John Clark was born John Kelly in Indianapolis. John's lost both of his parents, his first wife and unborn child in a series of traumatic circumstances. As a result, John changed his last name to Clark and became immune to human emotion. He is one of Clancy's more violent protagonists and appears in a number of Jack Ryan books.

He also appears in the "Rainbow Six" franchise, both the book and video game series.

Answer: Cancer

"The Fault in Our Stars" is a 2012 novel that tells the story of two cancer-afflicted teenagers. Hazel has thyroid cancer and becomes depressed. She meets Augustus at a cancer support group. Augustus is in remission but has previously lost his leg to leukemia.

The two strike up a friendship and later fall in love as Augustus' cancer returns. Augustus takes a turn for the worse as their love grows stronger.

Answer: One Day at a Time

"One Day at a Time" starred Bonnie Franklin as Ann Romano. Ann is a newly divorced mother of two daughters who struggles to balance her career and raising her girls. Her daughter Julie (Mackenzie Phillips) is always finding herself in trouble while Barbara (Valerie Bertinelli) is younger but sarcastic. Schneider, the building repairman played by Pat Harrington, gives out unwanted advice to Ann but the two eventually become friends.

Answer: Harold Hill

"The Music Man" is a stage musical by Meredith Wilson. Professor Harold Hill is the titular music man. In reality, he is a conman who promises boys fame and fortune but then skips town with their parents' money before anything is done. One of the most famous songs from the musical is "Gary, Indiana" which Harold sings about his hometown.