Fictional Characters from Maine Quiz

Answer: Jessica Fletcher

Jessica Fletcher, played by Angela Lansbury, is the main character in the series "Murder, She Wrote". Jessica was a retired English teacher turned mystery novelist. She lived in a tiny seaside town called Cabot Cove. A running gag on the series is that Cabot Cove is where people go to be murdered.

The town only has a couple of hundred people put has a lot of murders. In fact, wherever in the world Jessica visits, she comes across at least one murder if not more and several other crimes.

Answer: Carousel

"Carousel" takes place in a small town on the Maine coastline. Billy Bigelow meets Julie Jordan and the two strike up something of a relationship. Billy is fired after getting into an argument with his boss about Julie and Julie is fired from her job for staying out after hours with Billy.

Later, Billy and Julie are married and expecting. Both are still unemployed so Billy participates in a robbery with his suspicious friend Jigger.

Answer: Crocodile

Betty White plays Delores Bickerman, an elderly woman who feeds the killer crocodiles living in Black Lake. The crocodiles have killed several people, including Mr. Bickerman. They have grown to an enormous size, become more vicious and are virtually impossible to stop. Mrs. Bickerman continues to feed whole cows and other animals to the crocodiles despite being warned not to.

A team of scientists and game officials work to secure the crocodiles and remove them from the lake.

Answer: Daniel Gregg

Hope Lange played Carolyn Muir, a widow who rents a seaside cottage in Maine haunted by Captain Daniel Gregg. Captain Gregg is played by Edward Mulhare. Gregg was captain of a boat a century before who has since died. He now haunts the cottage and has the ability, among other things, to create storms if he is angry. Charles Nelson Reilly plays Claymore Gregg, the captain's great nephew and owner of the cottage. Claymore is terrified of the ghost in comedic fashion.

Answer: Dark Shadows

Barnabas Collins was played by Jonathan Frid. Originally, he was not the star of the show but only meant to have brief appearances. However, he was so popular he became the main character. Barnabas was 175 years old and a vampire. He was an ancestor to the present-day members of the Collins family.

The Collins family often experienced unusual supernatural occurrences and other outlandish plots in which Barnabas would have to rescue them from.

Answer: Wet Hot American Summer

"Wet Hot American Summer" is a raunchy comedy film starring Janeane Garofalo as Beth, a camp counselor struggling to run Camp Firewood. Most of the staff, including Beth, are more interested in hooking up with the other counselors and campers. The film was a flop financially but had cult following. Netflix created two miniseries adapted from the film starring the original cast.

Answer: Mayor's race

"Welcome to Mooseport" is a comedy film starring Ray Romano as Handy Harrison. Handy is a hardware store owner in the small Maine town. Also living in Mooseport is former U.S. President Monroe Cole, played by Gene Hackman. Cole hopes to become mayor so his house can be handed over to his ex-wife in the divorce settlement while Handy hopes to regain the love of his girlfriend.

Answer: Bangor

Paul Bunyan is the legendary giant lumberjack who traveled the United States with his blue ox, Babe. Although commonly considered to have been from Minnesota, Mainers believe he was actually from Bangor. Paul Bunyan is a popular folk character in Maine because the state has a large lumber industry and is home to many lumberjacks.

Answer: Carrie White

Carrie White is a teenaged girl with unusual supernatural abilities. Her mother is a religious fanatic and raises Carrie to believe that everything she does is a sin. This leads Carrie to become shy, self-conscious and an easy target for the bullies at her school.

She is humiliated at the prom when a bucket of blood is dumped on her. She seeks her revenge on her tormentors by setting the school ablaze.

Answer: Her elderly employer, Vera

"Dolores Claiborne" tells the story of the titular character who is telling her side of the story to the police. The police believe she has killed Vera Donovan, her elderly employer for whom she was caretaker. Dolores denies this but admits she killed her abusive husband Joe decades before.

However, the townspeople and her family were unaware Dolores was an abused wife and have long believed she got away with the murder of an innocent man. Now, Dolores is accused of killer her employer who left her millions of dollars and no one believes she is innocent of that crime because of her past.