Fictional Characters from North Dakota Quiz

Answer: Jay Gatsby

In F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel "The Great Gatsby", Jay Gatsby (born James Gatz) was born in North Dakota. His family was very poor and Gatz had to work as a janitor to put himself through school, which he dropped out of. Gatz met and fell in love with Daisy Fey but she married a wealthy man and Gatz worked to obtain wealth by any means in hopes of winning her back.

After making his money, Gatsby moved to West Egg which was where Daisy and her husband Tom had relocated to.

Answer: Fargo

In the film "Fargo", Jerry Lundegaard (William H. Macy) hopes to extort money from his father-in-law by faking the kidnapping of his wife Jean (Kristin Rudrud). He travels to Fargo, North Dakota and hires Gaear and Carl (Peter Stormare and Steve Buscemi) to kidnap his wife in exchange for some of the ransom money.

However, while they successfully pull off the kidnapping, things go awry when a state trooper is shot and killed and the situation becomes much more serious and chaotic.

Answer: Love Medicine

Louise Erdrich is a Chippewa author whose novels are primarily set on reservations in North Dakota. "Love Medicine" was her first published novel and focuses on several branches of a Chippewa family, primarily the Kashpaws. The novel is told in a series of flashbacks about how the family came to be and the origin of their problems which include a decades-old love triangle, revenge and native traditions.

Answer: Blue

Paul Bunyan is said to have worked the lumbered areas of North Dakota and created the plains area by removing all the trees. Along with Babe the Blue Ox, Paul Bunyan is said to have created thousands of lakes in the Great Plains (specifically the 10,000 Lakes of Minnesota). According to legend, Babe the Blue Ox was created to make Bunyan appear even larger in size, although his exact height varies from tale to tale.

Answer: Richard Harris

Richard Harris plays Zachary Bass, a scout who is attacked by a bear and left to die in the wilderness by his companions. Bass vows to survive and learns to live off the land with the help of a tribe of Native Americans he meets. As Bass grows stronger, he vows to confront his former friends who abandoned him to save themselves.

Answer: Germany

Fidelis Waldvogel was a German soldier in World War I. His best friend died in the war and Fidelis marries his friend's fiancée Eva, as a promise he made. Fidelis and Eva leave poverty-stricken Germany behind for America. Fidelis is a butcher and opens his butcher shop in the town of Argus.

Meanwhile, Argus native Delphine Watzka, a performer, returns home and discovers a family of corpses rotting in her father's basement. Delphine grows attached to Eva who helps adapt to settling down in a domestic capacity. As Delphine seeks to find the truth about the bodies in the basement, Eva becomes sick with cancer and another world war is on the horizon.

Answer: Leprechaun

Dan O'Grady (Shay Duffin) stole a pot of gold from a leprechaun while on a trip to Ireland. The leprechaun (Warwick Davis) followed him home to North Dakota where Dan trapped him under a four-leaf clover. However, the clover was removed a decade later, freeing the leprechaun and allowing him to wreck havoc on the farmhouse's new tenants in search for his stolen pot of gold.

Answer: Mentallo

Marvin Flumm was a shoe salesman from Waterford until he developed mutant powers. Specifically as Mentallo, he can read and control the minds of others as well as protect his own thoughts from similar powers. Mentallo was recruited by S.H.I.E.L.D. but chose a path of evil and joined many different organizations of supervillains including the Mutant Force.

He is often seen fighting (and losing) to the Avengers.

Answer: His fear of the dark

Low-Light was born Cooper MacBride in Crosby, North Dakota. As a child, he was deathly afraid of the dark, a fear he had to overcome after getting separated from his father in the wilderness. During this time, Low-Light also overcame his fear of animals and loud noises.

He earned the nickname Low-Light because all he had with him was a flashlight with a dull beam of light. As an adult, Low-Light joined the Army and fought alongside G.I. Joe as an infantryman.

Answer: An actress

Esther Victoria Blodgett (Janet Gaynor) is the main character in "A Star is Born". Despite having little support from her family, Esther leaves North Dakota for Hollywood where she initially struggles to find work as an actress. She is forced to take work as a waitress until she is unexpectedly cast as the female lead in a film which launches her to stardom and also gives a host of other issues she had not anticipated.