Fictional Characters from Pennsylvania Quiz

Answer: Leroy Gibbs

Leroy Gibbs, portrayed by Mark Harmon, was born in a small Pennsylvania town. His father owned the local general store and coal miner. Gibbs eventually joined the Marines before working his way up into NCIS. Gibbs is notoriously tight lipped about his past and childhood. The character of Gibbs originated on the show "JAG".

Answer: Restaurant owner

After Rocky retires from boxing, he opens a small restaurant called Adrian's, after his wife who passed away. Rocky is a Philadelphia icon and there are statues dedicated to him all over the city. The most famous Rocky statue is at the Philadelphia Museum of Art where Rocky infamously trains by running up and down the steps.

Answer: Bel-Air

On "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air", Will is a troubled teen from Philadelphia whose mother sends him to live with her sister and her family in the wealthy neighborhood of Bel-Air. Will's street smart antics clash with the family's stuffy lifestyle, especially with his Uncle Phil (James Avery). Over time, their relationship improves and Will sees Uncle Phil as a father figure, having been abandoned by his own father.

Answer: Rabbit

Harry Angstrom is the main character in the "Rabbit, Run" series of novels by John Updike. Rabbit is a young man who once had big hopes and dreams but is now miserable in his daily life as a kitchen gadget salesman. He is married to his wife Janice who is pregnant. Rabbit hates his life in small town Pennsylvania which he finds boring and repetitive.

He soon turns to darker and darker vices to help him cope with his life.

Answer: Fences

"Fences" is one of August Wilson's Pittsburgh cycle plays, which focus on the lives and struggles of African-Americans in Pittsburgh in the decades in the 20th century. "Fences" is set in the 1950s and focuses mainly on Troy, a former baseball player turned trash collector. Troy was unable to play professionally because of the color barrier and is forced to become a trash collector to make ends meet.

However, Troy is not allowed to drive the collection truck because he is black. Meanwhile, Troy's son also deals with the racial barrier himself when he is offered a football scholarship.

Answer: Liz Lemon

Tina Fey plays Liz Lemon, a comedy director, producer and writer on "30 Rock". The sitcom focuses on the lives of fictional employees at NBC as the star in and create the shows fictional programs. Liz Lemon was born in the town of White Haven, Pennsylvania.

In high school, she became the first female to play on the town's football team, which she did for one game. Liz is an open and strong feminist and was inspired to become a writer by many women in television who were the first to hold their positions.

Answer: The Blob

Steve Andrews and Jane Martin (Steve McQueen and Aneta Corsaut) are teenagers at make out creek one evening when they see a meteorite crash. The meteorite releases a blob of ooze that nearly kills a man. Soon, the Blob has grown much larger and terrorizes their small rural Pennsylvania town.

Answer: Philadelphia

Tom Hanks plays Andy Beckett in the film "Philadelphia". Andy is a gay lawyer battling an AIDS diagnosis who is fired from his law firm. He believes someone found out about his sexuality and his diagnosis and he vows to fight. However, Andy has a hard time finding a lawyer of his own as many are homophobic and fear contracting the disease simply by spending time with him.

The film is set in 1993 when misinformation about AIDS and HIV was rampant.

Answer: Paper

The American version of "The Office" is set in Scranton, Pennsylvania at the Dunder-Mifflin paper distributer. The main character is Michael Scott (Steve Carell) the regional manager for the company. Other employees include salesman Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson), sales rep Jim Halpert (John Krasinski) and receptionist Pam Beasley (Jenna Fischer).

The show focuses on the antics of the employees as well their personal lives. It is based on the British series of the same name starring Ricky Gervais.

Answer: Weatherman

Phil Connors is a Pittsburgh-based weather forecaster who travels to the town of Punxsutawney for the Groundhog Day celebration. Phil hates the assignment but is trapped in Punxsutawney when a blizzard strands him there. Phil soon learns that is trapped in a time loop and is forced to repeat the day over and over again and only he is aware of it.