Fictional Characters from Virginia Quiz

Answer: Damian Lewis

Damian Lewis plays Nicholas Brody opposite Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison on "Homeland". Brody was a prisoner of war for eight years but becomes a national war hero after his release. He belongs to the CIA and suffers from PTSD from his past experiences.

He works to infiltrate terrorist cells in the Middle East. One of the main plotlines throughout the show was Carrie's suspicion that Brody has actually been turned by Al-Qaeda and was a double agent.

Answer: Meeko

Disney's adaptation on the life of Pocahontas is rife with historical inaccuracies. However the basic plot of the story is somewhat correct. In the film, Pocahontas has many animal friends including Flit the hummingbird and Meeko the raccoon. She also seeks wisdom and advice from Grandmother Willow, a talking willow tree. Pocahontas falls for John Smith, an English settler.

However the English, led by Governor Radcliffe, are feuding with her Powhatan tribe members and Pocahontas is caught in the middle.

Answer: President of the Confederate States of America

Turtledove's "Southern Victory" is a series of novels depicting an alternate history had the South won the U.S. Civil War. Jake Featherstone is a radical and evil man who was once a famous soldier. However, Featherstone is constantly angry because he never seems to be able to advance in a political career.

He is particularly upset that the Confederacy lost in World War I and with it some of its lands. Featherstone becomes President of the Confederacy after appealing to the common man's desire for revenge.

He begins mass genocide and war against those who he claims are responsible for the losses during World War I.

Answer: Mars

John Carter is sometimes referred to as John Carter of Mars and is the main protagonist in Burrough's first novel "Princess of Mars". Carter is a former Confederate soldier turned gold prospector. He comes across a mysterious cave and appears to die in it.

However, his soul and spirit are transported to Mars (called Barsoom by the Martians). While on Mars, Carter realizes he is physically much stronger there than on Earth and becomes the local hero, saving the planet time and time again.

Answer: Gambia

Kunta Kinte was born in Juffure, Gambia. It was there he was kidnapped and forced onto a slave ship headed for America. He arrived in Maryland but was sold to a plantation in Virginia. His owner renamed him Toby, a name he refused to accept. Kunta Kinte rebelled many times against his owners and refused to accept himself as a slave. He failed several escape attempts and was forced into submission when his owners caught off part of his foot.

Alex Haley's novel was adapted into a television miniseries starring LeVar Burton as Kinta Kinte. The miniseries was one of the most watched television events in American history.

Answer: Quantico

"Quantico" is a drama series following the lives of FBI agents in Quantico, Virginia. Priyanka Chopra stars as Alex Parrish, an FBI agent suspected in a terrorist attack during the show's first season. Chopra became the first South Asian actor to have a lead role on primetime American series when this show debuted in 2015. The cast of characters changed frequently throughout the series as FBI agents were reassigned, killed or otherwise left their post.

In real life, Quantico is a headquarters for the FBI and other criminal investigative agencies belonging to the U.S. Government.

Answer: Vampire Diaries

"Vampire Diaries" is set in the fictional town of Mystic Falls where the Salvatore Brothers live. Both brothers are in love with human Elena Gilbert (Nina Dobrev). The brothers, despite their youthful appearances, are actually over a century old and have a troubled past. Damon was forced to become a vampire by Stefan, something he has resented.

In addition, Damon hopes conjure back a woman both brothers loved a long time prior.

Answer: Shenandoah

"Shenandoah" is set Virginia's Shenandoah Valley where Charlie Anderson lives with his large family. Charlie is a widower and blamed God for taking his wife from him. Charlie has six sons, some of whom wish to join the fighting of the Civil War but Charlie refuses to give his approval. Charlie does not want to lose and any more family members and does not believe the war even affects life on their farm.

However, when his youngest son Boy (Phillip Alford) is mistaken for a Confederate soldier and kidnapped by the Union, Charlie and his family are forced to leave the security of their farm to try and locate him.

Answer: Cleveland Brown

Cleveland Brown, voiced by Mike Henry, received his own spinoff show in which he left Quahog, Rhode Island and moved back to his hometown of Stoolbend, Virginia. Cleveland has a son named Cleveland Jr. with his first wife Loretta. With his second wife Donna, he had a stepdaughter named Roberta and stepson named Rallo.

When "The Cleveland Show" ended, Cleveland moved his family back to Quahog and rejoined the main cast of "Family Guy".

Answer: The Waltons

"The Waltons" is set during the Great Depression in Jefferson County where the family struggles to get by on their farm and lumber mill. The main character is the son, John-Boy Walton (Richard Thomas) a journalist. The Walton Family is quite large but because of their poverty even the children are forced into physical labor. During the years set in World War II, all of the Walton Boys join the military which adds to the family troubles as the remaining Waltons are worried about their safety and are sometimes left shorthanded back home.