Fictional Characters from Wyoming Quiz

Answer: Longmire

Walt Longmire is the sheriff of Absaroka County, a small county in Wyoming. The county has a large Native American population who sometimes come into conflict with the non-Natives. Longmire has a mixed relationship with the Native Americans. Other members of the police department are Victoria Moretti (Katee Sackhoff), Branch Connolly (Bailey Chase) who wants to be sheriff and Ferg (Adam Barltey), a rookie.

The gap between the Natives and everyone else is bridged by Henry Standing Bear (Lou Diamond Phillips), a Cheyenne bartender and best friend of Walt.

The main cast is completed by Cady Longmire (Cassidy Freeman), Walt's daughter and advocate for Native American causes.

Answer: Jane Fonda

"Cat Ballou" is a classic western film, one of many set in Wyoming. Jane Fonda plays Cat, a schoolteacher who returns to her home ranch in Wolf City, Wyoming. She vows to protect her father from being swindled out of his ranch by a unscrupulous big business.

She is aided in this quest by ranch hand Jackson Two-Bears (Tom Nardini), an escaped cattle rustler (whom she helps early in the film) Clay Boone (Michael Callan) and a hired gunman Kid Shelleen (Lee Marvin).

Answer: Yonnondio

"Yonnondio" tells the story of the Holbrook Family. They live in Wyoming where the father Jim is a coal miner. However, times are financially tough. Jim does not make much money and the mine owner is extremely negligent which puts Jim's life at risk. Jim is also an alcoholic and abuses his wife Anna.

Much of the novel focuses on Mazie, Jim and Anna's oldest daughter, who struggles to cope with her miserable life. Many years pass throughout the course of the novel but Mazie maintains her childlike view of the world, mainly as a coping mechanism to get through the Great Depression.

Answer: False

Yogi and Boo Boo actually live in Jellystone National Park, whose location is unknown, although it is clearly based off Yellowstone. An infamously recurring joke involving Yogi is that he would always try to steal campers' picnic baskets only to be foiled by Ranger Smith. Yogi typically wore a green hat and tie attached to a white collar. Boo Boo usually wears a purple bow tie.

Answer: Autism

Freddie Highmore plays Dr. Shaun Murphy, a genius doctor who has autism. He is a surgeon by trade who overcame many obstacles to achieve his dream of becoming one. Many of the episodes plotlines involve other distrusting Shaun or not believing he is capable of performing surgery or treating patients because of his disorder. Shaun is originally from Casper, Wyoming where programs for autistic children were not readily available and he struggled to make friends.

He moves to San Jose and takes a position at St. Bonaventure Hospital.

Answer: Unforgiven

"Unforgiven" is a Best Picture Academy Award winning film directed by and starring Clint Eastwood set in the 1880s. Eastwood plays Kansas pig farmer Will Munny who is recruited to Big Whiskey, Wyoming to hunt down an outlaw who nearly killed a prostitute and received a very minor sentence by Sheriff Daggett. Several men are after the bounty and they face off in Big Whiskey and also set their eyes on the corrupt Sheriff Daggett.

Answer: Dan Troop

"Lawman" stars John Russell as Dan Troop, a marshal in Laramie. His deputy is Johnny McKay (Peter Brown) who, at the start of the series, is barely an adult. Troop is originally from Kansas and moves to Laramie when its previous marshal is murdered. Troop prefers civility as opposed to violent gunfights when dealing with Laramie's outlaws and villains.

His relationship with Johnny evolves over time from master/student to friends.

Answer: Horse

"My Friend Flicka" tells the story of Ken McLaughlin, a young boy from Wyoming. His father Rob owns and operates a ranch with many horses on it. Rob also favors Ken's older brother over him because Ken is an academic underachiever and doesn't take many things seriously.

When his brother is allowed to raise a foal, Ken becomes jealous but his father doesn't believe Ken deserves a horse to train. However, his mother convinces his father otherwise. Ken selects a particularly difficult foal named Flicka. Rob expects Ken to fail miserably at training Flick, who is unruly and makes several escape attempts.

Answer: Alan Ladd

Alan Ladd plays Shane, a gunslinger and ranch hand. The film is set in the aftermath of the Civil War when many people moved westward. Emile Meyer plays Rufus Ryker, a wealthy cattle baron who is attempting to swindle away everyone's land. Shane is dragged into the fight when he encounters some of Ryker's men in a bar fight. Just when everything seems hopeless and the ranchers prepare to surrender, Shane comes in and saves the day.

Answer: Jack and Ennis

Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal) and Ennis del Mar (Heath Ledger) work with each other on a sheep farm during the summer months. One night, they get drunk and have a romantic fling. However, Ennis is engaged to a woman named Alma (Michelle Williams) who he marries and has children with. Jack also marries. Over the course of several years, Jack and Ennis meet intermittently and resume their romance.

This causes several issues as their friendship, which is not fully known by everyone, causes strain in their marriages, makes work harder to find and toys with them emotionally.