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Sidekickery Part O Trivia Quiz

Every main character, protagonist, hero and villain needs an assistant, an aide, a colleague, a companion. How much do you know about these sidekicks, real and imagined?

A multiple-choice quiz by FatherSteve. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
FatherSteve

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
389,903

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
399

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Question 1 of 10

1. The stories of Sherlock Holmes are told by his sidekick, roommate and companion, a medical doctor named __________. Hint

Jude Law

James 'Jim' Moriarty

Greg Lestrade

John H. Watson

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Question 2 of 10

2. On "Happy Days," who was Richie Cunningham's friend, nicknamed by his mom because he made things out of clay as a child, who went on to medical school? Hint

Potsie

Arthur

Ralph

Arnold

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Question 3 of 10

3. In all three of the "Matrix" movies (1999, 2003, 2003), who is Neo's female sidekick who is a master hacker and a skilled combatant? Hint

Cypher

Trinity

Persephone

Niobe

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Question 4 of 10

4. In Dante Alighieri's 14th-century epic poem "Inferno," who is Dante's companion and guide through Hell? Hint

Horace

Virgil

Ovid

Juvenal

5. Kimberly Ann "Kim" Possible has known her crime-fighting sidekick since preschool. Who is this male friend, with whom a romantic relationship bloomed in the fourth year of the American TV series? Hint

Felix Renton

Marty Smarty

Steve Barkin

Ron Stoppable

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Question 6 of 10

6. On the "Mary Tyler Moore Show," who was Mary Richards' upstairs neighbour in Minneapolis, a Jewish New Yorker who went on to have her own show? Hint

Rhoda Faye Morgenstern

Sue Ann Nivens

Phyllis Lindstrom

Georgette Franklin

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Question 7 of 10

7. The Hardy Boys, Frank and Joe, are often assisted by a chunky football-center pal who has many hobbies, one of which is often helpful in solving a mystery. What is his name? Hint

Victor Appleton

Frank Dixon

Chet Morton

Biff Hooper

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Question 8 of 10

8. In 1954's "White Christmas," Broadway entertainer Bob Wallace (Bing Crosby) teams with an army buddy Phil Davis to perform. Who played Private Phil Davis? Hint

Frank Sinatra

Danny Kaye

Donald O'Connor

Bob Hope

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Question 9 of 10

9. In the American television series "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century," who was Buck's bipedal robot companion? Hint

Crichton

Twiki

Gort

Dr. Goodfellow

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Question 10 of 10

10. In the Jules Verne novel "Around the World in Eighty Days," who is the French valet to the English protagonist Phileas Fogg? Hint

Passepartout

Jacques Paganel

Cantinflas

Tom Ayrton

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. The stories of Sherlock Holmes are told by his sidekick, roommate and companion, a medical doctor named __________.

Answer: John H. Watson

Beginning with the novel "A Study in Scarlet" in 1888, Dr. Watson has faithfully told the tales of his friend Sherlock Holmes' brilliance as a detective. Watson's experience as a medical man and as a soldier figure into the resolution of some of the stories. Nigel Bruce, Andr� Morell and Robert Duvall have portrayed Watson on the screen.

2. On "Happy Days," who was Richie Cunningham's friend, nicknamed by his mom because he made things out of clay as a child, who went on to medical school?

Answer: Potsie

Warren "Potsie" Weber was called Potsie by his mom because of his affinity for making clay pots. He was Richie's sidekick but was displaced by Fonzie in the arc of the programme. He became assistant manager of Richie's dad's hardware store and pursued a career in psychiatry. The character was played by Anson Williams, who went on to direct television series for over a quarter century.

3. In all three of the "Matrix" movies (1999, 2003, 2003), who is Neo's female sidekick who is a master hacker and a skilled combatant?

Answer: Trinity

Carrie-Ann Moss portrayed Trinity in all three films. Her relationship with Neo grows over the arc of the story. Hers was the first face he saw when he awoke from the Matrix. She is both beautiful and a potent physical threat. Her name might imply her salvific role in rescuing Neo from the dream world.

4. In Dante Alighieri's 14th-century epic poem "Inferno," who is Dante's companion and guide through Hell?

Answer: Virgil

Dante is rescued from the dark wood and its three wild beasts by the Ancient Roman poet Virgil. Virgil tells him that he has been sent by Beatrice to lead the poet to her. Virgil is himself an epic poet, having written the "Aeneid" in the First Century BC. Not many sidekicks are willing to go through Hell with you.

Answer: Ron Stoppable

Although Ron Stoppable does not have as many natural talents which make him as effective at fighting crime as does Kim Possible, he nonetheless has saved the world on a number of occasions. Kim and Ron live next door to each other. He has a tendency to lose his pants during their missions. He is Jewish, an accomplished chef and phobic about monkeys.

6. On the "Mary Tyler Moore Show," who was Mary Richards' upstairs neighbour in Minneapolis, a Jewish New Yorker who went on to have her own show?

Answer: Rhoda Faye Morgenstern

Played by Valerie Harper, Rhoda Morgenstern is Mary Richards' (Mary Tyler Moore's) best friend (1970-1974). The spin-off "Rhoda" ran successfully from 1974 to 1978. The spin-off won two Golden Globes and two Emmys. Phillis Lindstrom was Mary's landlady played by Cloris Leachman. Sue Ann Nivens was a man-hungry fellow employee at Mary's TV station, played by Betty White. Georgette Franklin was Ted Baxter's girlfriend played by Georgie Engel.

7. The Hardy Boys, Frank and Joe, are often assisted by a chunky football-center pal who has many hobbies, one of which is often helpful in solving a mystery. What is his name?

Answer: Chet Morton

In many of the Hardy Boys adventures, their boyhood friend Chet Morton is engaged by yet another hobby -- microscopy, taxidermy, cinematography, model rocketry - which turns out to provide some information useful in solving the mystery. Chet is often an unwilling participant in these adventures but is drawn in by events. Chet owns a vintage yellow car which he calls "the Queen."

8. In 1954's "White Christmas," Broadway entertainer Bob Wallace (Bing Crosby) teams with an army buddy Phil Davis to perform. Who played Private Phil Davis?

Answer: Danny Kaye

This romantic musical comedy was the first film released in VistaVision which explains the remarkable clarity of the prints. Crosby and Kaye play well against each other, coupled with Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen (as sisters). The scene were the guys dress up in the girls' clothes and perform one of their numbers to give them time to escape was not in the original script but rather was the product of Crosby and Kaye goofing around on the set to entertain the cast.

9. In the American television series "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century," who was Buck's bipedal robot companion?

Answer: Twiki

"Buck Rogers in the 25th Century" was both a theatrical movie in 1979 and a two-season television series in 1979-81. Twiki was a small robot called an "ambuquad". Dr. Theopolis is another character in the form of a nine-inch lighted disk carried about by Twiki. Twiki speaks English (voiced mostly by Mel Blanc) but prefaces sentences by saying "biddi-biddi-biddi" which was supposed to be an electronic calculation noise. Twiki did not appear in the original comic strip, the 1939 theatrical film serial, nor on radio.

10. In the Jules Verne novel "Around the World in Eighty Days," who is the French valet to the English protagonist Phileas Fogg?

Answer: Passepartout

The part of Jean Passepartout in played in the 1956 movie version of "Around the World in Eighty Days" by the Mexican comedian Cantinflas, opposite David Niven as Phileas Fogg. In the 2004 version, Jackie Chan plays Passepartout opposite Steve Coogan as Fogg. Both of the movies depict a part of the journey made by hot-air balloon; there is no such balloon in the 1873 novel "Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours."

Source: Author FatherSteve

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