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Name The Actor Trivia Quiz

In this quiz I'm going to name three characters an actor played and what movie the character was from and you tell me what actor I'm talking about.

A multiple-choice quiz by thiala. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
thiala

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
349,089

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
968

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which actor played Jack Jericho in "The Pick Up Artist", Alex Finch in "Chances Are" and Paul Avery in "Zodiac"? Hint

Jake Gyllenhaal

Dennis Hopper

Robert Downey Jr.

Ryan O'Neal

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who played Adrian Archer in "Attack on Darfur", Jimmy Cuervo in "The Crow: Wicked Prayer" and Thomas Cross in "3 Blind Mice"? Hint

Craig Kelly

David O'Hara

Edward Furlong

David Boreanaz

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who was the actor played Michael Gold in "Laser Mission", Johnny Murata in "Showdown in Little Tokyo" and Jake Lo in "Rapid Fire"? Hint

Brandon Lee

Dolph Lundgren

Ernest Borgnine

Tzi Ma

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Question 4 of 10

4. Can you name the actor played Murphy MacManus in "The Boondock Saints", Lucien Carr in "Beat" and Billy Neal in "The Notorious Betty Page"? Hint

Norman Reedus

Ron Livingston

Willem Dafoe

Dallas Roberts

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who is the funny guy who played Bartholomew Hunt in "Almost Heroes", Haru in "Beverly Hills Ninja" and Mike Donnelly in "Black Sheep"? Hint

Chris Farley

Chris Rock

Matthew Perry

David Spade

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who was the off beat actor who played Hunter S. Thompson in "Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas", Sam in "Benny and Joon" and Gene Watson in "Nick of Time"? Hint

Bill Murray

Christopher Walken

Aidan Quinn

Johnny Depp

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who was the smart mouthed actor who played Eli Turnbull in "Coneheads", Ernie in "8 Heads In a Duffel Bag" and Ranger Frank in "The Rugrats Movie"? Hint

Tim Curry

Dan Aykroyd

David Spade

Joe Pesci

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Question 8 of 10

8. Can you name the talented actor who played Jim Carroll in "The Basketball Diaries", Arthur Rimbaud in "Total Eclipse" and Tobias Wolff in "This Boy's Life"? Hint

Jonah Blechman

Mark Wahlberg

Leonardo DiCaprio

David Thewlis

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Question 9 of 10

9. Can you name this very funny actor who played John Blutarsky in "Animal House", Capt. Wild Bill Kelso in "1941" and Jake Blues in "The Blues Brothers"? Hint

Tom Hulce

John Belushi

Ned Beatty

Dan Aykroyd

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who was the actor who played Gay Perry in "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang", Simon Templar in "The Saint" and Chris Knight in "Real Genius"? Hint

Robert Downey Jr.

Gabriel Jarret

Henry Goodman

Val Kilmer

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which actor played Jack Jericho in "The Pick Up Artist", Alex Finch in "Chances Are" and Paul Avery in "Zodiac"?

Answer: Robert Downey Jr.

In "The Pick Up Artist" Robert was actually credited as Robert Downey instead of Robert Downey Jr. Robert also starred in the movie "Less Than Zero" in the 80s.

2. Who played Adrian Archer in "Attack on Darfur", Jimmy Cuervo in "The Crow: Wicked Prayer" and Thomas Cross in "3 Blind Mice"?

Answer: Edward Furlong

Although Edward Furlong is known for playing John Connor in "Terminator 2: Judgement Day", he has been in several Indie films since then. Some of his other films include "Warriors of Terra", "Jimmy and Judy" and "Cruel World". Besides doing movies he also played Shane Casey in the TV show "CSI: New York".

3. Who was the actor played Michael Gold in "Laser Mission", Johnny Murata in "Showdown in Little Tokyo" and Jake Lo in "Rapid Fire"?

Answer: Brandon Lee

Brandon Lee was also asked to play his father, Bruce Lee, in the bio film but he turned the role down because of how much he was already compared to his father. The role was given to Jason Scott Lee. Brandon Lee died on set while filming "The Crow" when a stunt went wrong.

4. Can you name the actor played Murphy MacManus in "The Boondock Saints", Lucien Carr in "Beat" and Billy Neal in "The Notorious Betty Page"?

Answer: Norman Reedus

Norman was in a car wreck in Berlin, Germany in February of 2005 when, after attending an REM concert, his driver swerved into traffic suddenly at the wrong moment and a semi-truck struck the car he was riding in. Norman now plays Daryl Dixon on the TV show "The Walking Dead".

5. Who is the funny guy who played Bartholomew Hunt in "Almost Heroes", Haru in "Beverly Hills Ninja" and Mike Donnelly in "Black Sheep"?

Answer: Chris Farley

Chris Farley was actually the original voice of Shrek but, when Chris died of an apparent drug overdose, Disney decided that they didn't want to have anything to do with him so they cast Mike Myers and redid all of Chris's voiceover work.

6. Who was the off beat actor who played Hunter S. Thompson in "Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas", Sam in "Benny and Joon" and Gene Watson in "Nick of Time"?

Answer: Johnny Depp

Johnny also played lead slide guitar in the Oasis song "Fade In-Out". Also, when Johnny was preparing to film "Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas" he actually lived with Hunter Thompson for months and, according to Hunter, Johnny followed him everywhere. Johnny said that he did this because he wanted to get Hunter's every mannerism down exactly for the role.

7. Who was the smart mouthed actor who played Eli Turnbull in "Coneheads", Ernie in "8 Heads In a Duffel Bag" and Ranger Frank in "The Rugrats Movie"?

Answer: David Spade

During his first season of "Saturday Night Live" (1975), David Spade only appeared three times. David is also famous for working with Chris Farley in movies like "Black Sheep" and "Tommy Boy" and is currently in the TV show "Rules of Engagement".

8. Can you name the talented actor who played Jim Carroll in "The Basketball Diaries", Arthur Rimbaud in "Total Eclipse" and Tobias Wolff in "This Boy's Life"?

Answer: Leonardo DiCaprio

Leonardo considered starring in a movie about James Dean but he turned it down because he felt that he wasn't experienced enough as an actor. Leonardo has also been in the movies "Romeo and Juliet", "Marvin's Room", "The Beach" and "The Man In The Iron Mask" along with many others.

9. Can you name this very funny actor who played John Blutarsky in "Animal House", Capt. Wild Bill Kelso in "1941" and Jake Blues in "The Blues Brothers"?

Answer: John Belushi

John was also honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on 4/1/04, 22 years after his death. John Belushi was best known for the work that he has done with Dan Aykroyd that includes the movies "1941", "The Blues Brothers" and the numerous sketches that they did together when they were both on "Saturday Night Live".

10. Who was the actor who played Gay Perry in "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang", Simon Templar in "The Saint" and Chris Knight in "Real Genius"?

Answer: Val Kilmer

Val also co-authored the play "How It All Began" that was performed at the New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theater, in 1981.

Source: Author thiala

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