Nice Guys Finishing First Trivia Quiz

Answer: Heath Ledger

Heath Ledger stars in "A Knight's Tale". It tells the story of a commoner, William Thatcher, pretending to be a knight in Medieval Europe. Paul Bettany plays Geoffrey Chaucer who is his over-the-top herald. William is a nice guy who almost loses it all when it is found out he is a commoner but Prince Edward saves him. He wins the final joust and therefore the tournament and gets the girl, proving that nice guys can finish first.

In "10 Things I Hate About You", Ledger plays Patrick Verona, an outcast who according to rumor just returned from jail. But the tough guy facade fades as the movie progresses and in the end his mercenary motives give way to true love. His true nature as that of a nice guy shows through and in the end he gets the girl.

Answer: Anthony Edwards

Anthony Edwards plays Jonathan Moore, a student at UCLA who passes time on campus playing Gotcha, a game of tag using paintball guns. While in Paris he falls head over heels in love with the mysterious foreign beauty Sasha Banicek (Linda Fiorentino) and follows her to Berlin.

There she uses him to smuggle film out of East Berlin without his knowledge. Back at UCLA he learns that Sasha is actually Cheryl and she works for the CIA. While on campus the bad guys come looking for him but he uses his skills from the Gotcha game to beat them. So the nice guy defeats the Soviet spies and gets the girl.

Answer: Notting Hill

"Notting Hill" also stars Julia Roberts as the superstar. Thacker is just a simple bookstore owner who happens to meet Anna Scott (Roberts) when she comes in to buy a book. From there the story revolves around the craziness of a normal nice guy thrust into the paparazzi world of a movie star. In the end though the nice guy gets the girl and lives happily ever after.

Answer: The Blind Side

"The Blind Side" tells the true story of Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron) who is a 17 year-old product of the foster care system when he meets Leigh Anne Tuohy, played by Sandra Bullock who won an Oscar. Leigh Anne takes Michael into her home when she finds him wandering the street and the story goes from there. Oher is a very big kid who is also a very nice guy, a gentle giant as it were. Oher joins the high school football team where he excels playing on the offensive line and then goes on to excel in college. The movie ends with Oher being drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in 2009, where he becomes a starting lineman and protects the quarterback's blind side, hence the movie's name.

For further questions about the movie check out my quiz on it.

Answer: Neil Diamond

Neil Diamond stars in the remake as nice guy Yussel Rabinovitch, an apprentice cantor who uses the stage name Jess Robin when singing pop music. The movie also stars Sir Laurence Olivier as Yussel's father, the cantor Rabinovitch. His father expects him to follow in his footsteps but Jess heads to LA to follow his dream of pop stardom when his friend Bubba (Franklyn Ajaye) calls.

There he meets music agent Molly Bell (Lucie Arnaz). Jess is married but his wife leaves him and his father disowns him when he stays in LA to pursue his music. Jess then falls in love with Molly, becomes a star, leaves the music and Molly behind to run from his demons, and eventually returns to Molly and his music.

He also reconciles with his father upon his return.

The movie ends with Jess going on stage in front of a packed house with Molly and his father in the audience.

Answer: Lucas

Corey Haim stars as the title character "Lucas", a mild-mannered nice guy just trying to survive high school. Lucas becomes friends with the older Maggie (Kerri Green) one summer. As the new school year starts their friendship is tested, mostly because Lucas is infatuated with Maggie but the feelings are not mutual. Charlie Sheen plays Cappie, the football hero and love interest of Maggie. Courtney Thorne-Smith plays Cappie's ex-girlfriend Alise. Winona Ryder plays Rina, the girl in love with Lucas.

The movie follows the trials and travails of Lucas as he seeks to win Maggie's love and avoid the bullies at school. In the process of trying to impress Maggie, he becomes injured playing football. Although he fails to win the girl, he wins the respect of his tormentors through his bravery.

The movie ends with Lucas being given a letterman's jacket by those who had bullied him, another nice guy finishing first.

Answer: China

"Chariots of Fire" follows Eric Liddell (Ian Charleson) and Harold Abrahams (Ben Cross) as they prepare for the 1924 Olympics. Liddell is motivated by his faith and Abrahams is motivated by his battle with anti-semitism. Liddell explains his motivation this way, "I believe that God made me for a purpose.

But He also made me fast, and when I run, I feel His pleasure." A rivalry develops between the two when Liddell beats Abrahams in a race. Both run for Great Britian in the 1924 Olympics, where the rivalry is expected to be settled.

But the match does not materialize when Liddell withdraws from the 100 meters because the heat will be run on Sunday. A teammate offers to allow Liddell to take his spot in the 400, which is run on Thursday, and he gratefully accepts. Liddell, a sprinter running in a distance race, defeats the heavily favored Americans and wins the gold. Abrahams also wins gold in the 100. Liddell returns to China as a missionary and dies in Japanese-occupied China in 1945.

Answer: Ben Stiller

Ben Stiller plays nice guy Larry Daley in both movies. In the first movie, Larry is a put upon divorced father who can't seem to hold a job or do anything right. One day he gets a job as the night watchman at the American Museum of Natural History, which, unbeknown to him, has exhibits that come alive at night because an ancient Egyptian artifact. Turns out Larry is a supposed to be the patsy in a scheme by the retiring night watchmen (Dick Van Dyke, Mickey Rooney, and Bill Cobbs) to steal the artifact. Larry thwarts the robbery, saves the day, and becomes a hero in the process.

In the sequel, some of the displays from the American Museum of Natural History have been moved to the Smithsonian. Dexter, the mischievous Capuchin Monkey from the first movie, steals the Egyptian artifact and brings it with them to the Smithsonian. Chaos ensues and nice guy Larry must save the day again.

Answer: Her 'evil exes'

Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera, who only seems to play nice guys) becomes infatuated with Ramona, the girl literally from his dreams. Before he knows it, he is attacked by the first of seven 'evil exes' who informs him that he must defeat each of them if he wants to date Ramona.

The movie then follows his battles with each of these people and ends with Scott defeating them all and winning the girl. Scott proves he is a nice guy by apologizing to the girl he dumped to chase after Ramona.

Answer: Ronald Reagan

Forrest (Tom Hanks) seems to always end up at seminal events in history and meets the important figures of history. He meets JFK when he is an All-American football player at the University of Alabama. He meets LBJ when he is awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his heroism in Vietnam when he rescued many members of his unit, including Lt. Dan (Gary Sinise), during a battle.

He meets Nixon as a member of the US Team involved in Ping Pong diplomacy, Forrest is a natural at Ping Pong. Forrest never met Reagan in the movie. Forrest ends up rich, gets the girl in the end, and has a wonderful son named Forrest, Jr. (Haley Joel Osment).