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Anthropologists on TV Trivia Quiz

This is a challenge quiz, because people don't hear nearly enough about anthropologists on television. Seriously.

A multiple-choice quiz by parrotman2006. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
parrotman2006

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
321,741

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
314

Last 3 plays: Guest 107 (6/10), Guest 174 (5/10), Guest 24 (5/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Emily Deschanel makes anthropology sexy on the Fox police procedural "Bones." What is the name of her character?
Hint

Temperance Brennan

Kathy Reichs

Temperance Brenner

Jordan Cavanaugh

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Question 2 of 10

2. What is the name of the forensic anthropologist who was a graduate student at the start of the Fox series "Bones"?
Hint

Jack Hodgins

Zach Addy

Angela Montenegro

Camille Saroyan

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Question 3 of 10

3. The anthropologists on the Fox series "Bones" work at a facility named after which President?
Hint

Thomas Jefferson

Abraham Lincoln

John Adams

Woodrow Wilson

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Question 4 of 10

4. Anthropologist Daniel Jackson proved a valuable asset in explaining the alien cultures explorers found on the series "Stargate: SG-1." Who played Jackson on television?
Hint

James Spader

Michael Shanks

Corin Nemec

Christopher Judge

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Question 5 of 10

5. What "Will and Grace" star played an anthropologist in the 1998 ABC series "Prey?"
Hint

Eric McCormack

Megan Mullally

Sean Hayes

Debra Messing

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Question 6 of 10

6. What Academy Award winning actor played crime-fighting anthropologist Gideon Oliver on the ABC Mystery Movies in the Spring of 1989?
Hint

Morgan Freeman

Kevin Kline

Kevin Spacey

Louis Gossett, Jr

7. Trevor Eve played Jonathan MacKensie, a British anthropologist who teams up with an American reporter played by Dennis Dugan on a short-lived (nine episode) ABC series in 1985. What was the name of the show?
Hint

"Phantom Hunters"

"Shadow Squad"

"Shadow Chasers"

"Mythbusters"

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Question 8 of 10

8. Rebecca Mader played cultural anthropologist Charlotte Lewis on what quirky television series?
Hint

The X-Files

Lost

Fringe

American Gothic

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Question 9 of 10

9. Anthropology is the study of humans. Who played an anthropologist who traveled all the way from Mars to study humanity on the 1960s series "My Favorite Martian?"
Hint

Bill Bixby

Jonathan Harris

Christopher Lloyd

Ray Walston

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Question 10 of 10

10. The Canadian series "Naked Josh" was about a sexual anthropologist living in Montreal. Who played the title character, Josh Gould?
Hint

David Julian Hirsh

Andrew Tarbet

James A Woods

Alex Epstein

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Oct 22 2024 : Guest 107: 6/10
Oct 20 2024 : Guest 174: 5/10
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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Emily Deschanel makes anthropology sexy on the Fox police procedural "Bones." What is the name of her character?

Answer: Temperance Brennan

Kathy Reichs is the author, and real-life forensic anthropologist who created the character. Jordan Cavanaugh was the forensic pathologist on the NBC series "Chasing Jordan."

2. What is the name of the forensic anthropologist who was a graduate student at the start of the Fox series "Bones"?

Answer: Zach Addy

Zach Addy, played by Eric Millegan, earned his PhD in Anthropology during the second season of "Bones." Hodgins, played by T.J. Thyne, is an entomologist (bugs). Angela Montenegro, played by Michaela Conlin, is a forensic artist and computer specialist. And Camille Saroyan, played by Tamara Taylor, is a pathologist/coroner.

3. The anthropologists on the Fox series "Bones" work at a facility named after which President?

Answer: Thomas Jefferson

The Jeffersonian Institute is a Washington-based research laboratory which assists the federal government in complex criminal investigations. Their link with the government is FBI Agent Seeley Booth, played by David Boreanaz.

4. Anthropologist Daniel Jackson proved a valuable asset in explaining the alien cultures explorers found on the series "Stargate: SG-1." Who played Jackson on television?

Answer: Michael Shanks

Spader played Jackson in the motion picture. Nemec played Jonas Quinn, who filled in for Jackson when the good doctor ascended to another plane. Judge played Teal'c, an alien who assisted the team at Stargate.

5. What "Will and Grace" star played an anthropologist in the 1998 ABC series "Prey?"

Answer: Debra Messing

Messing played Doctor Sloan Parker, an anthropologist researching genetic mutations in humans linked to global warming. The show lasted 13 episodes, from January to March 1998; but there was a silver lining - its failure freed up Messing for her Emmy-award winning turn as Grace Adler.

6. What Academy Award winning actor played crime-fighting anthropologist Gideon Oliver on the ABC Mystery Movies in the Spring of 1989?

Answer: Louis Gossett, Jr

Louis Gossett played Oliver, a Columbia University professor of anthropology, who was assisted by his daughter. The shows were produced by Dick Wolf, shortly before he began "Law and Order." The other detectives in the lineup were Columbo, Kojak and B.L. Stryker.

Answer: "Shadow Chasers"

"Shadow Chasers" had a brief life: 14 episodes, only 9 which were shown on network television. Trevor Eve landed on his feet, however. He spent the 2000s as Superintendent Peter Boyd on "Waking the Dead," a BBC version of "Cold Case."

"Shadow Squad" was a British police procedural from the 1950s (1957-1959). "Mythbusters" is a documentary series on the Discovery Channel.

8. Rebecca Mader played cultural anthropologist Charlotte Lewis on what quirky television series?

Answer: Lost

Dr Charlotte Staples Lewis (C.S. Lewis) is a graduate of Oxford. She is a native of the island on "Lost", which led to her interest in finding her roots. The stress of traveling through time eventually killed her. Lewis was originally supposed to be an American, but producers liked Mader's accent so much they changed the character's nationality.

9. Anthropology is the study of humans. Who played an anthropologist who traveled all the way from Mars to study humanity on the 1960s series "My Favorite Martian?"

Answer: Ray Walston

"My Favorite Martian" aired from September 1963 to May 1966. Uncle Martin's Martian name was Exigius 12 1/2. Bill Bixby played Tim O'Hara on the series. Christopher Lloyd played Martin in the 1999 feature film. Jonathan Harris voiced Martin in "My Favorite Martians," a 1973 animated version of the series.

10. The Canadian series "Naked Josh" was about a sexual anthropologist living in Montreal. Who played the title character, Josh Gould?

Answer: David Julian Hirsh

David Julian Hirsh played Josh. Since the 2004-2005 series, he has made several films and played a nurse on the Jada Pinkett medical drama "Hawthorne."
James A Woods (not to be confused with James Woods), played Steve; Andrew Tarbet played Eric; Alex Epstein was the creator and chief writer on the show.
"Naked Josh" was on for only 26 episodes, but was well received critically. It won two Gemini Awards, the Canadian equivalent of the Emmy.

Source: Author parrotman2006

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