"Ghost Whisperer" Trivia Quiz

Answer: Jennifer Love Hewitt

Jennifer Love Hewitt played Melinda Gordon, who helped Earth-bound spirits "cross over". Aisha Tyler played Andrea Moreno, Melinda's business partner and friend. Teri Hatcher and Sarah Jessica Parker were not in "Ghost Whisperer".

Answer: antiques

Melinda and Andrea own an antiques store in the town of Grandview. In the show, spirits sometimes "attach" themselves to the personal items that Melinda and Andrea bring to the store as antiques.

Answer: paramedic

Jim is a paramedic. In the show, he supports Melinda as she uses her "gift" to help the deceased attain some closure, so their spirits can move on.

Answer: Jim's brother

Jim's brother, Dan, is seen interacting with Melinda at the wedding reception. Later in the show, we find out that Jim became a paramedic to save other people's lives in memory of his brother.

Answer: The Vietnam War

As Melinda communicates with Paul, it becomes apparent that Paul does not realize how much time has gone by since he died. He was searching for his pregnant wife, who had already passed on. The baby she was pregnant with is now a grown man with a wife and son of his own. Melinda helps Paul communicate with his son before he crosses over.

Answer: bee stings

Jason was angry with his mother, who had not previously told him that he had been adopted. While running into the woods, he encountered a swarm of bees. Melinda helped Jason's spirit make amends with his adoptive mother and communicate with his biological mother and sister before crossing over.

Answer: Electronic Voice Phenomenon

According to James Van Praagh, the Co-Executive Producer of "Ghost Whisperer" and a spirit medium, through Electronic Voice Phenomenon, "a spirit can affect the magnetic bands of energy at certain frequencies and their voices can be heard on radios, answering machines, phones and their images can appear on computer screens, television sets, and videos." (http://www.cbs.com/primetime/ghost_whisperer/blog.php)

Answer: dog

In the episode, four boys in the orphanage were the best of friends. Three of the four boys and the dog passed away in a fire at the home. The fourth boy escaped. Melinda helps the boys' spirits find closure by helping them communicate with their friend (who is now an elderly man), and then she encourages them to cross over into the light.

The dog's spirit does not cross over with the boys, and it appears at Melinda's house in later episodes.

Answer: plastic spider

When Kenny went back into the car to retrieve the toy spider, he had no time to get out of the car before the train came. Kenny's spirit stayed at the railroad crossing because Kenny's mother told him that if he was ever lost to just wait where he was, and she would find him. Melinda found him and helped him communicate with his mother so he could cross over.

Answer: She suffers a head injury.

At the beginning of this episode, Melinda runs through the dark woods to try to reach a ghost that she had just seen. While running, she falls and hits her head on a rock, seriously injuring her head. Later in the episode, Melinda learns that she really didn't lose her ability. An unknown force is pulling the spirits away.