Random Acts of Actolence Trivia Quiz

Answer: Diana Muldaur

The portrayal of the ruthless associate in her last significant television outing earned Mrs. Muldaur two Emmy nominations, although she won neither of them. The other options were all main characters: Susan Ruttan played secretary Roxanne Melman throughout the entire series, Conchata Ferrell was season 6 main Susan Bloom and Sheila Kelly portrayed intern Gwen Taylor in seasons 4 to 7.

Answer: Denise Crosby

When Seamus O'Neill, an unassuming factory worker, strikes the jackpot, he moves to Key West to walk in the footsteps of his idol, Ernest Hemingway. He soon finds that not only Hemingway, but most of Key West's residents are rather eccentric, among them Dr. Clarke (Myers), Sheriff Jefferson (Thompson), Savannah Sumner (Tilly) and, of course, mayor Chaucy Caldwell, masterfully portrayed by Crosby.

Answer: Wil Wheaton

Wil Wheaton is one of a long line of science and entertainment personalities who appeared on "The Big Bang Theory" as fictional versions of themselves. Wheaton appeared in at least one episode each season from the third to the ninth. The others are all main characters: Sussman is Stuart Bloom, Nayyar portrays Caltech genius Raj Koothrappali and Jim Parsons is, of course, none other than Sheldon Cooper.

Answer: Patrick Stewart

The for-television remake of "Moby Dick" filmed in Australia 1997 and first aired in March 1998 came hot on the heels of one of Stewart's greatest lines from "Star Trek: First Contact": "Don't call me Ahab!" (complete with him firing an early 20th century style machine gun at the Borg). "Moby Dick" won an acting Golden Globe, but it did not go to Stewart's lead performance but rather to his predecessor as Ahab in the 1956 movie who appeared in the new version as Father Mapple.

Answer: Michael Dorn

Dr. Burke is Katherine Beckett's psychiatrist and helps her deal with the aftermath of having been shot as well as her often suppressed feelings. John Huertas, as Detective Esposito, and Seamus Dever, as Detective Ryan are both on Beckett's team, while Nathan Fillion is of
course the man behind the titular Richard Castle.

Answer: LeVar Burton

"Perception" used the special talents of a schizophrenic neuroscientist, Dr. Pierce (McCormack), to aid in the investigation of some of Chicago's most mystifying crimes. Scott Wolf (as Max Lewicki) and Burton are both on Dr. Pierce's staff while Scott Wolf's Donald Ryan was a US attorney, primarily seen in the third and final season.

Answer: Jonathan Frakes

Based on the novel trilogy of the same name, "North and South" was filmed as three separate miniseries in 1985, 1986 and 1994. The first two parts of six episodes each were well received while the third, three-episode, installment did not reach the quality of the other two. The wrong options, including the legendary O'Toole, were all involved only in the third miniseries.

Answer: Marina Sirtis

In the literary source and most other movie adaptations of the Beowulf saga, Hrothgar's queen is actually named Wealhtheow, but in this 2007 movie, she takes the name Onela (which actually belongs to the Swedish king in the saga). Alexis Peters starred in the same movie as Ingrid while the other two played Queen Wealhtheow in "The 13th Warrior" (Venora) and the 2007 theatrical release "Beowulf" (Penn) respectively.

Answer: Gates McFadden

"Marker" was Stephen J. Cannell's second last television production before he turned to writing novels. The story focuses on Richard DeMorra, a man given a strange inheritance composed of thirteen so-called "markers", one in each episode. The other three options were the leading ladies of Cannell's other late works: "Hawkeye" (22 episodes, Carter), "Traps" (6 episodes, Laurie) and "Profit" (8 episodes, Zane).

Answer: Brent Spiner

Originally released as a comic, "Outcast" has been adapted to live action television with very favorable reviews in 2016. Brent Spiner plays the demon leader Sidney while the other three options are all protagonists: Patrick Fugit is the possessed Kyle Barnes, Philip Glenister plays Reverend Anderson and David Denman portrays Officer Mark Holter.