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Movie Characters Quiz 2

November 9, 2007 -

The first time around, I had help. This time I threw together 20 character names on my own. For each, see if you can remember the movie in which he/she appeared. Bonus points for the actor, but in at least two cases here, I don't know the actor.

  1. Garth Algar
  2. Thomas A. Anderson
  3. Brody Bruce
  4. Roy Batty
  5. Gabriel Cash
  6. Leo Crowe
  7. Smiler Grogan
  8. Byron Hadley
  9. Stringfellow Hawke
  10. Detective John Hobbes
  11. Lenina Huxley
  12. Lucas Jackson
  13. Maven R Johnson
  14. Wes Mantooth
  15. Lt. Pete Mitchell
  16. Morla, the Ancient One
  17. Dennis Nedry
  18. Kyle Reese
  19. Marla Singer
  20. Jack Torrance
Comments on Movie Characters Quiz 2
 
Comment Fri, November 9 - 6:27 PM by sven
oh boy, I did bad on this one... only five names I recognized

1. Waynes World (Dana Carvey)
2. Matrix (AKA Neo) Keanu Reeves
6. Minority Report (The victim)
15. Top Gun (Maveric) Tom cruise
16. Neverending Story (The Turtle)

Some of the rest sound familiar... Thats all
 
Comment Fri, November 9 - 7:07 PM by pmd
1. Wayne's World - Dana Carvey
2. Matrix - Keanu Reeves
4. Got 21 Greg, I was kicking myself
7. Pete's Dragon?
20. The Shining - Jack Nicholson
 
Comment Sat, November 10 - 2:10 AM by Greg
Linda got 2, 5, 14, 17, and 18
 
Comment Sat, November 10 - 2:05 PM by Kris Johnson
Wow. I suck at this one. I can only add:

4. Bladerunner
9. Airwolf (does this really qualify as a movie?)
 
Comment Sat, November 10 - 8:56 PM by Ngewo
3. Mallrats, Jason Lee, but wasn't it spelled Brodie?
10. Fallen, only reason I got that one was because it was on the other day. Denzel Washington
19. Fight Club, Helena Bonham Carter

This one was hard.
 
Comment Mon, November 12 - 8:49 AM by The Dock
17 Jurassic Park
 
Comment Mon, November 12 - 8:51 AM by The Dock
5. Tango and Cash
 
Comment Mon, November 12 - 11:03 AM by Greg
ANSWERS
This one was tough, but between everybody most of them got guessed.

1. Garth Algar - Dana Carvey's character in Wayne's World. Paul and Sven got this one. Go figure - I think maybe they were two of the guys who came with me when I saw this one twice in the theatre in high school.

2. Thomas A. Anderson - Neo from The Matrix. Sven and Paul here too.

3. Brody Bruce - The lead in Mallrats, played by Jason Lee. NGewo not only got it, but corrected me on the spelling.

4. Roy Batty - Rutger Hauer's replicant from Blade Runner. KJ got it, and I managed to drive Paul insane.

5. Gabriel Cash - from Tango and Cash. Credit to The Dock.

6. Leo Crowe - Sven got this one. A fairly obscure character from Minority Report.

7. Smiler Grogan - This one, nobody got. I'm not shocked, it's a very old movie, although one of my favorites. Smiler Grogan was the guy from It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World who gave everyone directions to "The Big W". Jimmy Durante.

8. Byron Hadley - Nobody guessed this one either. Byron Hadley was the main prison guard in The Shawshank Redemption, played by The Kurgan himself, Clancy Brown.

9. Stringfellow Hawke - Weird name, forgettable movie. Airwolf. Jan Michael Vincent. Credit to KJ, although that might actually work as anti-credit, I don't know. Of course, I'm the one who came up with it, so what does that say about me?

10. Detective John Hobbes - NGewo got this. Denzel Washington's character from Fallen.

11. Lenina Huxley - Another mystery item - no guesses. This was Sandra Bullock's character in Demolition Man.

12. Lucas Jackson - A.K.A. Cool Hand Luke. Paul Newman.

13. Maven R Johnson - A.K.A. The Jerk. Steve Martin.

14. Wes Mantooth - My wife was the only one who knew Vince Vaughn's character from Anchorman.

15. Lt. Pete Mitchell - Sven recognized this oldie. Tom Cruise in Top Gun.

16. Morla, the Ancient One - Another one for the german movie buff. Sven described Morla as "The Turtle" from Neverending Story, and I have no better description.

17. Dennis Nedry - This was a tough one. I'm impressed that both Glenn and Linda got this. In Jurassic Park, it was the programmer who sabotaged everything then ran away and got killed.

18. Kyle Reese - I'm really surprised that more people didn't know the main character from The Terminator. Only my lovely wife.

19. Marla Singer - NGewo got this one. Fight Club. Great movie.

20. Jack Torrance - PMD got this. The Shining - Jack Nicholson