BAD BOY QUIZ "This is a quiz about the Bad Boys that we love to hate...or do we? You probably wouldn't want your daughters to bring them home, but the worlds of TV, film and literature would be considerably duller without them."
-1. “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” was considerably enlivened in Season 2 by the introduction of which blond vampire of English origin?
a. Giles
b. Xander
c. Oz
-d. Spike
-2. It’s difficult to imagine anyone else but Johnny Depp in the role of Captain Jack Sparrow in Disney’s “Pirates of the Caribbean” series of films. However, other actors were considered for the role. Which one of these actors was never considered for the part?
a. Christopher Walken
-b. Keith Richards
c. Jim Carrey
d. Michael Keaton
-3. The character of Sawyer adds a certain something to the TV series “Lost”. What was Sawyer’s main “profession” before he found himself stranded on the island after the plane crash?
a. Bank robber
b. Drug dealer
-c. Conman
d. Burglar
-4. The real Clyde Barrow was undoubtedly a person whom one would wish to avoid. However, in 1967 Hollywood produced the film “Bonnie and Clyde”, which gave a glossier slant to the tawdry tale. Faye Dunaway played Bonnie Parker, but who played Clyde Barrow?
a. Jack Nicholson
b. Paul Newman
-c. Warren Beatty
d. Steve McQueen
-5. Our next bad boy comes from the world of literature. Most of my knowledge of Victorian history comes from reading about the misadventures of arch cad Sir Harry Paget Flashman. The late George McDonald Fraser wrote the “Flashman” novels, but who originally created the character of Flashman?
a. Charles Dickens
b. Arthur Conan Doyle
c. Oscar Wilde
-d. Thomas Hughes
-6. Christopher Walken often portrays villainous characters. In which of these films was his character NOT a bad boy?
-a. The Dead Zone
b. Sleepy Hollow
c. A View to a Kill
d. Batman Returns
-7. Tom Cruise famously played the vampire Lestat in “Interview with the Vampire”. However, the role was initially offered to which other actor, who turned it down?
a. Keanu Reeves
b. John Cusack
c. Jason Patric
-d. Johnny Depp
-8. Alan Rickman has a long list of film credits, several of them playing some spectacularly memorable villains. Which villainous role earned him a BAFTA award for Best Supporting Actor?
a. Rasputin (“Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny”, 1996)
b. Hans Gruber (“Die Hard”, 1998)
-c. The Sheriff of Nottingham ("Robin Hood Prince of Thieves", 1991)
d. Severus Snape (“Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire”, 2005)
-9. Jack Nicholson seemed to relish playing the part of devilish Darryl Van Horne in “The Witches of Eastwick”. Who was NOT one of his female co-stars in this film?
-a. Anjelica Houston
b. Cher
c. Michelle Pfeiffer
d. Susan Sarandon
-10. The character of Captain Jack Harkness first appeared in the long-running TV series “Dr Who”. The charismatic Captain stars in his own spin off series, “Torchwood”. Which other “bad boy” made an appearance in the first episode of the second series of “Torchwood”, which first aired on 16 January 2008?
-a. James Marsters (Spike from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer")
b. Josh Holloway (Sawyer from "Lost")
c. Christopher Walken
d. Alan Rickman
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