Potential high-level WWTBAM questions

[thguy65]

22 Fictional Characters Whose Names You Don’t Know

Some of these we've seen before, but there are a few rare gems in here.

You know the characters, but you might not know their full names. Store these away for future trivia nights.
1. Did you know the Comic Book Guy on The Simpsons has a name? It’s

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Jeff Albertson

. But that wasn’t the decision of creator Matt Groening. “I was out of the room when [the writers] named him,” he told MTV in 2007. “In my mind, ‘Louis Lane’ was his name, and he was obsessed and tormented by Lois Lane.”

2. Barbie’s full name is

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Barbara Millicent Roberts. (Ken’s last name is Carson.)

3. Cap’n Crunch’s full name is

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Captain Horatio Magellan Crunch

4. Snuffleupagus has a first name—

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Aloysius

.

5. In the Peanuts comic strip, Peppermint Patty’s real name is

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Patricia Reichardt

.

6. The Wizard of Oz rolls off the tongue a lot easier than his full name,

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Oscar Zoroaster Phadrig Isaac Norman Henkel Emmannuel Ambroise Diggs

. From Frank Baum’s Dorothy And the Wizard in Oz:
“It was a dreadfully long name to weigh down a poor innocent child, and one of the hardest lessons I ever learned was to remember my own name. When I grew up I just called myself O.Z., because the other initials were P-I-N-H-E-A-D; and that spelled ‘pinhead,’ which was a reflection on my intelligence.”

7. Mr. Clean has a seldom-used first name

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—”Veritably

.” The name came from a “Give Mr. Clean a First Name” promotion in 1962.

8. In a deleted scene in the 2006 Curious George movie, The Man With the Yellow Hat’s name was revealed as

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Ted Shackleford.

(Since the scene was deleted, perhaps this doesn’t count.)

9. The real name of Monopoly mascot Rich Uncle Pennybags is

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Milburn Pennybags

.

10. The policeman in Monopoly has a name, too. You can thank Officer

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Edgar Mallory

the next time he sends you to jail.

11. On Night Court,

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Nostradamus Shannon

was better known as Bull.

12. On Entourage, Turtle’s real name is

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Salvatore Assante

.

13. Sesame Street’s resident game show host Guy Smiley was using a pseudonym all these years. He was born

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Bernie Liederkrantz.

14. The Michelin Man’s name is

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Bibendum.

15. On Gilligan’s Island,

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Jonas Grumby

was simply called The Skipper.

16. Staying on Gilligan’s Island, The Professor was

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Roy Hinkley.

17. The unkempt Shaggy of Scooby-Doo fame has a rather proper real name—

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Norville Rogers

.

18. The Pillsbury Doughboy’s name is

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Poppin’ Fresh

. He has a wife,

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Poppie Fresh

, and two kids,

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Popper and Bun Bun.

19. The patient in the classic game Operation is

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Cavity Sam

.

20. The true identity of The Lone Ranger was

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John Reid

.

21 & 22. OK, these last two aren’t fictional, but just in case it comes up, Bono was born

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Paul David Hewson

, and The Edge’s name is

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David Howell Evans

.

[ten96lt]

Got another to add, did you know the Homewood Suites duck has a name also? He's represented the hotel chain for many years and goes by the name of

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Lewis

[themanwho]

One of my favorite spurious Wikipedia facts is the name of the Vlasic Stork. Someone edited a fake name into the Vlasic entry a couple of years ago (that person's only wikipedia edit, if I remember right), and it's started to show up on various trivia sites across the web.

As far as I know, the Vlasic stork has not been officially given a name. Where "Jovny" came from is anyone's guess.

-M

[silverscreenselect]

20. The true identity of The Lone Ranger was

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John Reid

.

John Reid, the Lone Ranger was the great-uncle of Britt Reid, the Green Hornet.

[zachhoran1]

The Michelin Man being known as Bibendum was worth $125K or $250K on Regis' WWTBAM in 2000.

[Pastor Fireball]

2. Barbie’s full name is

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Barbara Millicent Roberts. (Ken’s last name is Carson.)

Barbie's middle name and last name have been asked on WWTBAM on separate occasions. Her middle name came up as Peter Sarrett's $64K question on SynBAM.

8. In a deleted scene in the 2006 Curious George movie, The Man With the Yellow Hat’s name was revealed as

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Ted Shackleford.

(Since the scene was deleted, perhaps this doesn’t count.)

I asked a form of this question in a Tangredi game, but it hasn't been asked on WWTBAM yet. It may one day.

14. The Michelin Man’s name is

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Bibendum.

As Zach mentioned, this has been asked on PTBAM at the $125K level.

15. On Gilligan’s Island,

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Jonas Grumby

was simply called The Skipper.

This one came up at the $64K level on SynBAM as well.

19. The patient in the classic game Operation is

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Cavity Sam

.

Pretty sure this one has been asked on SynBAM as well. Either $25K or $32K.

[lilclyde54]

I have to say, this site has some of the most interesting tidbits of information anywhere.

[littlebeast13]

ES's real name is Evil J. Squirrel IV.......

Nobody knows for sure what MBRS's real name is, but that may not come up on game show anytime soon......

lb13

[ulysses5019]

ES's real name is Evil J. Squirrel IV.......

Nobody knows for sure what MBRS's real name is, but that may not come up on game show anytime soon......

lb13

You mean there were three more?!?!

[secondchance]

Those were some wicked trivia Q's! The only one I actually knew was the Professor's name, it probably came up on one of the Gilligan episodes i saw a zillion times each as a kid.

Oh, and also Mr. Doughboy's real name - almost too obvious...

And who knew they had kids!? lol -- well, then how about one more related Q:


~How did the Pillsbury Doughboy get the Pillsbury Doughgirl pregnant?~

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He forgot to wear his weiner-wrap!

[MarleysGh0st]

ES's real name is Evil J. Squirrel IV.......

Do we have to guess what the "J." stands for?

[gsabc]

Those were some wicked trivia Q's! The only one I actually knew was the Professor's name, it probably came up on one of the Gilligan episodes i saw a zillion times each as a kid.

Oh, and also Mr. Doughboy's real name - almost too obvious...

And who knew they had kids!? lol -- well, then how about one more related Q:


~How did the Pillsbury Doughboy get the Pillsbury Doughgirl pregnant?~

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He forgot to wear his weiner-wrap!

I'm reminded of a Star Trek parody, where Lt. Poppin' Fresh (in a red shirt, of course) gets caught in a transporter accident. McCoy's verdict?

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"He's bread, Jim.

[SportsFan68]

ES's real name is Evil J. Squirrel IV.......

Do we have to guess what the "J." stands for?

Jacob.

[littlebeast13]

ES's real name is Evil J. Squirrel IV.......

Do we have to guess what the "J." stands for?

Jacob.

Did he whisper that in your ear during a private moment? He's never even told me what the J stands for......

lb13

[SportsFan68]

Do we have to guess what the "J." stands for?

Jacob.

Did he whisper that in your ear during a private moment? He's never even told me what the J stands for......

lb13

No mangy rodents have ever been in the same state, much less close enough to talk to me.

It's obvious that it's J for Jacob, since Marley was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker, and the chief mourner. Scrooge signed it. And Scrooge's name was good upon 'Change, for anything he chose to put his hand to.

Old Marley was as dead as a door-nail.

Mind! I don't mean to say that I know, of my own knowledge, what there is particularly dead about a door-nail. I might have been inclined, myself, to regard a coffin-nail as the deadest piece of ironmongery in the trade. But the wisdom of our ancestors is in the simile; and my unhallowed hands shall not disturb it, or the Country's done for. You will therefore permit me to repeat, emphatically, that Marley was as dead as a door-nail.

Scrooge knew he was dead? Of course he did. How could it be otherwise? Scrooge and he were partners for I don't know how many years. Scrooge was his sole executor, his sole administrator, his sole assign, his sole residuary legatee, his sole friend, and sole mourner.

[MarleysGh0st]

Jacob.

Did he whisper that in your ear during a private moment? He's never even told me what the J stands for......

lb13

No mangy rodents have ever been in the same state, much less close enough to talk to me.

It's obvious that it's J for Jacob, since Marley was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker, and the chief mourner. Scrooge signed it. And Scrooge's name was good upon 'Change, for anything he chose to put his hand to.

Old Marley was as dead as a door-nail.

Mind! I don't mean to say that I know, of my own knowledge, what there is particularly dead about a door-nail. I might have been inclined, myself, to regard a coffin-nail as the deadest piece of ironmongery in the trade. But the wisdom of our ancestors is in the simile; and my unhallowed hands shall not disturb it, or the Country's done for. You will therefore permit me to repeat, emphatically, that Marley was as dead as a door-nail.

Scrooge knew he was dead? Of course he did. How could it be otherwise? Scrooge and he were partners for I don't know how many years. Scrooge was his sole executor, his sole administrator, his sole assign, his sole residuary legatee, his sole friend, and sole mourner.

But are you saying I'm evil?

[TheSearchIsOn]

14. The Michelin Man’s name is

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Bibendum.

As Zach mentioned, this has been asked on PTBAM at the $125K level.

15. On Gilligan’s Island,

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Jonas Grumby

was simply called The Skipper.

This one came up at the $64K level on SynBAM as well.

The Michelin question also came up at WWTBAM-Play It! if I recall correctly.

And the Gilligan's Island question may have been on SynBAM, but it was definitely used on PTBAM. It was the last question ($64K) seen by Will Chapman just prior to Ritterskoop winning her Fastest Finger question.

[Pastor Fireball]

14. The Michelin Man’s name is

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Bibendum.

As Zach mentioned, this has been asked on PTBAM at the $125K level.

15. On Gilligan’s Island,

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Jonas Grumby

was simply called The Skipper.

This one came up at the $64K level on SynBAM as well.

The Michelin question also came up at WWTBAM-Play It! if I recall correctly.

And the Gilligan's Island question may have been on SynBAM, but it was definitely used on PTBAM. It was the last question ($64K) seen by Will Chapman just prior to Ritterskoop winning her Fastest Finger question.

OK, it's official. I am old. I should've known this was Will Chapman's last question. It's on my WWTBAM site.

[MarleysGh0st]

OK, it's official. I am old. I should've known this was Will Chapman's last question. It's on my WWTBAM site.

You write it down so you don't have to remember it!

[macrae1234]

Speaking about Night Court Ellen Foley who was the original public defender, replaced by Markie Post, was the singer with Meat Loaf on the recording of Paradise by the Dashboard Light. She was replaced by Karla DeVito, no relation to Danny, who has been married to Mr Beast himself Robbie Benson for the last 28 years.

[Pastor Fireball]

Speaking about Night Court Ellen Foley who was the original public defender, replaced by Markie Post, was the singer with Meat Loaf on the recording of Paradise by the Dashboard Light. She was replaced by Karla DeVito, no relation to Danny, who has been married to Mr Beast himself Robbie Benson for the last 28 years.

I actually asked a question about Ellen Foley and Paradise by the Dashboard Light in my "Fireball's Fun Facebook Trivia" series.

[themanwho]

This list has been popping up all over the blogosphere. The blog "A List of Things Thrown 5 Minutes Ago" had the best headline, I think. It also serves as a BPOTD:

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I'm Grumby, Dammit!

-M

[Estonut]

I was reading an article about Lady Gaga flipping off a photographer at Citifield when I saw this link, which seemed named for Uly...

World's Most Useless Facts

It is a slideshow with the facts in the captions. Between the fart facts, there are a few more useful/interesting ones.

[silverscreenselect]

19. The patient in the classic game Operation is

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Cavity Sam

.

Pretty sure this one has been asked on SynBAM as well. Either $25K or $32K.

This came up in reverse fashion yesterday in Cal's Jeopardy game. The clue mentioned Cavity Sam and Cal was able to figure out the game in which he appeared without benefit of reading this thread.

[silverscreenselect]

A timely question:

Mr. T played B. A. Baracus on the television show (now movie), the A-Team. What does B.A. stand for?

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Bosco Albert