Tuesday, September 27, 2011

The TransGriot 'A Different World' Quiz-The Answers

Did y'all have fun racking your brains trying to answer the questions to my TransGriot A Different World Trivia Quiz ?   Or did you peeps not even try and just wait for me to post the answers to it?

For your reading pleasure, here are the answers to the trivia quiz.




1-What was Dwayne Wayne's middle name?
Cleophus

2-Which one of these well known actors DID NOT appear on the show?
d-Vivica A. Fox

a-Halle Berry 
b-Eriq LaSalle  
c-Damon Wayans
d-Vivica A. Fox

3-What real life HBCU was used in the still photos and shots used to represent Hillman College?
Spelman College in Atlanta

4-What actor played Jaleesa's ex husband Lamar?
Thomas Mikal Ford
(extra credit if you can name one of the two shows he was a cast member of
Martin and New York Undercover

5-What was Whitley's boyfriend's name before she started dating Dwayne and what school did he attend? Julian-and he attended Georgetown University
 
6-What were Whitley's and Dwayne's pet nicknames for each other?
Whitley's was Pookie for Dwayne and Dwayne called her Bunny

7-Freddie Brooks was from what state?
New Mexico

8-True or False- Young and the Restless star Kristoff St. John made an appearance on A Different World. (True-in season one as the student in charge of the tutoring office)

9-What political office was Byron Douglas running for?
state senator

10-Colonel Taylor fought in the Vietnam War. What was his rank at the time?
Lieutenant

11-True or False. Whitley slapped Dwayne during the first season.
True

12-Who was the lead singer of Ron's band Xpressions?
Kim Reese

13-Match the A Different World parent with the job they held.

Mercer Gilbert (judge)
Adele Wayne (accountant)
Joni Brooks (psychologist)
Clinton Reese (police officer)

14-Name the actors who played these A Different World parents

Mercer Gilbert (Ron O'Neal)               
Clinton Reese (Richard Roundtree)
Col Bradford Taylor (Glynn Turman)     His kids Suzanne and Terrence attended Hillman
Marion Gilbert (Diahann Carroll)

15-What was the name of the university that Kinu Owens and Freddie's cousin Matthew attended?
Avery University

16-What was Jaleesa's sister's name?
Danielle-played by Vanessa Bell Calloway

17-Ron has had three girlfriends during his time at Hillman. Name them.
Millicent, Kim and Freddie

18-What was Lena and Gina's fast-talking roommate Charmaine's full name?
Charmaine Tyesha Brown
(bonus points if you can name her boyfriend)
Lance

19-Who played Freddie's attempted date rapist Garth Parks?
Taimak

20-What state was Hillman College located in?
Virginia


21-What was the name of Ron's fraternity?
Kappa Lambda Nu
(bonus points if you can name what the pledges were called)
Roaches

22-How many years did it take Shazza Zulu to graduate from Hillman with his BA?
six years

23- What Caribbean island was Gina's family from?
Martinique

24-Who played Lena's Baltimore ex boyfriend Piccolo?
Tupac Shakur

25-What was the name of Kim's medical school lab partner and where was he from?
Spencer Boyle and he was from Jamaica

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Now it's time to score your quiz

0-5     Hillman freshman
6-10   Hillman sophomore
11-14 Hillman junior
15-18 Hillman senior
19-21 Hillman BA
22-23 Hillman Masters
24-25 Hillman PhD




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