The Next Big Writer — Cops in fiction quiz

Re: Cops in fiction quiz

null@example.com (jack the knife) — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 22:27:30 +0000

I'm acknowledging it right here and now! And yes, I'll give you credit for Clint Eastwood. Just shows to go you - every question doesn't have just one right answer! So congrats for getting two of them right. Uh, that's only a 22% correct percentage, though. But who's counting. Besides me.

Re: Cops in fiction quiz

null@example.com (Janet Taylor-Perry) — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 19:59:03 +0000

Hey, nobody acknowledged that I got # 3 right! And I still think Clint Eastwood also fits # 4 from his time on Rawhide.

Re: Cops in fiction quiz

null@example.com (jack the knife) — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 19:35:28 +0000

I was waiting for more tries, and then I forgot it! Sorry about that. Okay, here are the answers:
1. Robert Duvall - "Bullitt"
2. Al Pacino and John Goodman - "Sea of Love"
3. Al Pacino
4. Bruce Willis
5. Mike Connors - "Tightrope"
6. Karl Malden (partner played by Michael Douglas) - "The Streets of San Francisco"
7. George Dzundza - "Basic Instinct"
8. Denver Pyle - "Bonnie & Clyde"
10. Eddie Egan (played by Gene Hackman as Popeye Doyle in "The French Connection" I and II. Egan appeared himself in a recurring role in the TV series "Police Story."

Compared to your latest quiz, JP, this one was easy!

Re: Cops in fiction quiz

null@example.com (j p lundstrom) — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 19:07:48 +0000

Hey, Jack--When are you going to post the answers? I tried, but I couldn't answer these questions. I don't see that many movies and besides, my memory's shot--help! JP

Re: Cops in fiction quiz

null@example.com (jack the knife) — Wed, 24 Dec 2014 12:04:53 +0000

Hey, JP - Kilmer isn't really a PI in Spartan, and I'm not sure he could be considered a rancher in Bloodworth. But an excellent try! I didn't think any other answer would be even close. But I took the question out of the list because it was misleading and didn't really involve a cop as a MC. At first, I was thinking Harper was a cop, then realized he was a PI. And Hombre wasn't really a NA, only raised as one. Hud was a rancher. Paul Newman, of course, was the answer to that one.

Re: Cops in fiction quiz

null@example.com (j p lundstrom) — Wed, 24 Dec 2014 08:20:09 +0000

Hey, Jack--This whole quiz is tough
#1 has to involve Steve McQueen or Paul Newman, but I can't figure out who the taxi driver could be
#9 Val Kilmer: rancher-Bloodworth, Native American-Thunderheart, PI-Spartan
I hope PI stands for private investigator, not physical instructor!
You must go see a lot of movies. JP

Re: Cops in fiction quiz

null@example.com (jack the knife) — Wed, 24 Dec 2014 02:53:32 +0000

Correct on #4, JP! Wrong on #1 & #2.

Re: Cops in fiction quiz

null@example.com (j p lundstrom) — Wed, 24 Dec 2014 00:30:51 +0000

How about
1) Robert deNiro in Jennifer on My Mind (with Michael Brandon, not to be confused with the porn star by the same name)
2) Billy Crystal and Danny deVito in Throw Momma from the Train (No, they weren't cops...)
4) Bruce Willis
That's all I have for now. I was surfing the web, looking for more answers, when I wound up reading an article on how blue-eyed parents can indeed have a brown-eyed child, which shoots one of the main premises of a book I had just started all to hell. I have work to do. HH JP

Re: Cops in fiction quiz

null@example.com (Janet Taylor-Perry) — Tue, 23 Dec 2014 05:44:13 +0000

3--Al Pacino ????
4--Clint Eastwood (Dirty Harry & Rawhide???)

I must be really lost here. I'll probably groan when I recognize all of them once you post the answers.

Re: Cops in fiction quiz

null@example.com (jack the knife) — Tue, 23 Dec 2014 01:48:53 +0000

Hey, JP - You got two of my toughest ones - #7&8. In order to get credit for #3, you'll have to give me the movies. #6 is correct. #4 isn't. BTW, it's James Gadolfini - but he's not the right answer. Thanks for trying!

Re: Cops in fiction quiz

null@example.com (jack the knife) — Tue, 23 Dec 2014 01:43:19 +0000

Oops. I made a mistake in #9. It should read, What famous actor played a PI, a rancher, and a Native American in three movies, each of which has a one-word title? Sorry about that. Not really a cop question, so you get double points if you get it.

Re: Cops in fiction quiz

null@example.com (j p lundstrom) — Tue, 23 Dec 2014 01:40:23 +0000

Gee, Jack, this was supposed to be fun, not homework! Funny, but as soon as you ask for names, all I get on my old-style inner screen are pictures. With some difficulty, this is what I got:
3) Broderick Crawford, Raymond Burr, James Cagney, James Arness, and the guy from the Sopranos James ___
4) Mel Gibson
6) Karl Malden in The Streets of San Francisco (with Michael Douglas)
7) George Dzundza (with Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone) in Basic Instinct
8) Denver Pyle (with Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway) in Bonnie and Clyde
I tried both Clint Eastwood and Elvis Presley for #9, but neither one fit all three I just don't have a brain like yours.
Looks like James is a popular name for crime stories. JP

Re: Cops in fiction quiz

null@example.com (jack the knife) — Tue, 23 Dec 2014 00:26:27 +0000

My apologies. I meant to post the above in the Cop Shop forum.

Cops in fiction quiz

null@example.com (jack the knife) — Tue, 23 Dec 2014 00:14:03 +0000

Since JP started these quizzes, thought I'd weigh in on one that I know all the answers to.

1. What soon-to-be A-list actor played a tiny role as a taxi driver in a classic cop movie starring a box-office star famous in real life for his fast rides?
2. Name the two actors who starred as cop partners in a movie with a song title as its title.
3. What famous actor played gangsters in four movies and cops in four others. (He might not be the only one, but if you can come up with other answers, I'll appreciate it!)
4. What actor who played a cop getting into terrible fixes in a series of movies got his start in a TV series (in which he didn't play a cop)?
5. Name the actor who made famous the carrying of his gun in the small of his back in a TV series. Name the character and the series.
6. Who was the movie star who, in a TV series, played the older partner of a young cop whose father, in real life, was an Oscar winner? What was the name of that TV series?
7. The younger cop in #6 appeared again as a cop in a movie infamous for a certain interrogation scene. Name the actor who played his partner.
8. Who played the Texas Ranger who was captured by an infamous gang, and then got his revenge, in a classic 1967 movie?

10. Who was the real-life cop portrayed in two movies, one of which won an Oscar for Best Picture, by an actor who also starred in the #8 movie? This cop also appeared in a TV series. For extra credit, name the movies and the TV series.