Friday Funday Trivia: From the Gridiron to Tinseltown

In honor of the Super Bowl, this week's quiz features 3 montages of 15 photos of football players who ventured into acting. You have to correctly identify the performer. As I was on the child star quiz last year, I'm going to be a little lenient on this one too. If you are unable to come up with the athlete/performer's name, you can still earn half credit if you can at least identify one of their famous roles. For example, if I posted a photo of Bob Golic and you couldn't recall his name, something along the lines of the following would be acceptable:

That's the guy who played Mike Rogers on "Saved by the Bell: The College Years"

To enlarge the montages, click on them. Below the montages are the point values for each photo (40 pts total).

If you are a Friday Funday Trivia virgin about to be touched for the very first time, please read the following rules before playing:

* The game is pub style so looking up the answers, using friends/family for help, etc. is not allowed.

* If you are the only player to correctly identify a photo, you earn 5 bonus points. The first player to submit their final answers to me will earn 2 bonus points. 

* Please do not post your answers in the comments section. Instead, send them to ultfan@gmail.com no later than Friday night (2/3) at 11:59 PM EST. The answers will be posted on Saturday, Feb. 4th.

Not an official rule: If you have no clue about a photo, feel free to come up with an intentionally funny answer. Although you won't get credit for a correct answer, you'll get a thumbs up from me for originality, execution, and showmanship. What can I say, I love to be entertained and I'll take it any way I can get it!

Note about one of the football players turned actors. Because of infamous incidents involving this man, people have very strong opinions about him. However, I do ask that you refrain  from any incendiary commentary. Let's keep Friday Funday Trivia fun. Thank you in advance. :-)

 1-5

1. 2 pts

2. 2 pts
3. 2 pts
4. 2 pts
5. 2 pts

6-10

6. 3 pts

7. 2 pts
8. 2 pts
9. 2 pts
10. 4 pts

11-15

11. 3 pts

12. 4 pts
13. 2 pts
14. 2 pts
15. 6 pts

Answers To Friday Funday Trivia: Best Picture Oscar Winners

Before getting to the answers, here are the names of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place finishers this week.

1st place-  Dina: 34 pts
2nd place- Denise: 30 pts
3rd place- Becky: 27 pts

Congratulations to those who made it to the podium and thanks to everyone who played.

 1-5

1. 2 pts- Casablanca

2. 2 pts- Chicago
3. 2 pts- The Silence of the Lambs
4. 2 pts- Rocky
5. 2 pts- Forrest Gump

6-10

6. 3 pts- In the Heat of the Night

7. 2 pts- The Sound of Music
8. 2 pts- Dances with Wolves
9. 2 pts- Slumdog Millionaire
10. 4 pts- From Here to Eternity. Because the photo features Ernest Borgnine, this one threw off a lot of players (who thought it was the 1955 Best Picture Oscar winner Marty).

11-15

11. 3 pts- The Greatest Show on Earth (the clown in the photo is none other than Jimmy Stewart!)

There were some good intentionally funny answers for this one. However, I gave the edge to one of them because it was funny and would make a very intriguing movie...

Gacy! The Musical- said by Aaron

12. 4 pts- All About Eve. Pictured in the photo with George Sanders (who deservedly won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar that year for his role as Addison DeWitt) is a young Marilyn Monroe (who had a small part in the film)
13. 2 pts- Crash
14. 2 pts- The Sting
15. 6 pts- The Deer Hunter- Dina was the only player to get this one correct.

The From Here to Eternity clip below features Burt Lancaster, Frank Sinatra, Ernest Borgnine and Montgomery Clift. Appearing at the 2:00 portion of the clip is George Reeves (best known for playing Superman on TV in the 1950s)