Jason Plautz
Lunchtime Quiz: Fictional Characters, Actual Companies
by Jason Plautz - September 2, 2010 - 11:30 AM

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There are plenty of fictional companies in movies and TV, mostly because things can get dicey when a real company’s name gets involved. Still, some real corporations appear from time to time. In this quiz, match the fictional character to the real company where they worked.

Take the Quiz: Fictional Characters, Actual Companies

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Comments (7)

  1. 100% although two were guesses

    posted by Hyacinth on 9-2-2010 at 11:39 am

  2. I work for The Baltimore Sun. Sitting here right now. It’s not nearly as exciting as The Wire.

    posted by Caitlin on 9-2-2010 at 11:42 am

  3. I only missed 2 of them, considering I never watched Friends or Felicity, and those were the ones I got wrong, another great TV quiz!

    posted by Wayne on 9-2-2010 at 11:44 am

  4. Same as Hyacinth – 100% with 2 guesses — The Wire & Felicity (never seen an episode of either)

    posted by I, Warren on 9-2-2010 at 12:05 pm

  5. “On Seinfeld, one of Elaine’s many careers was at the real-life J. Peterman Company. As far as we can tell, John O’Hurley is not the real owner.”

    Actually, according to Wikipedia, he may be: O’Hurley in 2001 financed the relaunch of The J. Peterman Company and thus became a part owner.[2]

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_O%27Hurley

    posted by Suzie on 9-2-2010 at 12:17 pm

  6. Got all 8, but the screen shot of Kris Kringle is from the awful remake of Miracle on 34th Street, where he didn’t work at Macy’s

    posted by Dustin on 9-2-2010 at 12:18 pm

  7. Re your answer to the Kris Kringle choice, Santa Claus only has an e on the end when it refers to the Tim Allen series of movies.

    posted by Steven on 9-3-2010 at 10:08 am

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