# BUMP - BUMP!! Law & Order Trivia. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 17, 2005, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bump-bump-law-order-trivia/295053 "2005-03-17T21:21:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2005, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bump-bump-law-order-trivia/295053/1 "2005-03-17T21:21:23Z")
OK, let’s start a L&O trivia thread. I tried to think of questions that wouldn’t have an answer that was easy to find on Google / IMDb / wherever. For my purposes I’m sticking with the original series (TOS) and SVU, the reason being that I don’t watch Criminal Intent. What would be good is if you post with an answer, add a question of your own. Without further ado… • Name the three future regular cast members who played different characters in earlier episodes. • Name the three regular cast members who have returned as the same character in guest spots after they left the show. • List the regular cast members whose characters were killed off. • What is the profession of Jack McCoy’s father? • What is the profession of Claire Kincaid’s father? • What is the profession of Jamie Ross’ ex-husband? • Where did Abbie Carmichael get her Law degree? • What does Jack McCoy drive? • Why did Ben Stone resign? • List the regular cast members who are recovering alcoholics. • Which former regular cast member won two Oscars? • Which regular cast member appeared in **The X-Files**? Bonus points if you can name the episode. • Name the regular cast members who also appeared as regular cast members in **Oz**. • Which character said “Pick him up.” (Kidding :)) ---
**Author:** ![Ass\_For\_A\_Hat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@Ass\_For\_A\_Hat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ass_For_A_Hat)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2005, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bump-bump-law-order-trivia/295053/2 "2005-03-17T21:58:52Z")
I gotsta limit my answers to the original series. I promise that these are all from memory. • Name the three future regular cast members who played different characters in earlier episodes. Jerry Orbach. S. Epatha Merkerson. Does Skoda count? • Name the three regular cast members who have returned as the same character in guest spots after they left the show. Richard Brooks. Carey Lowell. Dann Florek. Chris Noth (does that movie count?) • List the regular cast members whose characters were killed off. Jill Hennessey. George Dzunda. • What is the profession of Jack McCoy’s father? Cop • What is the profession of Claire Kincaid’s father? • What is the profession of Jamie Ross’ ex-husband? Slimy defense atty. • Where did Abbie Carmichael get her Law degree? Texas? • What does Jack McCoy drive? Harley, sometimes. • Why did Ben Stone resign? Cuz he got C.J. iced by the Russian mob. He’s clear as a bell though. • List the regular cast members who are recovering alcoholics. Lenny. Hmmm…are there more? • Which former regular cast member won two Oscars? • Which regular cast member appeared in **The X-Files**? Bonus points if you can name the episode. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2005, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bump-bump-law-order-trivia/295053/3 "2005-03-17T22:14:50Z")
Correct on all not listed below. > [@](#): > > • Name the three future regular cast members who played different characters in earlier episodes. > Jerry Orbach. S. Epatha Merkerson. Does Skoda count? Yes, but he wasn’t Skoda. He was some guy that knew about extracting video evidence. The other one was from SVU - ADA Novak was in an earlier episode as a predatory female who gets off on being strangled during sex. > [@](#): > > • Name the three regular cast members who have returned as the same character in guest spots after they left the show. > Richard Brooks. Carey Lowell. Dann Florek. Chris Noth (does that movie count?) #3 I was going for ADA Alex Cabot, who came out of the Witness Protection Program in a later SVU episode. > [@](#): > > • List the regular cast members who are recovering alcoholics. > Lenny. Hmmm…are there more? Yep - Kragen. Remaining unanswered ones: • What is the profession of Claire Kincaid’s father? • Which former regular cast member won two Oscars? • Which regular cast member appeared in The X-Files? Bonus points if you can name the episode. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2005, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bump-bump-law-order-trivia/295053/4 "2005-03-17T22:23:27Z")
Correct on all not listed below. > [@](#): > > • Name the three future regular cast members who played different characters in earlier episodes. > Jerry Orbach. S. Epatha Merkerson. Does Skoda count? Yes, but he wasn’t Skoda. He was some guy that knew about extracting video evidence. The other one was from SVU - ADA Novak was in an earlier episode as a predatory female who gets off on being strangled during sex. > [@](#): > > • Name the three regular cast members who have returned as the same character in guest spots after they left the show. > Richard Brooks. Carey Lowell. Dann Florek. Chris Noth (does that movie count?) #3 I was going for ADA Alex Cabot, who came out of the Witness Protection Program in a later SVU episode. > [@](#): > > • List the regular cast members who are recovering alcoholics. > Lenny. Hmmm…are there more? Yep - Kragen. Remaining unanswered ones: • What is the profession of Claire Kincaid’s father? • Which former regular cast member won two Oscars? • Which regular cast member appeared in The X-Files? Bonus points if you can name the episode. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2005, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bump-bump-law-order-trivia/295053/5 "2005-03-17T22:31:07Z")
> [@Dooku](#): > > What is the profession of Claire Kincaid’s father? You’re not thinking of her stepfather, the law professor, are you? He’s also a Navy Captain. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2005, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bump-bump-law-order-trivia/295053/6 "2005-03-17T22:54:04Z")
> [@Bryan Ekers](#): > > You’re not thinking of her stepfather, the law professor, are you? > > He’s also a Navy Captain. Stepfather? [sub]Grumble[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Julius\_Henry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8797f3/32.png) [@Julius\_Henry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Julius_Henry)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2005, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bump-bump-law-order-trivia/295053/7 "2005-03-17T23:01:14Z")
> [@](#): > > • Which former regular cast member won two Oscars? Dianne Wiest > [@](#): > > • Which regular cast member appeared in The X-Files? Bonus points if you can name the episode. Richard Belzer. No bonus points, unless I do a tvtome search which doesn’t seem in the spirit of the competition. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2005, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bump-bump-law-order-trivia/295053/8 "2005-03-17T23:51:48Z")
An additional guest star that became a regular cast member–Courtney Vance (ADA on Criminal Intent). He played a Wall Street up-and-comer accused of killing his boss. I think the Oz question is still unanswered. Chris Meloni and J.K. Simmons were on Oz. And the X-Files one: Jesse L. Martin played a baseball player who was really an alien. I don’t know the title of the episode, but I do know that it was the one that David Duchovny wrote. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2005, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bump-bump-law-order-trivia/295053/9 "2005-03-17T23:56:08Z")
Sorry, forgot to add another question. GB1: Name an actor or actress who has appeared in 11 episodes of the various L&Os–playing 10 different characters. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bump-bump-law-order-trivia/295053/10 "2005-03-18T01:32:48Z")
> [@Green Bean](#): > > And the X-Files one: Jesse L. Martin played a baseball player who was really an alien. I don’t know the title of the episode, but I do know that it was the one that David Duchovny wrote. That is the one I was thinking of. (If Richard Belzer was on the X-Files I was unaware of it). Although now I’m just remembering that BD Wong was in an X-Files episode - the one with the Chinese lottery where they find a guy with a frog in his chest. > [@](#): > > I think the Oz question is still unanswered. Chris Meloni and J.K. Simmons were on Oz. Two more: BD Wong, (Father Ray), and Dean Winters (Ryan O’Reilly) - he was a Detective in the first season of SVU, replaced by Ice-T. > [@](#): > > GB1: Name an actor or actress who has appeared in 11 episodes of the various L&Os–playing 10 different characters. I’m completely guessing, but is it the goofy-looking guy who played the LA ADA in the three-part LA episode, and also the kinda dumb husband who realized his wife was killing their babies for attention? (“You’re a good person. I just don’t know why you do this.”) ---
**Author:** ![missbunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@missbunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missbunny)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bump-bump-law-order-trivia/295053/11 "2005-03-18T01:55:18Z")
> [@](#): > > Which regular cast member appeared in The X-Files? Bonus points if you can name the episode. ’ I think that the episode that Richard Belzer was in was “Jose Chung’s 'From Outer Space.” He played a Man in Black. ---
**Author:** ![missbunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@missbunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missbunny)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bump-bump-law-order-trivia/295053/12 "2005-03-18T01:57:26Z")
Well that’s what memory will get you. I checked and Jose Chung is not the episode he was in. ---
**Author:** ![missbunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@missbunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missbunny)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bump-bump-law-order-trivia/295053/13 "2005-03-18T01:59:06Z")
Well harrumph, the IMDB says he was in a certain episode yet I can’t find one by that name on an episode guide. So who knows. Perhaps the aliens stole that one. ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bump-bump-law-order-trivia/295053/14 "2005-03-18T02:23:14Z")
> [@missbunny](#): > > ’ > I think that the episode that Richard Belzer was in was “Jose Chung’s 'From Outer Space.” He played a Man in Black. Nope, Richard Belzer (as Det. Munch) was in an X-Files episode primarily featuring the Lone Gunmen in Baltimore. The exact title escapes me, but it was shot during the filming of the X-Files movie and therefore featured only a cameo by Duchovny as Mulder. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bump-bump-law-order-trivia/295053/15 "2005-03-18T02:58:21Z")
> [@Dooku](#): > > I’m completely guessing, but is it the goofy-looking guy who played the LA ADA in the three-part LA episode, and also the kinda dumb husband who realized his wife was killing their babies for attention? (“You’re a good person. I just don’t know why you do this.”) I don’t recall those two particular appearances. But he is a goofy looking guy. (FWIW, the men in black in “Jose Chung’s From Outer Space” were Jesse Ventura and Alex Trebek.) And speaking of Men in Black, here’s an easy one–which regular from the L&O universe had a big role in Men In Black? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bump-bump-law-order-trivia/295053/16 "2005-03-18T03:08:29Z")
Whict TV series, which ran concurrently with _L&O_, had five of its actors do guest-shots all as criminals or suspected criminals? ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bump-bump-law-order-trivia/295053/17 "2005-03-18T03:34:17Z")
Here’s another few from me (and no googling or IMDBing!): GB2: What are the names of the two fake universities that are used on the show? GB3: The former Mrs. Rudolph Giuliani is a regular guest star. What part does she play? GB4: Name SNL regular cast members who have guest starred on L&O. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bump-bump-law-order-trivia/295053/18 "2005-03-18T03:40:42Z")
GB4: This probably isn’t what you were looking for (because I know Joe Piscopo, for example, is probably a “right” answer, and you say _guest_ starring), but Ana Gasteyer appeared in one ep as a social worker. Hmm. Hafta think of questions of my own… ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bump-bump-law-order-trivia/295053/19 "2005-03-18T03:47:08Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > GB4: This probably isn’t what you were looking for (because I know Joe Piscopo, for example, is probably a “right” answer, and you say _guest_ starring), but Ana Gasteyer appeared in one ep as a social worker. Why wouldn’t that count? By “guest starring” I just mean “appears in one or several episodes.” ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bump-bump-law-order-trivia/295053/20 "2005-03-18T20:06:20Z")
> [@Green Bean](#): > > GB3: The former Mrs. Rudolph Giuliani is a regular guest star. What part does she play? She’s a Judge. I don’t remember her character’s name (Lisa?) > [@](#): > > GB4: Name SNL regular cast members who have guest starred on L&O. Darryl Hammond was a drug dealer in one episode. Also, Martin Short was in a recent episode of SVU as a creepy “psychic” - he was actually pretty damn good. D1: How did Max Greevey’s killer convince Robinette that Logan forced his confession? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bump-bump-law-order-trivia/295053.md?page=2)