# We're queer, we're weird, we're pointy-eared (TV/movie chain game)
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-queer-were-weird-were-pointy-eared-tv-movie-chain-game/381154
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [November 20, 2006, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-queer-were-weird-were-pointy-eared-tv-movie-chain-game/381154 "2006-11-20T15:29:10Z")
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### Author:  [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2006, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-queer-were-weird-were-pointy-eared-tv-movie-chain-game/381154/1 "2006-11-20T15:29:10Z")
1. Epic trilogy
2. Pointy-eared queen
3. Who played her?
4. In what other movie did she play a queen?
5. Who played her almost-husband?
6. Who is his brother?
7. In what movie did #6 play a smart and handsome professor?
8. Who played the investigator?
9. What is his current show?
10. Who plays his father?
11. What was #10’s first series?
12. Who played the wild-haired freak?
13. In what movie did #12 play a bald freak?
14. Who was his niece?
15. In the sequel, who played her “romantic interest”?
16. What was his pointy-eared role?
17. Who was the main character in that movie? (Give two names)
18. Who was #17’s nemesis? Who played him?
19. In what TV series did he guest star as a TV judge wannabe?
19a. (Bonus) Who was his band leader, and what was the name of the band?
1. Blonde bombshell on that show.
2. On what show did she become famous?
3. Who was her love interest on that show? What was his nickname?
4. Who played him?
5. What is his current show?
6. In what movie did he play a camp counsellor?
7. Who played the Desk Seargent?
8. In what movie did he play a queen?
9. Who played his lover?
28a. (Bonus) What do the characters in #25 and #28 have in common?
1. Who played the lover’s son’s fiance?
2. Who played the conservative wife in movie #27?
3. In what movie did she play a shut-in?
4. What young girl starred in that?
5. In what movie did aliens shoot at her?
6. Who played her father?
7. What was his pointy-eared role?
8. Who played his nemesis?
9. In what movie did #36 play a queen?
10. Who played the leading man in that movie?
11. What recent series was he on?
12. Who guest-starred with him, but now suffers a disability?
13. What was his breakout movie role?
14. Who played his mentor?
15. What show made him famous?
16. Who was the star of that show?
17. Who played a foreign woman?
18. In what movie did she play a crazy old witch?
19. Who was the man of the house in #46?
20. Who originally played that role?
21. Who is his son?
22. What was his pointy-eared role?
23. In what movie?
Last bonus: Name two obscure ways in which The Drew Carey Show relates to this puzzle.
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### Author:  [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2006, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-queer-were-weird-were-pointy-eared-tv-movie-chain-game/381154/2 "2006-11-20T17:43:58Z")
Of course, don’t feel compelled to answer all of these at once. It’s a step-by-step effort, and a team effort at that. If all you can get is the first question, just answer that.
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### Author:  [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2006, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-queer-were-weird-were-pointy-eared-tv-movie-chain-game/381154/3 "2006-11-20T18:00:40Z")
1. Lord of the Rings
2. Galadriel
3. Cate Blanchett
4. Elizabeth
I’ll let someone else take it from there.
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### Author:  [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2006, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-queer-were-weird-were-pointy-eared-tv-movie-chain-game/381154/4 "2006-11-20T18:01:03Z")
Ooh, I love these, but I rarely get to them before they’re answered. Woohoo!
1. Epic trilogy
_The Lord of the Rings_
2. Pointy-eared queen
Galadriel
3. Who played her?
Cate Blanchett
4. In what other movie did she play a queen?
_Elizabeth_
5. Who played her almost-husband?
Joseph Fiennes
6. Who is his brother?
Ralph Fiennes
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### Author:  [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2006, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-queer-were-weird-were-pointy-eared-tv-movie-chain-game/381154/5 "2006-11-20T18:07:42Z")
1. Epic trilogy
LotR
2. Pointy-eared queen
Galadriel
3. Who played her?
Cate Blanchett
4. In what other movie did she play a queen?
Elizabeth
5. Who played her almost-husband?
Jospeh Fiennes
6. Who is his brother?
Ralph
7. In what movie did #6 play a smart and handsome professor?
Quiz Show
8. Who played the investigator?
Rob Morrow
9. What is his current show?
numb3rs
10. Who plays his father?
Judd Hirsch
11. What was #10’s first series?
Delvecchio
12. Who played the wild-haired freak?
OK, **OneCentStamp** is out. 😛
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### Author:  [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2006, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-queer-were-weird-were-pointy-eared-tv-movie-chain-game/381154/6 "2006-11-20T18:13:47Z")
Hm, unless he’s thinking of “Taxi,” for #11, in which case the wild-haired freak would be Rev. Jim Ignakowski, who was played by, um, some guy I’m not gonna cheat and look up.
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### Author:  [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2006, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-queer-were-weird-were-pointy-eared-tv-movie-chain-game/381154/7 "2006-11-20T18:19:43Z")
I think **Twicks** is right about that answer being _Taxi_. So, taking it from there …
1. Who played the wild-haired freak?
Christopher Lloyd
2. In what movie did #12 play a bald freak?
The Addams Family
3. Who was his niece?
Wednesday, played by Christina Ricci
4. In the sequel, who played her “romantic interest”?
David Krumholtz
5. What was his pointy-eared role?
Bernard the elf in _The Santa Clause_
6. Who was the main character in that movie? (Give two names)
Scott … something starting with a C, or Santa Claus
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### Author:  [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2006, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-queer-were-weird-were-pointy-eared-tv-movie-chain-game/381154/8 "2006-11-20T18:25:25Z")
Stellar work so far!
[QUOTE=Draelin]
17. Who was the main character in that movie? (Give two names)
Scott … something starting with a C, or Santa Claus
[/QUOTE]
Hint: Not Hobbs.
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### Author:  [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2006, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-queer-were-weird-were-pointy-eared-tv-movie-chain-game/381154/9 "2006-11-20T18:46:47Z")
1. Who was the main character in that movie? (Give two names)
SANTA CLAUS/SCOTT CALVIN
Question:
For #18 do you refer to the 1st, 2nd or 3rd movie in the series?
I think I got the end ones:
1. Who played his nemesis?
TIM CURRY
2. In what movie did #36 play a queen?
ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
3. Who played the leading man in that movie?
BARRY BOSTWICK
4. What recent series was he on?
SPIN CITY
5. Who guest-starred with him, but now suffers a disability?
MICHAEL J FOX
6. What was his breakout movie role?
BACK TO THE FUTURE
7. Who played his mentor?
CHRISTOPHER LLOYD
8. What show made him famous?
TAXI
9. Who was the star of that show?
JUDD HIRSCH
10. Who played a foreign woman?
CAROL KANE
11. In what movie did she play a crazy old witch?
ADDAMS FAMILY VALUES
12. Who was the man of the house in #46?
GOMEZ
13. Who originally played that role?
JOHN ASTIN
14. Who is his son?
SEAN ASTIN
15. What was his pointy-eared role?
SAM
16. In what movie?
LORD OF THE RINGS
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### Author:  [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2006, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-queer-were-weird-were-pointy-eared-tv-movie-chain-game/381154/10 "2006-11-20T18:49:43Z")
[QUOTE=ZipperJJ]
Question:
For #18 do you refer to the 1st, 2nd or 3rd movie in the series?
[/QUOTE]
The 1st.
> [@](#):
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> I think I got the end ones:
You might think you do. I know you do. 😛
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### Author:  [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2006, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-queer-were-weird-were-pointy-eared-tv-movie-chain-game/381154/11 "2006-11-20T18:50:51Z")
[QUOTE=ZipperJJ]
#50
[/QUOTE]
Hobbits have pointy ears? Have I totally glossed this bit of Tolkienalia my whole life?
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### Author:  [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2006, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-queer-were-weird-were-pointy-eared-tv-movie-chain-game/381154/12 "2006-11-20T18:53:15Z")
Hobbits have pointy ears? Have I totally glossed this bit of Tolkienalia my whole life?
PJ’s hobbits do. As this is a movie game, that’s what counts.
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### Author:  [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2006, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-queer-were-weird-were-pointy-eared-tv-movie-chain-game/381154/13 "2006-11-20T21:01:59Z")
I dunno man, I’m totally stuck on #18 to #35.
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### Author:  [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2006, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-queer-were-weird-were-pointy-eared-tv-movie-chain-game/381154/14 "2006-11-20T21:10:04Z")
I’m still bitter because Judd Hirsch’s first series was Delvecchio. :mad: 😉
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### Author:  [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2006, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-queer-were-weird-were-pointy-eared-tv-movie-chain-game/381154/15 "2006-11-20T21:11:13Z")
[QUOTE=ZipperJJ]
I dunno man, I’m totally stuck on #18 to #35.
[/QUOTE]
#18 is not a nemesis in the traditional sense, as in the traditional Evil Tim Allen Robot or the standard basic Bond-style Jack Frost. Just an annoying putz in a bad sweater.
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### Author:  [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2006, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-queer-were-weird-were-pointy-eared-tv-movie-chain-game/381154/16 "2006-11-20T21:14:14Z")
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp]
I’m still bitter because Judd Hirsch’s first series was Delvecchio. :mad: 😉
[/QUOTE]
My bad, sorry.
I’ve never even heard of it.
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### Author:  [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2006, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-queer-were-weird-were-pointy-eared-tv-movie-chain-game/381154/17 "2006-11-20T21:35:56Z")
27-30 might be **The Bird Cage**.
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### Author:  [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2006, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-queer-were-weird-were-pointy-eared-tv-movie-chain-game/381154/18 "2006-11-20T21:48:25Z")
[QUOTE=twickster]
27-30 might be **The Bird Cage**.
[/QUOTE]
They might. 😉
When this is all over, I’d be curious to know how you came up with that, as well as how **Zipper** came up with that last part of the puzzle.
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### Author:  [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2006, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-queer-were-weird-were-pointy-eared-tv-movie-chain-game/381154/19 "2006-11-20T22:50:43Z")
Thanks to twickster’s guess, I’ve finished.
I’m going to spoiler my answers because I completely Googled them.
1. Epic trilogy
LORD OF THE RINGS
2. Pointy-eared queen
GALADRIEL
3. Who played her?
CATE BLANCHETT
4. In what other movie did she play a queen?
ELIZABETH
5. Who played her almost-husband?
JOSEPH FIENNES
6. Who is his brother?
RALPH FIENNES
7. In what movie did #6 play a smart and handsome professor?
QUIZ SHOW
8. Who played the investigator?
ROB MORROW
9. What is his current show?
NUMB3RS
10. Who plays his father?
JUDD HIRSCH
11. What was #10’s first series?
TAXI
12. Who played the wild-haired freak?
CHRISTOPHER LLOYD
13. In what movie did #12 play a bald freak?
ADDAMS FAMILY
14. Who was his niece?
WEDNESDAY ADDAMS
15. In the sequel, who played her “romantic interest”?
DAVID KRUMHOLTZ
16. What was his pointy-eared role?
BERNARD, THE ARCH-ELF
17. Who was the main character in that movie? (Give two names)
SANTA CLAUS/SCOTT CALVIN
18. Who was #17’s nemesis? Who played him?
JUDGE REINHOLD
19. In what TV series did he guest star as a TV judge wannabe?
ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT
20. Blonde bombshell on that show.
PORTIA DE ROSSI
21. On what show did she become famous?
ALLY MCBEAL
22. Who was her love interest on that show? What was his nickname?
JOHN ‘THE BISCUIT’ CAGE
23. Who played him?
PETER MACNICOL
24. What is his current show?
NUMB3RS
25. In what movie did he play a camp counsellor?
ADDAMS FAMILY VALUES
26. Who played the Desk Seargent?
NATHAN LANE
27. In what movie did he play a queen?
THE BIRD CAGE
28. Who played his lover?
ROBIN WILLIAMS
29. Who played the lover’s son’s fiance?
CALISTA FLOCKHART
30. Who played the conservative wife in movie #27?
DIANNE WEIST
31. In what movie did she play a shut-in?
I AM SAM
32. What young girl starred in that?
DAKOTA FANNING
33. In what movie did aliens shoot at her?
WAR OF THE WORLDS
34. Who played her father?
TOM CRUISE
35. What was his pointy-eared role?
LEGEND
36. Who played his nemesis?
TIM CURRY
37. In what movie did #36 play a queen?
ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
38. Who played the leading man in that movie?
BARRY BOSTWICK
39. What recent series was he on?
SPIN CITY
40. Who guest-starred with him, but now suffers a disability?
MICHAEL J FOX
41. What was his breakout movie role?
BACK TO THE FUTURE
42. Who played his mentor?
CHRISTOPHER LLOYD
43. What show made him famous?
TAXI
44. Who was the star of that show?
JUDD HIRSCH
45. Who played a foreign woman?
CAROL KANE
46. In what movie did she play a crazy old witch?
ADDAMS FAMILY VALUES
47. Who was the man of the house in #46?
GOMEZ
48. Who originally played that role?
JOHN ASTIN
49. Who is his son?
SEAN ASTIN
50. What was his pointy-eared role?
SAM
51. In what movie?
LORD OF THE RINGS
Last bonus: Name two obscure ways in which The Drew Carey Show relates to this puzzle.
CAROL KANE IS FROM CLEVELAND, WHERE THE DREW CAREY SHOW WAS SET.
RON HOWARD’S (OF ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT) TV MOM PLAYS DREW CAREY’S TV MOM.
Interesting note: I am currently in the midst of watching season 3 of #19, in which #18 appears. Except last night I fell asleep right before that episode. Had I not been so tired last night I could have finished this puzzle hours ago 😉
I also didn’t get your “a”-type bonus questions (partly because of falling asleep!)
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### Author:  [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2006, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-queer-were-weird-were-pointy-eared-tv-movie-chain-game/381154/20 "2006-11-20T23:05:31Z")
Oh, and I was able to get the ending bits off of the clue for #40 and working forward and backwards from it.
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