Quiz: What's the name of The Professor from Gilligan's Island?

[geardaddy]

And I don't mean the actor's name.

[PoliticAverse]

1. Roy Hinkley. n/t

[geardaddy]

2. lol

That was fast.

[PoliticAverse]

5. There wasn't much on TV back then... n/t

[Turbineguy]

3. Roy Hinckley

Many years ago, where I worked I was known as "The Professor". Nobody seemed to know my real name. I was 18 years old. It was pretty cool actually. People would call my department and say "Let me talk to the Professor!"

[geardaddy]

4. I only knew it by looking it up on wikipedia.

Did they even mention it in the show?

[Turbineguy]

6. That's how I found it.

I'd never given it any thought before.

[pokerfan]

13. I couldn't remember it but I knew it existed

Snopes to the rescue...

We heard the full names of Mr. Howell, the multi-millionaire (Thurston Howell III), and Ginger, the actress (Ginger Grant), used many times throughout the series, of course, because they were both celebrities well-known to the world at large. But the only time viewers heard any mention of Mary Ann's last name (Summers) or the real names of the Skipper (Jonas Grumby) and the Professor (Roy Hinkley) came during a radio announcement inserted into the very first episode. (The pilot for the series was unusable as a premiere episode because three of the cast members had been replaced after it was filmed, so a news broadcast was incorporated into the first aired episode ("Two on a Raft&quot to provide viewers with some background information about who the characters were and how they came to be stranded on the island. Most of the pilot was later aired as flashback scenes during the first season's Christmas episode.

The script for the penultimate episode of the second season noted that the real first name of Mrs. Howell (whom Mr. Howell always called by her nickname, "Lovey&quot was actually Eunice. The show never did reveal Gilligan's full name a subject we cover in more detail on another page in this section).

Note: The Professor's full name is sometimes mistakenly rendered as "Roy Hinkley, Jr.," but as used in the series there was no "Jr." at the end of his name. The confusion likely stems from a similarity between the Professor's name and that of John Hinckley, Jr., the Jodie Foster-obsessed fan who attempted to assassinate President Reagan in 1981.

http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/nonames.asp

[siligut]

7. Did you see the movie The Island? ******SPOILERS******

It starred Ewan McGregor and Scarlet Johansson. Your question was one that a television quiz show asked in the movie.

The movie is about wealthy people cloning themselves, so they will have spare parts if they need them.

[geardaddy]

8. I'm gonna have to watch that.

Sounds like my kind of movie.

[siligut]

10. One of my favorite movies

It is such a psych-out. Steve Buscemi is in it too.

[geardaddy]

12. That's it

Ewan MacGregor, Scarlett Johanssen, AND Steve Buscemi?

I'm hafta watch it now.

[siligut]

14. And they are all really good in it, the parts are perfect for them.

Yes, you are going to have to watch it All of the acting is superb and the sets, script, direction and cinematography are first rate. Plus the story is one of good vs evil, with real good guys and real bad guys.

Netflix doesn't have it on streaming, I looked

[hifiguy]

9. Roy Hinkley

and I didn't look at any post other than the OP. Honest.

[geardaddy]

11. Haha.

And I know you knew that. Somehow you knew HFG.

[hifiguy]

15. What can I say? It's a gift.

Back in college I used to stand two-man teams in Trivial Pursuit. Each team (and I) would throw ten bucks in the pot. I never lost. Ever.

[geardaddy]

18. That is awesome!

I love Trivial Pursuit.

[PoliticAverse]

16. What was Gilligan's first name ?... n/t

[geardaddy]

17. Willy?

http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/gilligan.asp

[hifiguy]

19. You are correct, sir.

[geardaddy]

20. Thank you...