Coral Amber

I was watching a rather innocuous commercial for Prudential Real Estate (powered by Yahoo) where Agent 24-7 was being shown the computers and I shouted "Ms. French!" at the television. I'm one of those people who get really excited when they recognize an actor from somewhere else. In this case I recognized Agent 24-7 to be Musetta Vander who played Natalie French (the giant praying mantis disguised as a hot teacher) on a first season episode of Buffy entitled "Teacher's Pet."

I thought it would be fun to make a quiz about actors who had appeared in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" that have popped up in something else recently. They start out easy and get more difficult as you go along. Answers and IMDB links at the bottom. Good Luck!

Level 1: Say my Name!
1) This actress has starred in many movies, most recently Date Movie. She returned to TV with a few episodes of "Veronica Mars" but her new sitcom called "How I Met Your Mother" has gained acclaim. What role did she play on Buffy?
a. Buffy Summers
b. Cordelia Chase
c. Willow Rosenberg

2) This actor got his own show based on his character from "BtvS" and can now be seen as an FBI Agent on Fox's "Bones." Who did he play?
a. Rupert Giles
b. Angel
c. Spike

3) This actor was never British, but his accent fooled many fans. He now has a guest spot as a villain on "Smallville." What was his role on Buffy?
a. Rupert Giles
b. Wesley Wyndam-Pryce
c. Spike

Level 2: Hmmm...
4) This sexy actress has posed for Playboy and is now an evil vixen on "Veronica Mars", but who was she on Buffy?
a. Cordelia Chase
b. Darla
c. Drusilla

5) This actress has done a few movies since her days as the sometimes secretive and misunderstood girl on Buffy. More recently she was a patient on "House" and she was in a commercial for Candies clothing. What character did she play?
a. Amy
b. Tara
c. Dawn

6) This actor was quite the villain on Buffy, but has since gone on to become a leading man and star in the new movie Slither. What was his role on Buffy?
a. The Master
b. Mayor Wilkins
c. Caleb

Level 3: The Nerdery
7) My favorite member of the Nerd Troika had the title sequence of one Buffy episode changed to revolve around him. Most recently he played Doyle on "Gilmore Girls." What was his role on Buffy?
a. Jonathan Levinson
b. Warren Meers
c. Andrew Wells

8) His character was the only Troika member to survive Sunnydale. He was a guest star on "House" and most recently was in Date Movie as Frodo Baggins. Who was he on Buffy?
a. Jonathan Levinson
b. Warren Meers
c. Andrew Wells

9) He played the creator of the Buffy Bot was also on "House" and his new movie, American Dreamz, opens this weekend. What was his character named on Buffy?
a. Jonathan Levinson
b. Warren Meers
c. Andrew Wells

Level 4: Buffy Stumpers
10) This actress played a vampire on Buffy but more recently guest starred on "CSI: Miami" and as a terminal patient on "Supernatural." Which vamp was she?
a. Darla
b. Drusilla
c. Harmony

11) This actor was the first to be turned into a vampire on Buffy. Now he sports a pencil thin mustache on "Conviction." What was his character's name on Buffy?
a. Ford
b. Jesse
c. Owen

12) This actor was on the swim team in Buffy. He was a ghost on the pilot of "Ghost Whisperer" (the one and only episode I watched) and now he's covered in tattoos for his show "Prison Break." What role did he play on Buffy?
a. Alexander Harris
b. Gage Petronzi
c. Cameron Walker

Level 5: Uber Fan
13) This actor had the honor of being the first person to die on Buffy, credited as "Darla's Victim". Now (maybe as payback) he catches bad guys as a detective on "CSI: NY." What descriptive phrase referred to him on Buffy?
a. downward mobility
b. extreme
c. like DeBarge

14) This actor is one of only four to appear in all three of Whedon's TV series. His next movie is The Notorious Bettie Page. What was his role on Buffy?
a. Holden Webster
b. Quentin Travers
c. James Stanley

15) This actor was just a little boy when he was on Buffy. He may be unrecognizable now as the complex son of Bre, Andrew Van De Kamp, on "Desperate Housewives." What was his name on Buffy?
a. Billy Palmer
b. Ted Buchanan
c. Hans Strauss

Bonus Question
16) He was uncredited as Basketball Player #10 in the movie Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Now he's a much bigger star. What is the actor's real name?
a. Seth Green
b. Ben Affleck
c. Toby Maguire

Answers
1)c Alyson Hannigan
2)b David Boreanaz
3)c James Marsters
4)a Charisma Carpenter
5)c Michelle Trachtenberg
6)c Nathan Fillion
7)a Danny Strong
8)c Tom Lenk
9)b Adam Busch
10)a Julie Benz
11)b Eric Balfour
12)b Wentworth Miller
13)b Carmine Giovinazzo (the "extreme dead guy" in Aura's locker)
14)a Jonathan M. Woodward (from "Conversations with Dead People")
15)c Shawn Pyfrom (from "Gingerbread" Episode)
16)b Ben Affleck