Roma Downey Trivia Quiz

Here are 34 questions about Roma Downey.....let's see how you do? The answers are given below.

1. What is her favorite poem?

2. What domestic chore does she really dislike?

3. What was one of the most inspiring moments or events in her life?

4. What part of Derry City is she from?

5. What is the 'heavenly' occupation of one of her brothers?

6. Where does her name 'Roma' originate?

7. What name was she baptized? And why?

8. What Irish singers does she enjoy listening to?

9. What memorable place has inspired her?

10. What fellow Irish actors does she appreciate?

11. Who was one of the people who has inspired her?

12. Does she believe in God?

13. Does she believe in angels?

14. Who was her daughter, Reilly Marie, named after?

15. How has playing the angel Monica affected Roma?

16. How tall is she?

17. How much does she weigh?

18. What aspect of living in Salt Lake City, Utah makes her homesick for Ireland?

19. What happened to her in New York City that made her eager to leave and move to California?

20. What did her father play for her every Christmas?

21, What is her favorite animal?

22. Who was her idol growing up?

23. How old was she when she started acting?

24. What was her first professional role?

25. Does she watch Touched By An Angel?

26. Does she like coffee as much as her character Monica?

27. Why did someone have to assist Roma in the scenes while she was driving a car when playing Jackie Kennedy in "A Woman Named Jackie?"

28. What is her favorite food?

29. Does she speak Irish?

30. Earlier in her career, why was turned down for an Irish Spring commercial?

31. What is Roma's favorite Touched by an Angel episode?

32. What actor has appeared in Touched by an Angel and another series with Roma?

33. What actor has appeared in Touched by an Angel and also appeared in a play with Roma?

34. What was Roma's first prime-time series?

ANSWERS:

1. The Lake Isle of Innisfree.

2. Ironing.

3. The most inspiring moment in her life was the birth of her daughter Reilly Marie. "...to experience the greatest miracle of all, the gift of life...God is good."

4. Bogside.

5. Her brother, John, is a Catholic priest.

6. Her grandmothers, Rose and Mary. They took the 'Ro' from Rose and the 'Ma' from Mary.

7. She was christened Rosemary, because the priest said that the child had to named after a saint.

8. She is a die-hard Van Morrison fan. She also likes Enya.

9. Lourdes, France. She went there several times with her father as a teenager. She didn't like the commercialization of the place and found that distasteful, but she was moved by the sight of the grotto and the faith which the pilgrims brought with them.

10. Liam Neeson and Stephen Rae.

11. "My father Paddy Downey --a devout Catholic and a truely Christian man-- has been an inspiration to me. Two things especially that I remember him telling me. Firstly, in preparing me for his death, he reminded me "If you can bury your dad, you can do anything after that, there is nothing that you can't do." And anytime I was feeling down or confused, he suggested I get up and go and do something for somebody, and act of kindness. It worked every time."

12. Yes, she believes in God, that He is the God of Love and the God of All. She believes in one God and has said, "a building is just a building, though they're killing each other in my homeland over this very subject. I don't feel it matters what banner you wave to honor the one God."

13. Yes, she firmly believes in angels. She has said, "It's just that sometimes they come disguised as friends or family or strangers. I don't necessarily believe in wings and stuff, and I've never seen any fly down, nor would I expect to. But I do believe in angels, and I pray to mine every day to keep an eye on me. I don't think I could have made the journey from war-torn Northern Ireland to costarring in my own television show if there hadn't been many angels along the way."

14. Her daughter was named Reilly in honor of her mother -- her maiden name was Maureen O'Reilly. And her middle name is in honor of David Anspaugh's mother Marie.

15. Roma has said that playing the angel Monica has made her "a better person, enlarged her capacity for compassion, and has made her a better listener."

16. She is 5'4".

17. She weighs around 105 pounds.

18. Rocky Mountain rainfall reminds her of home and makes her homesick for Ireland.

19. She was robbed in Manhattan by a young kid with a gun who told her to "Gimme your money," she has said that it made her feel violated and gave her the additional reason to move to Los Angeles.

20. Every Christmas her father played the cassette of Dylan Thomas' A Child's Christmas in Wales. She continues this custom with Reilly.

21. She loves dogs.

22. Katharine Hepburn.

23. She was 20 years old and in drama school.

24. In Syracuse, NY, playing Eliza Doolittle in Shaw's "Pygmalion."

25. Yes, she always watches Touched By An Angel and even though she knows what's going to happen, it usually makes her cry. She, also, is a huge fan of Frasier.

26. Yes, she loves coffee. She is a three-cup-a-morning girl. It was one of the hardest things for her to give up during her pregnancy.

27. She didn't know how to drive.

28. "The spud."

29. She learned it for three years in school, but she confesses that she is only able to say things like "my name is" and "what is the time."

30. They said that she didn't sound Irish enough!

31. Her favorite episode is "There, But for the Grace of God."

32. David Marciano appeared in the Touched by an Angel (1996) episode "Into the Light" as James. He also, appeared with Roma in the series The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage (1991) in the episode "A Day in the Life of Logan Murphy" as Hancock.

33. Chris Noth appeared in the Touched by an Angel episode "Full Moon/Revenge" and he appeared with Roma in 1989 in the play "Arms and the Man."

34. Roma's first series was Disney presents The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage. It ran on NBC from March-May of 1991 and lasted only 8 episodes. She played the character Danielle.

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