Entertainment Flashcards
The achievement of winning all four of the major American entertainment awards
What is an EGOT? (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony)
Composer of Evita, a musical about Argentine political leader Eva Peron
Who is Andrew Lloyd Webber?
Composer of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1968), a story about Joseph from the book of Genesis
Who is Andrew Lloyd Webber?
Composer of Jesus Christ Superstar (1970)
Who is Andrew Lloyd Webber?
Composer of Cats (1981)
Who is Andrew Lloyd Webber?
Composer of Starlight Express (1984) a musical where the actors perform in roller skates!
Who is Andrew Lloyd Webber?
Composer of the Phantom of the Opera (1986), based on the 1910 french novel by Gaston Leroux
Who is Andrew Lloyd Webber?
Composer of Sunset Boulevard (1993) based on the 1950 film directed by Billy Wilder
Who is Andrew Lloyd Webber?
Composer of School of Rock (2015), based on the 2003 film directed by Richard Linklater
Who is Andrew Lloyd Webber?
Writer and director of The Producers, a 1967 black comedy film about a producer and his accountant who have to stage the worst musical possible
Who is Mel Brooks?
Director of 1974 western black comedy film “Blazing Saddles”
Who is Mel Brooks?
Director of 1987 film Spaceballs, mainly a star wars parody, but pokes fun at others too
Who is Mel Brooks?
Producer and director of Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)
Who is Mel Brooks?
Singer of “Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)” from his breakthrough album, Calypso (1956)
Who is Harry Belafonte?
This 1956 album was the first million-selling LP by a single artist
Calypso, by Harry Belafonte
2002 action-thriller based on a 1980s novel by Robert Ludlum, starring Matt Damon
What is the Bourne Identity?
1995 film directed by Pat O’Connor based off a 1990 Maeve Binchy novel of the same name
What is Circle of Friends?
Character that enlighten’s everyone that “It’s a trap!” In 1983
Who is Admiral Ackbar in Return of the Jedi?
Self-proclaimed “King of Media” since 1992
Who is Howard Stern?
Vocalist of no. 1 hit in 1970, War
(What is it good for?)
Who is Edwin Starr?
Birth name: Charles Edwin Hatcher
Born in Nashville, TN 1942
“The Godfather of Soul”
Who is James Brown?
Singer of 1965 hit single “I Got You (I Feel Good)”
Who is James Brown?
Hot rhythm and blues, soul, and funk group founded in Toccoa, Georgia 1953
Who are The Famous Flames?
Founder of The Famous Flames and responsible for some of James Brown’s success
Who is Bobby Byrd?
Name of head bartender and owner of Cheers
Who is Sam Malone?
These brothers co-created sitcom Cheers with James Burrows
Who are the Charles Brothers? (Glen and Les)
Creators of TV Sitcom Friends
Who are David Crane and Marta Kauffman?
MAS*H stands for
What is Mobile Army Surgical Hospital?
Surgeon protagonists of MAS*H
Who are Benjamin “Hawkeye” Pierce and “Trapper” John McIntyre?
Author of the original novel on which MAS*H is based
Who is Richard Hooker? (Real name Hiester Richard Hornberger jr.)
Matador, Muggins, Texas 42, Chicken Foot, Concentration, Double Fives, Mexican Train, and Fives and Threes are all popular variations of this game
What is Dominoes?
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds: band and album
What is The Beatles, and Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
American rock band formed in 1965 in Los Angeles with Jim Morrison (vocals), Ray Manzarek (keyboard), Robby Krieger (guitar) and John Densmore (drummer)
What is The Doors?
Egyptian actor that earned international acclaim starring in films such as Lawrence of Arabia (1962) and Doctor Zhivago (1965), born April 10, 1932 in Alexandria
Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Bruhl play rival F1 drivers James Hunt and Niki Lauda in this 2013 film directed by Ron Howard
What is Rush?
American comedian best known as an SNL cast member and as Tracy Jordan in 30 Rock, he now stars in The Last O.G. as Tray Barker
Who is Tracy Morgan?
English rock band formed in Abingdon, Oxfordshire in 1985 by Thom Yorke, Johnny and Colin Greenwood, Ed O’Brien, and Philip Selway
What is Radiohead?
Radiohead’s debut single in 1992
What is “Creep”?
Creator of American science fiction franchise Battlestar Galactica
Who is Glen A. Larson?
Actor best known as Lieutenant Starbuck in the original Battlestar Galactica and as Templeton Peck, or “Face,” in the 1980s A-team
Who is Dirk Benedict?
English band formed 1982 in London named after its lead singer
What is Sade? (shah-DAY)
American stand-up comedian born July 6, 1979 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, now also known for starring in lots of comedy films
Who is Kevin Hart?
Kevin Hart’s musical alias
Who is Chocolate Droppa?
English actor that received a Golden Globe for Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
Who is Hugh Grant?
Father of Rock N’ Roll
Who is Chuck Berry?
American musician born October 18, 1926, in St. Louis, Missouri that recorded Maybellene (1955) and Johnny B Goode (1958)
Who is Chuck Berry?
American musician born December 5, 1932, in Macon, Georgia that recorded Tutti Frutti (1955) and Long Tall Sally (1956)
Who is Little Richard?
Swiss instrument, several meters long, named for important mountainous features
What is an alphorn?
Triangular Russian 3-stringed instrument
What is a balalaika?
“The Swan of Catania” that wrote operas: Il pirata, Anna Bolena, I Capuleti e i Montecchi and La sonnambula
Who is Bellini?
Italian composer responsible for Aida, Requiem, Otello, Falstaff, Rigoletto, Il trovatore, and La traviata
Who is Giuseppe Verdi?
Italian opera composer responsible for Pagliacci
Who is Ruggero Leoncavallo?
1987 American fantasy adventure comedy directed by Rob Reiner, starring Cary Elwes as Westley, Robin Wright as Buttercup, and Mandy Patinkin as Inigo Montoya
What is The Princess Bride?
2004 teen musical comedy film directed by Sara Sugarman based on a 1999 novel of the same name by Dyan Sheldon, starring Lindsay Lohan
What is Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen?
1980s sitcom featuring Larry, Darryl, and Darryl
What is Newhart?
Star of 40s and 50s NBC puppet show Kukla, Fran and Ollie
Who is Fran Allison?
Addams Family Uncle
Who is Uncle Fester?
Creator of The Addams Family
Who is Charles Addams?
