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The achievement of winning all four of the major American entertainment awards

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What is an EGOT? (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony)

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Composer of Evita, a musical about Argentine political leader Eva Peron

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Who is Andrew Lloyd Webber?

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Composer of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1968), a story about Joseph from the book of Genesis

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Who is Andrew Lloyd Webber?

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Composer of Jesus Christ Superstar (1970)

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Who is Andrew Lloyd Webber?

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Composer of Cats (1981)

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Who is Andrew Lloyd Webber?

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Composer of Starlight Express (1984) a musical where the actors perform in roller skates!

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Who is Andrew Lloyd Webber?

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Composer of the Phantom of the Opera (1986), based on the 1910 french novel by Gaston Leroux

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Who is Andrew Lloyd Webber?

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Composer of Sunset Boulevard (1993) based on the 1950 film directed by Billy Wilder

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Who is Andrew Lloyd Webber?

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Composer of School of Rock (2015), based on the 2003 film directed by Richard Linklater

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Who is Andrew Lloyd Webber?

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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

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Who is Mel Brooks?

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Director of 1974 western black comedy film “Blazing Saddles”

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Who is Mel Brooks?

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Director of 1987 film Spaceballs, mainly a star wars parody, but pokes fun at others too

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Who is Mel Brooks?

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Producer and director of Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)

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Who is Mel Brooks?

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Singer of “Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)” from his breakthrough album, Calypso (1956)

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Who is Harry Belafonte?

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This 1956 album was the first million-selling LP by a single artist

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Calypso, by Harry Belafonte

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2002 action-thriller based on a 1980s novel by Robert Ludlum, starring Matt Damon

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What is the Bourne Identity?

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1995 film directed by Pat O’Connor based off a 1990 Maeve Binchy novel of the same name

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What is Circle of Friends?

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Character that enlighten’s everyone that “It’s a trap!” In 1983

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Who is Admiral Ackbar in Return of the Jedi?

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Self-proclaimed “King of Media” since 1992

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Who is Howard Stern?

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Vocalist of no. 1 hit in 1970, War

(What is it good for?)

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Who is Edwin Starr?

Birth name: Charles Edwin Hatcher

Born in Nashville, TN 1942

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“The Godfather of Soul”

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Who is James Brown?

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Singer of 1965 hit single “I Got You (I Feel Good)”

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Who is James Brown?

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Hot rhythm and blues, soul, and funk group founded in Toccoa, Georgia 1953

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Who are The Famous Flames?

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Founder of The Famous Flames and responsible for some of James Brown’s success

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Who is Bobby Byrd?

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Name of head bartender and owner of Cheers

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Who is Sam Malone?

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These brothers co-created sitcom Cheers with James Burrows

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Who are the Charles Brothers? (Glen and Les)

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Creators of TV Sitcom Friends

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Who are David Crane and Marta Kauffman?

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MAS*H stands for

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What is Mobile Army Surgical Hospital?

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Surgeon protagonists of MAS*H

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Who are Benjamin “Hawkeye” Pierce and “Trapper” John McIntyre?

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Author of the original novel on which MAS*H is based

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Who is Richard Hooker? (Real name Hiester Richard Hornberger jr.)

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Matador, Muggins, Texas 42, Chicken Foot, Concentration, Double Fives, Mexican Train, and Fives and Threes are all popular variations of this game

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What is Dominoes?

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Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds: band and album

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What is The Beatles, and Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

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American rock band formed in 1965 in Los Angeles with Jim Morrison (vocals), Ray Manzarek (keyboard), Robby Krieger (guitar) and John Densmore (drummer)

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What is The Doors?

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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

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Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Bruhl play rival F1 drivers James Hunt and Niki Lauda in this 2013 film directed by Ron Howard

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What is Rush?

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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

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Who is Tracy Morgan?

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English rock band formed in Abingdon, Oxfordshire in 1985 by Thom Yorke, Johnny and Colin Greenwood, Ed O’Brien, and Philip Selway

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What is Radiohead?

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Radiohead’s debut single in 1992

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What is “Creep”?

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Creator of American science fiction franchise Battlestar Galactica

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Who is Glen A. Larson?

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Actor best known as Lieutenant Starbuck in the original Battlestar Galactica and as Templeton Peck, or “Face,” in the 1980s A-team

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Who is Dirk Benedict?

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English band formed 1982 in London named after its lead singer

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What is Sade? (shah-DAY)

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American stand-up comedian born July 6, 1979 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, now also known for starring in lots of comedy films

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Who is Kevin Hart?

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Kevin Hart’s musical alias

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Who is Chocolate Droppa?

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English actor that received a Golden Globe for Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)

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Who is Hugh Grant?

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Father of Rock N’ Roll

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Who is Chuck Berry?

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American musician born October 18, 1926, in St. Louis, Missouri that recorded Maybellene (1955) and Johnny B Goode (1958)

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Who is Chuck Berry?

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American musician born December 5, 1932, in Macon, Georgia that recorded Tutti Frutti (1955) and Long Tall Sally (1956)

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Who is Little Richard?

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Swiss instrument, several meters long, named for important mountainous features

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What is an alphorn?

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Triangular Russian 3-stringed instrument

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What is a balalaika?

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“The Swan of Catania” that wrote operas: Il pirata, Anna Bolena, I Capuleti e i Montecchi and La sonnambula

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Who is Bellini?

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Italian composer responsible for Aida, Requiem, Otello, Falstaff, Rigoletto, Il trovatore, and La traviata

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Who is Giuseppe Verdi?

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Italian opera composer responsible for Pagliacci

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Who is Ruggero Leoncavallo?

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1987 American fantasy adventure comedy directed by Rob Reiner, starring Cary Elwes as Westley, Robin Wright as Buttercup, and Mandy Patinkin as Inigo Montoya

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What is The Princess Bride?

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2004 teen musical comedy film directed by Sara Sugarman based on a 1999 novel of the same name by Dyan Sheldon, starring Lindsay Lohan

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What is Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen?

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1980s sitcom featuring Larry, Darryl, and Darryl

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What is Newhart?

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Star of 40s and 50s NBC puppet show Kukla, Fran and Ollie

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Who is Fran Allison?

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Addams Family Uncle

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Who is Uncle Fester?

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Creator of The Addams Family

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Who is Charles Addams?

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