ENTERTAINMENT TRIVIA Flashcards
Who began his entertainment career as Silent Sam, The Dancing Midget?
Sammy Davis Jr.
Who portrayed Prewett in ‘From Here to Eternity’?
Montgomery Clift
What is the name of Popeye’s adopted son?
Swee’Pea
Who was the singing trumpet player in the film ‘The Glen Miller Story’?
Louis Armstrong
What was the name of Tonto’s horse?
Scout
Who said “When I’m good, I’m very good, but when I am bad I’m better”?
Mae West
What do actors Reginal Owen, Alistair Sim, and Albert Finney have in common?
They played Scrooge
What 1971 film feature the characters Benjie, Oscy, and Hermie?
Summer of ‘42
Who played Chester on Gunsmoke?
Dennis Weaver
What march did Felix Mendelssohn compose?
The Wedding March
Who was known as “The Greatest Showman on Earth”?
P.T. Barnum
What track does the Chattanooga Choo Choo leave Pennsylvania Station on?
Twenty-nine
What TV series featured Corporal Rocco Barbella?
The Phil Silvers Show
What animal was voted most popular film performer of 1926?
Rin Tin Tin
What time did the Everly Brothers’ Little Susie wake up?
Four A.M.
What couple was married December 17, 1969 on TV’s Tonight Show?
Tiny Tim and Miss Vicki
Who were the five Marx Brothers?
Chico, Harpo, Groucho, Gummo, and Zeppo
What movie told of Anna Anderson’s claim to be a Russian czar’s daughter?
Anastasia
What was Stanley Kubrick’s first film after 2001: A Space Odyssey?
A Clockwork Orange
What was the name of Jack Benny’s valet?
Rochester
Who portrayed Sherlock Holmes in 14 films between 1939 and 1946?
Basil Rathbone
Who sang Johny Angel?
Shelley Fabares
Who is the voice of Mr. Magoo?
Jim Backus
Who wrote White Christmas?
Irving Berlin
What movie had Professor Fate, played by Jack Lemmon, racing a Hannibal Twin 8?
The Great Race
What film holds the record for the most Academy Awards won, with 11?
Ben Hur
Who won a best supporting actor Oscar for his role as the village idiot in Ryan’s Daughter?
John Mills
Who sang the music in Harold and Maude?
Cat Stevens
Who played Mr. Peepers?
Wally Cox
Who managed The Beatles to superstardom?
Brian Epstein
What runs up and down on the Rolling Stones’ Sticky Fingers album cover?
A zipper
What were the respective occupations of Ralph Kramden and Ed Norton?
Bus driver and sewer worker
What character did Liza Minnelli play in the move Cabaret?
Sally Bowes
Who played Cherie in the movie Bus Stop?
Marilyn Monroe
Who directed Raiders of the Lost Ark?
Steven Spielberg
Who did Frank Sinatra marry at the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, in 1966?
Mia Farrow
What actor defended the Caine mutineers?
Jose Ferrer
What did Hazel affectionately call her boss?
Mr. B
What is the model name and number of the spacecraft’s computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey?
HAL 9000
Who grouched “This is another fine mess you’ve gotten me into”?
Oliver Hardy
Who was ‘The Waltz King’?
Johann Strauss Jr.
Who sang My Gal Sal as Joe the Bartender?
Jackie Gleason
What small New York City nightclub saw the origin of the twist?
The Peppermint Lounge
What was the first James Bond film?
Dr. No
Who starred in Highway Patrol?
Broderick Crawford
What film is Warren Beatty’s ‘Heaven Can Wait’ a remake of?
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Where did the kids sit on TV’s Howdy Doody Time?
The Peanut Gallery
What was the name of Sergeant Preston of the Yukon’s lead dog?
Yukon King
Who was the announcer on The Jack Benny Show?
Don Wilson
What city is the setting for the movie Chinatown?
Los Angeles
What was the shape of Lolita’s sunglasses in the 1962 film?
Hearts
Who is Loretta Lynn’s singing sister?
Crystal Gale
What actress debuted in the 1938 film Intermezzo?
Ingrid Bergman
What Bally pinball machine appeared in the movie Tommy?
The Wizard
Who portrayed the doomed Melanie in Gone with the Wind?
Olivia De Havilland
How much was the secret word worth on Groucho Marx’s ‘You Bet Your Life’?
$100
What film did Louise Fletcher win the best actress Oscar for?
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
What was Greta Gustafsson’s stage name?
Greta Garbo
What police force did Mack Sennett create?
The Keystone Kops
Who made his electric debut at Newport on August 24, 1965?
Bob Dylan
What was the first X-rated film to win the best picture Oscar?
Midnight Cowboy
Who received the only Oscar made of wood?
Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy
What Academy Award category was abolished in 1929?
Title writing
What pianist always wanted you to meet his brother George?
Liberace
What TV series changed the names to protect the innocent?
Dragnet
What actress has received the most Oscar nominations?
Katharine Hepburn
Who played Cosmo B. Topper on TV’s ‘Topper’?
Leo G. Carroll
Who recorded the 1957 hit Tammy?
Debbie Reynolds
What Don McLean song laments the day Buddy Holly died?
American Pie
Who is “The Fastest Mouse in All of Mexico”?
Speedy Gonzales
Who portrayed Dracula in Hammer Studios’ films?
Christopher Lee
What Jimmie Rodgers tune was No. 1 on the charts the week Sputnik 1 went up?
Honeycomb
What orchestra leader did Doc Severinsen replace on the Tonight Show?
Skitch Henderson
What character did McLean Stevenson play on TV’s M.A.S.H.?
Henry Blake
What was the name of the old fireman on Leave it to Beaver?
Gus
What film resurrected Frank Sinatra’s career?
From Here to Eternity
What’s tattooed on Popeye’s arm?
An anchor
Who was born in 1894 and died 80 years later at the age of 39?
Jack Benny
Who played Helen Keller in the 1962 film “The Miracle Worker”?
Patty Duke
Who won the best actor Oscar for his portrayal of Popeye Doyle?
Gene Hackman
Who played Kin Rat in the 1965 movie of the same name?
George Segal
What folk group was Glenn Yarborough the lead singer for?
The Limeliters
What was the first film and only silent movie to win the best picture Oscar?
Wings
What 1940 Chaplin film satirized Hitler?
The Great Dictator
What Humphrey Bogart film poster is on the wall over Woody Allen’s bed in “Play it Again, Sam”?
Across the Pacific
What actress played Peter Pan on Broadway and TV?
Mary Martin
What radio show featured Senator Beauregard Claghorn?
Fred Allen’s “Allen’s Alley”
What TV show propelled Carol Burnett to stardom?
The Gary Moore Show
What British comedy team numbered Harry Secombe, Peter Sellers, Michael Bentine, and Spike Milligan?
The Goons
What movie actor was married to Carole Lombard from 1939 to 1942?
Clark Gable
Who is Eydie Gorme’s husband?
Steve Lawrence
Who portrayed Carl Bernstein in All the President’s Men?
Dustin Hoffman
Who portrayed the Corleone family lawyer in “The Godfather”?
Robert Duvall
Who was the original host of TV’s Today show?
Dave Garroway
Who wrote ‘Johny’s Theme’ for the Tonight Show?
Paul Anka
What symbolized justice and law to The Lone Ranger?
A silver bullet
Who is Luke Skywalker’s father?
Darth Vader
Who portrayed Ugarte in “Casablanca”?
Peter Lorre
What Woody Allen film featured an ‘orgasmatron’?
Sleeper
What film features Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau trying to pull off an insurance fraud?
The Fortune Cookie
What 1920’s cowboy star rode Tony the Wonder Horse?
Tom Mix
What actor came to dinner in Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?
Sidney Poitier
What organization did Illya Kuryakin work for?
U.N.C.L.E.
What kind of car did Bullitt drive?
A Ford Mustang
Who won the 1961 best actor Oscar for his role in Judgment at Nuremberg?
Maximillian Schell
What did Cool Hand Luke go to jail for?
Cutting heads off parking meters
What Orson Welles radio play opened in the Meridian Room of the Hotel Park Plaza?
War of the Worlds
Who played the sweetest music this side of heaven?
Guy Lombardo
What channel did WJM-TV broadcast on?
Channel Twelve
What song is the key to the climax of Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘The Man Who Knew Too Much’?
Que Sera, Sera
What performer was the second to die in Psycho?
Martin Balsam
Where did Betty meet the leader of the pack?
At the candy store
What TV series featured Neal, a martini-drinking St. Bernard?
Topper
What was the backup singing group for Roy Rogers?
The Sons of the Pioneers
Who was half-man, half-Vulcan?
Mr. Spock
What was the name of the Indian maiden in Johny Preston’s hit “Running Bear”?
Little White Dove
Who backed up Sam the Sham?
The Pharoahs
What was Margaret Houlihan’s nickname?
Hot Lips Houlihan
Who portrayed the title character in the film “The Day of the Jackal”?
Edward Fox
What singer was known as Mr. C?
Perry Como
What film did Art Carney win the 1974 best actor Oscar for?
Harry and Tonto
What TV series featured the character Rusty B Company?
Rin Tin Tin
Who played TV’s Superman?
George Reeves
Who won the best supporting actor Oscar for his portrayal of the Kit Kat Club emcee?
Joel Grey
Where does Alfred Hitchcock appear in Lifeboat?
In a newspaper ad
Who asked the musical question “Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio”?
Simon and Garfunkel
Who was a member of both The Dirty Dozen and The Magnificent Seven?
Charles Bronson
What was the name of Red Skelton’s lovable hobo character?
Freddie the Freeloader
Who portrayed Beau Geste in the 1939 film?
Gary Cooper
What movie ma did Claire Trevor, Blanche Yurka, and Shelley Winters all play?
Ma Barker
What names precede Yarrow, Stookey, and Travers?
Peter, Paul, and Mary
Who is C3-PO’s sidekick?
R2D2
What actor signed Hollywood’s first million-dollar contract?
Charlie Chaplin
What actor sang ‘As Time Goes By’ in Casablanca?
Dooley Wilson
What song was popularized by Midnight Cowboy?
Everybody’s Talkin’
Who won the 1957 best actor Oscar for his role in the portrayal of Lieutenant Colonel L. Nicholson?
Alec Guinness
What movie theater has sold the most tickets?
Radio City Music Hall
What is Corporal Klinger’s first name?
Maxwell (or Max)
What Broadway play propelled Barbara Streisand to fame?
Funny Girl
Who were the Everly Brothers trying to wake up?
Little Susie
What film has Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder trying to mastermind a Broadway flop?
The Producers
What 1963 film did Patricia Neal win the best actress Oscar for?
Hud
What TV detective did Craig Stevens play?
Peter Gunn
What song did Patti Page set people dancing to in 1950?
The Tennessee Waltz
Who appeared in more than 30 Alfred Hitchcock movies?
Alfred Hitchcock
What did Frank Sinatra call My Kind of Town?
Chicago
Who was chief engineer of the Starship Enterprise?
Montgomery Scott or Scotty
Who was the youngest Beattle?
George Harrison
Who are the two sons of Ozzie and Harriet Nelson?
David and Ricky
What film featured the search for the perfect wave?
The Endless Summer
What is the name of the MGM lion?
Leo
Who was the first host of Person to Person?
Edward R. Murrow
What is Captain Kangaroo’s real name?
Bob Keeshan
Who starred in TV’s ‘Adventure in Paradise’?
Gardner McKay
What is the name of Luke Skywalker’s troll-like advisor in ‘The Empire Strikes Back’?
Yoda
What TV comedian demanded “Now cut that out!”?
Jack Benny
What 1979 film pitted the townies against the gownies on bicycles?
Breaking Away
What was the last Rodgers and Hammerstein musical?
The Sound of Music
What does Oscar stand on?
A reel of film
What singer won the 1943 Alabama-Mississippi State Fair talent contest?
Elvis Presley
What actress was the top box-office draw during World War II?
Betty Grable
Who was the oldest member of the Beatles?
Ringo Starr
What was the name of Mitch Miller’s singers?
The Sing-A-Long Gang
Who played Dr. Hugo Z. Hackenbush in the 1937 movie ‘A Day at the Races’?
Groucho Marx
Who turned down the lead in Gunsmoke for fear of being stereotyped as a cowboy?
John Wayne
Who was Arthur Sullivan’s collaborator?
William Gilbert
Where was a bob-tail nag “runnin’ a race with a shootin’ star”?
Camptown Racetrack
What Thornton Wilder play was made into a movie with music by Aaron Copland?
Our Town
Who was called ‘The King of Ragtime’?
Scott Joplin
Who said “Give me a couple of pages of the Bible, and I’ll give you a picture”?
Cecil B. DeMille
Who created Weird Harold and Fat Albert?
Bill Cosby
Who portrayed Sonny Corleone in “The Godfather”?
James Caan
Who played Gene Krupa in “The Gene Krupa Story”?
Sal Mineo
Who was ‘The Sarong Girl’?
Dorothy Lamour
What rock singer named is son Zowie?
David Bowie
What rags-to-riches film knocked out all competitors to win the 1976 best picture Oscar?
Rocky
How many years was Paul Bryan given to live on ‘Run For Your Life’?
Two
Who was Sergeant Bilko’s colonel?
J.T. Hall
Who portrayed Maggio in the film ‘From Here to Eternity’?
Frank Sinatra
What movie featured Mrs. Waters and Tom sucking lobster claws and swallowing raw oysters?
Tom Jones
Whose figure did Walt Disney Studios use as a model for Tinkerbelle?
Marilyn Monroe
Who played President Monckton in ‘Washington Behind Closed Doors’?
Jason Robards
What character sang “When You Wish Upon Aa Star” in Disney’s Pinocchio?
Jiminy Cricket
Who played Sportin’ Life in the film Porgy and Bess?
Sammy Davis Jr.
Who replaced Bert Parks as the host of The Miss America Pageant?
Ron Ely
Who played the title role in ‘I Was a Teenage Werewolf’?
Michael Langdon
What is the collective name for Italian-made western movies?
Spaghetti Westerns
What is life like in the 1959 Primrose Lane?
A holiday
How did My Darling Clementine die?
By drowning
What TV series did Ronald Reagan, Dale Robertson, and Robert Taylor all host?
Death Valley Days
What George M. Cohan song was written to boost morale in World War I?
Over There
What Ziegfeld Follies singer’s career is recounted in Funny Girl?
Fanny Brice’s
What symbolized justice and law to the Lone Ranger?
A silver bullet
Who is Luke Skywalker’s father?
Darth Vader
Who portrayed Ugarte in Casablanca?
Peter Lorre
What Woody Allen film featured an ‘orgasmatron’?
Sleeper
What film features Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau trying to pull off an insurance fraud?
The Fortune Cookie
What 1920’s cowboy star rode Tony the Wonder Horse?
Tom Mix
What actor cam to dinner in ‘Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner’?
Sidney Poitier
What organization did Illya Kuryakin work for?
U.N.C.L.E.
What kind of car did Bullit drive?
A Ford Mustang
Who did Lurch work for?
The Addams family
What 19th century midget was exhibited throughout North America by Barnum and Bailey Shows?
General Tom Thumb
What is the home of the Rockettes?
Radio City Music Hall
What was the only film starring Mae West and W.C. Fields?
My Little Chickadee
Who wrote more than 1,000 songs, including “This Land is Your Land”?
Woody Guthrie
Who was the Cisco Kid’s sidekick?
Pancho
What company was the original sponsor of TV’s ‘Superman’?
Kellogs
What id Walt Disney turn Tommy Kirk into in 1959?
The Shaggy Dog
What director portrayed the commandant of the POW cam in 1953’s Stalag 17?
Otto Preminger
Who co-starred with Julie Andrews in ‘Mary Poppins’?
Dick Van Dyke
What TV club did Jimmie Dodd host?
The Mickey Mouse Club
What actor was known as ‘The Great Stone Face’?
Buster Keaton
What was the nickname of black dancer Bill Robinson?
Mr. Bojangles
What singer was ‘The Last of the Red Hot Mamas’?
Sophie Tucker
What was Glen Campbell’s TV theme song?
Gentle on My Mind
What was the name of P.T. Barnum’s giant elephant?
Jumbo
Who were the stars of the film Sleuth?
Laurence Olivier and Michael Caine
What two performers got away in “The Getaway”?
Steve McQueen and Ali McGraw
Who co-anchored ABC’s evening newscast with Barbara Walters?
Harry Reasoner
Who was the first black to star in a TV situation comedy?
Diahann Carroll
What did TV’s IMF stand for?
Impossible Missions Force
What Everly Brothers song was banned in Boston?
Wake Up, Little Susie
What is the most common telephone exchange number on TV?
555
Who was ‘Laugh-In’s’ sock-it-to-me girl?
Judy Carne
Who won a best supporting actress Oscar for the 1962 movie “Miracle Worker”?
Patty Duke
What comedian was Oona O’Neill married to?
Charlie Chaplin
Who portrayed the doomed school teacher in “The Birds”?
Suzanne Pleshette
What Sinatra hid did he ‘dooby dooby do’ in?
Strangers in the Night
Who portrayed the demolitions expert in “The Guns of Navarone”?
David Niven
Who was the movies’ biggest male box-office attraction in 1980?
Burt Reynolds
What is the name of Puff the Magic Dragon’s human friend?
Jackie Paper
What comedian was born Allen Stewart Konigsberg?
Woody Allen
Who played Hopalong Cassidy?
William Boyd
What phrase does Dorothy repeat as she clicks her ruby shoes to return to Kansas?
There is no place like home.
What film has Cary Grant being attacked from a biplane crop duster?
North by Northwest
Who starred in Roger Vadim’s “And God Created Woman”?
Brigitte Bardot
What 1959 film did Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon appear in, in drag?
Some Like it Hot
What movie actors, like Webster’s Dictionary, were Morocco-bound?
Bob Hope and Bing Crosby
What song was introduced in “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid”?
Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head
What city did Dick Clark’s ‘American Bandstand’ originate in?
Philadelphia
Who was Dobie Gillis’ sidekick?
Maynard G. Krebs
Who was Tasmania’s most famous swashbuckler?
Errol Flynn
Who shot J.R.?
Kristin Shepard
Who chased Dr. Richard Kimble for four years?
Lieutenant Philip Gerard
Who has sisters named Eva and Magda?
Zsa Zsa Gabor
What were the names of the three tunnels dug by the prisoners of war in the film ‘The Great Escape’?
Tom, Dick, & Harry
Who portrayed Captain Bligh in the 1962 film ‘Mutiny on the Bounty’?
Trevor Howard
Who directed ‘The Last Picture Show’?
Peter Bogdanovich
What was ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ originally called?
Toast of the Town
Who’s known as Lonesome George?
George Gobel
Who played the title role in “The War Lover”?
Steve McQueen
Who gained stardom with his 1955 portrayal of the title character in ‘Marty’?
Ernest Borgnine
What actor has a tattoo on his right wrist reading ‘Scotland Forever’?
Sean Connery
What film featured Jack Nicholson as a Los Angeles private eye?
Chinatown
Who is Fred Flintstone’s best friend?
Barney Rubble
Who portrayed Casper Gutman in the 1941 film “The Maltese Falcon”?
Sidney Greenstreet
Who played the title role in ‘Maude’?
Bea Arthur
Who portrayed Renaud in ‘Casablanca’?
Claude Rains
How long was the TV mission of ‘Star Trek’s Enterprise’ to be?
5 years
What film featured Melina Mercouri, Maximilian Schell and Peter Ustinov as jewel thieves?
Topkapi
Who was the first voice of Mickey Mouse?
Walt Disney
What comedian opened his routines by saying: “My name is Jose Jimenez”?
Bill Dana
What town did Andy Taylor and Barney Fife patrol?
Mayberry, North Carolina
What film marked Robert Redford’s directorial debut?
Ordinary People
How many times did Bing Crosby and Bob Hope hit the road in films?
Seven
Who played J.J. Gittles in ‘Chinatown’?
Jack Nicholson
What were the first words spoken on a film sound track?
You ain’t heard nothin’ yet, folks.
What can stop the Duke of Earl?
Nothing
What actor was awarded an Oscar engraved in the name of Dick Tracy?
Spencer Tracy
What is the more familiar name of ‘The Banana Boat Song’?
Day-O
How many instruments accompany someone singing ‘a capella’?
None
How did Will Rogers, Carole Lombard, and Mike Todd all die?
In a plane crash
Whose acceptance speech of more than 30 minutes prompted a time limit on Academy Award thank-yous?
Greer Garson’s
What former football star played opposite Raquel Welch in ‘100 Rifles’?
Jim Brown
What is the name of Dagwood Bumstead’s dog?
Daisy
What was the star of ‘Leave It To Beaver’?
Jerry Mathers
Who built ‘Frosty the Snowman’ into a 1952 hit?
Gene Autry
What comedy team’s movies included ‘Hollywood or Bust’ and ‘Living It Up’?
Martin and Lewis
What film does Ken Kesey refuse to watch?
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
What British TV series inspired ‘All in the Family’?
Till Death Do Us Part
Who portrayed Luke McCoy in “The Real McCoys”?
Richard Crenna
What performers appeared with Burton and Taylor in ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf’?
George Segal and Sandy Dennis
What beauty-marked blonde portrayed female TV detective Honey West?
Anne Francis
What film was the first to feature Sensurround?
Earthquake
What plane did Shirley Temple sing about in the 1934 film ‘Bright Eyes’?
The Good Ship Lollipop
Who panicked America with his radio version of ‘War of the Worlds’?
Orson Welles
What was the number of Gunther Toody’s patrol car?
Fifty-four
Who co-starred in ‘Pillow Talk’?
Rock Hudson and Doris Day
Who portrayed Washington Post executive editor Benjamin Bradlee in “All the President’s Men”?
Jason Robards
What was TV’s No. 1-ranked show from 1952 to 1955?
I Love Lucy
Who ran through the bushes where the rabbits couldn’t go?
The British
What singing group felt glad all over?
The Dave Clark Five
What was Dr. Kildare’s first name?
James
What game show had Arlene Francis as a permanent panelist?
What’s My Line
Who played Al Jolson in ‘The Jolson Story’?
Larry Parks
Who played Bret Maverick?
James Garner
What Broadway musical was inspired by Cervantes’ ‘Don Quixote’?
Man of La Mancha
What ship bears the identification number NCC 1701?
The Starship Enterprise
What was the Oscar-winning theme song of ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’?
Moon River
