ENTERTAINMENT TRIVIA Flashcards
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Who began his entertainment career as Silent Sam, The Dancing Midget?
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Sammy Davis Jr.
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Who portrayed Prewett in ‘From Here to Eternity’?
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Montgomery Clift
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What is the name of Popeye’s adopted son?
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Swee’Pea
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Who was the singing trumpet player in the film ‘The Glen Miller Story’?
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Louis Armstrong
5
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What was the name of Tonto’s horse?
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Scout
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Who said “When I’m good, I’m very good, but when I am bad I’m better”?
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Mae West
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What do actors Reginal Owen, Alistair Sim, and Albert Finney have in common?
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They played Scrooge
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What 1971 film feature the characters Benjie, Oscy, and Hermie?
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Summer of ‘42
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Who played Chester on Gunsmoke?
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Dennis Weaver
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What march did Felix Mendelssohn compose?
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The Wedding March
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Who was known as “The Greatest Showman on Earth”?
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P.T. Barnum
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What track does the Chattanooga Choo Choo leave Pennsylvania Station on?
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Twenty-nine
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What TV series featured Corporal Rocco Barbella?
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The Phil Silvers Show
14
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What animal was voted most popular film performer of 1926?
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Rin Tin Tin
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What time did the Everly Brothers’ Little Susie wake up?
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Four A.M.
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What couple was married December 17, 1969 on TV’s Tonight Show?
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Tiny Tim and Miss Vicki
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Who were the five Marx Brothers?
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Chico, Harpo, Groucho, Gummo, and Zeppo
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What movie told of Anna Anderson’s claim to be a Russian czar’s daughter?
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Anastasia
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What was Stanley Kubrick’s first film after 2001: A Space Odyssey?
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A Clockwork Orange
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What was the name of Jack Benny’s valet?
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Rochester
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Who portrayed Sherlock Holmes in 14 films between 1939 and 1946?
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Basil Rathbone
22
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Who sang Johny Angel?
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Shelley Fabares
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Who is the voice of Mr. Magoo?
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Jim Backus
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Who wrote White Christmas?
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Irving Berlin
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What movie had Professor Fate, played by Jack Lemmon, racing a Hannibal Twin 8?
The Great Race
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What film holds the record for the most Academy Awards won, with 11?
Ben Hur
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Who won a best supporting actor Oscar for his role as the village idiot in Ryan's Daughter?
John Mills
28
Who sang the music in Harold and Maude?
Cat Stevens
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Who played Mr. Peepers?
Wally Cox
30
Who managed The Beatles to superstardom?
Brian Epstein
31
What runs up and down on the Rolling Stones' Sticky Fingers album cover?
A zipper
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What were the respective occupations of Ralph Kramden and Ed Norton?
Bus driver and sewer worker
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What character did Liza Minnelli play in the move Cabaret?
Sally Bowes
34
Who played Cherie in the movie Bus Stop?
Marilyn Monroe
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Who directed Raiders of the Lost Ark?
Steven Spielberg
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Who did Frank Sinatra marry at the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, in 1966?
Mia Farrow
37
What actor defended the Caine mutineers?
Jose Ferrer
38
What did Hazel affectionately call her boss?
Mr. B
39
What is the model name and number of the spacecraft's computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey?
HAL 9000
40
Who grouched "This is another fine mess you've gotten me into"?
Oliver Hardy
41
Who was 'The Waltz King'?
Johann Strauss Jr.
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Who sang My Gal Sal as Joe the Bartender?
Jackie Gleason
43
What small New York City nightclub saw the origin of the twist?
The Peppermint Lounge
44
What was the first James Bond film?
Dr. No
45
Who starred in Highway Patrol?
Broderick Crawford
46
What film is Warren Beatty's 'Heaven Can Wait' a remake of?
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
47
Where did the kids sit on TV's Howdy Doody Time?
The Peanut Gallery
48
What was the name of Sergeant Preston of the Yukon's lead dog?
Yukon King
49
Who was the announcer on The Jack Benny Show?
Don Wilson
50
What city is the setting for the movie Chinatown?
Los Angeles
51
What was the shape of Lolita's sunglasses in the 1962 film?
Hearts
52
Who is Loretta Lynn's singing sister?
Crystal Gale
53
What actress debuted in the 1938 film Intermezzo?
Ingrid Bergman
54
What Bally pinball machine appeared in the movie Tommy?
The Wizard
55
Who portrayed the doomed Melanie in Gone with the Wind?
Olivia De Havilland
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How much was the secret word worth on Groucho Marx's 'You Bet Your Life'?
$100
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What film did Louise Fletcher win the best actress Oscar for?
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
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What was Greta Gustafsson's stage name?
Greta Garbo
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What police force did Mack Sennett create?
The Keystone Kops
60
Who made his electric debut at Newport on August 24, 1965?
Bob Dylan
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What was the first X-rated film to win the best picture Oscar?
Midnight Cowboy
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Who received the only Oscar made of wood?
Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy
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What Academy Award category was abolished in 1929?
Title writing
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What pianist always wanted you to meet his brother George?
Liberace
65
What TV series changed the names to protect the innocent?
Dragnet
66
What actress has received the most Oscar nominations?
Katharine Hepburn
67
Who played Cosmo B. Topper on TV's 'Topper'?
Leo G. Carroll
68
Who recorded the 1957 hit Tammy?
Debbie Reynolds
69
What Don McLean song laments the day Buddy Holly died?
American Pie
70
Who is "The Fastest Mouse in All of Mexico"?
Speedy Gonzales
71
Who portrayed Dracula in Hammer Studios' films?
Christopher Lee
72
What Jimmie Rodgers tune was No. 1 on the charts the week Sputnik 1 went up?
Honeycomb
73
What orchestra leader did Doc Severinsen replace on the Tonight Show?
Skitch Henderson
74
What character did McLean Stevenson play on TV's M.A.S.H.?
Henry Blake
75
What was the name of the old fireman on Leave it to Beaver?
Gus
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What film resurrected Frank Sinatra's career?
From Here to Eternity
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What's tattooed on Popeye's arm?
An anchor
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Who was born in 1894 and died 80 years later at the age of 39?
Jack Benny
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Who played Helen Keller in the 1962 film "The Miracle Worker"?
Patty Duke
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Who won the best actor Oscar for his portrayal of Popeye Doyle?
Gene Hackman
81
Who played Kin Rat in the 1965 movie of the same name?
George Segal
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What folk group was Glenn Yarborough the lead singer for?
The Limeliters
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What was the first film and only silent movie to win the best picture Oscar?
Wings
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What 1940 Chaplin film satirized Hitler?
The Great Dictator
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What Humphrey Bogart film poster is on the wall over Woody Allen's bed in "Play it Again, Sam"?
Across the Pacific
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What actress played Peter Pan on Broadway and TV?
Mary Martin
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What radio show featured Senator Beauregard Claghorn?
Fred Allen's "Allen's Alley"
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What TV show propelled Carol Burnett to stardom?
The Gary Moore Show
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What British comedy team numbered Harry Secombe, Peter Sellers, Michael Bentine, and Spike Milligan?
The Goons
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What movie actor was married to Carole Lombard from 1939 to 1942?
Clark Gable
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Who is Eydie Gorme's husband?
Steve Lawrence
92
Who portrayed Carl Bernstein in All the President's Men?
Dustin Hoffman
93
Who portrayed the Corleone family lawyer in "The Godfather"?
Robert Duvall
94
Who was the original host of TV's Today show?
Dave Garroway
95
Who wrote 'Johny's Theme' for the Tonight Show?
Paul Anka
96
What symbolized justice and law to The Lone Ranger?
A silver bullet
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Who is Luke Skywalker's father?
Darth Vader
98
Who portrayed Ugarte in "Casablanca"?
Peter Lorre
99
What Woody Allen film featured an 'orgasmatron'?
Sleeper
100
What film features Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau trying to pull off an insurance fraud?
The Fortune Cookie
101
What 1920's cowboy star rode Tony the Wonder Horse?
Tom Mix
102
What actor came to dinner in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?
Sidney Poitier
103
What organization did Illya Kuryakin work for?
U.N.C.L.E.
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What kind of car did Bullitt drive?
A Ford Mustang
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Who won the 1961 best actor Oscar for his role in Judgment at Nuremberg?
Maximillian Schell
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What did Cool Hand Luke go to jail for?
Cutting heads off parking meters
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What Orson Welles radio play opened in the Meridian Room of the Hotel Park Plaza?
War of the Worlds
108
Who played the sweetest music this side of heaven?
Guy Lombardo
109
What channel did WJM-TV broadcast on?
Channel Twelve
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What song is the key to the climax of Alfred Hitchcock's 'The Man Who Knew Too Much'?
Que Sera, Sera
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What performer was the second to die in Psycho?
Martin Balsam
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Where did Betty meet the leader of the pack?
At the candy store
113
What TV series featured Neal, a martini-drinking St. Bernard?
Topper
114
What was the backup singing group for Roy Rogers?
The Sons of the Pioneers
115
Who was half-man, half-Vulcan?
Mr. Spock
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What was the name of the Indian maiden in Johny Preston's hit "Running Bear"?
Little White Dove
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Who backed up Sam the Sham?
The Pharoahs
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What was Margaret Houlihan's nickname?
Hot Lips Houlihan
119
Who portrayed the title character in the film "The Day of the Jackal"?
Edward Fox
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What singer was known as Mr. C?
Perry Como
121
What film did Art Carney win the 1974 best actor Oscar for?
Harry and Tonto
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What TV series featured the character Rusty B Company?
Rin Tin Tin
123
Who played TV's Superman?
George Reeves
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Who won the best supporting actor Oscar for his portrayal of the Kit Kat Club emcee?
Joel Grey
125
Where does Alfred Hitchcock appear in Lifeboat?
In a newspaper ad
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Who asked the musical question "Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio"?
Simon and Garfunkel
127
Who was a member of both The Dirty Dozen and The Magnificent Seven?
Charles Bronson
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What was the name of Red Skelton's lovable hobo character?
Freddie the Freeloader
129
Who portrayed Beau Geste in the 1939 film?
Gary Cooper
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What movie ma did Claire Trevor, Blanche Yurka, and Shelley Winters all play?
Ma Barker
131
What names precede Yarrow, Stookey, and Travers?
Peter, Paul, and Mary
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Who is C3-PO's sidekick?
R2D2
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What actor signed Hollywood's first million-dollar contract?
Charlie Chaplin
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What actor sang 'As Time Goes By' in Casablanca?
Dooley Wilson
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What song was popularized by Midnight Cowboy?
Everybody's Talkin'
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Who won the 1957 best actor Oscar for his role in the portrayal of Lieutenant Colonel L. Nicholson?
Alec Guinness
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What movie theater has sold the most tickets?
Radio City Music Hall
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What is Corporal Klinger's first name?
Maxwell (or Max)
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What Broadway play propelled Barbara Streisand to fame?
Funny Girl
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Who were the Everly Brothers trying to wake up?
Little Susie
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What film has Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder trying to mastermind a Broadway flop?
The Producers
142
What 1963 film did Patricia Neal win the best actress Oscar for?
Hud
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What TV detective did Craig Stevens play?
Peter Gunn
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What song did Patti Page set people dancing to in 1950?
The Tennessee Waltz
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Who appeared in more than 30 Alfred Hitchcock movies?
Alfred Hitchcock
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What did Frank Sinatra call My Kind of Town?
Chicago
147
Who was chief engineer of the Starship Enterprise?
Montgomery Scott or Scotty
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Who was the youngest Beattle?
George Harrison
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Who are the two sons of Ozzie and Harriet Nelson?
David and Ricky
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What film featured the search for the perfect wave?
The Endless Summer
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What is the name of the MGM lion?
Leo
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Who was the first host of Person to Person?
Edward R. Murrow
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What is Captain Kangaroo's real name?
Bob Keeshan
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Who starred in TV's 'Adventure in Paradise'?
Gardner McKay
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What is the name of Luke Skywalker's troll-like advisor in 'The Empire Strikes Back'?
Yoda
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What TV comedian demanded "Now cut that out!"?
Jack Benny
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What 1979 film pitted the townies against the gownies on bicycles?
Breaking Away
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What was the last Rodgers and Hammerstein musical?
The Sound of Music
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What does Oscar stand on?
A reel of film
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What singer won the 1943 Alabama-Mississippi State Fair talent contest?
Elvis Presley
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What actress was the top box-office draw during World War II?
Betty Grable
162
Who was the oldest member of the Beatles?
Ringo Starr
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What was the name of Mitch Miller's singers?
The Sing-A-Long Gang
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Who played Dr. Hugo Z. Hackenbush in the 1937 movie 'A Day at the Races'?
Groucho Marx
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Who turned down the lead in Gunsmoke for fear of being stereotyped as a cowboy?
John Wayne
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Who was Arthur Sullivan's collaborator?
William Gilbert
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Where was a bob-tail nag "runnin' a race with a shootin' star"?
Camptown Racetrack
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What Thornton Wilder play was made into a movie with music by Aaron Copland?
Our Town
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Who was called 'The King of Ragtime'?
Scott Joplin
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Who said "Give me a couple of pages of the Bible, and I'll give you a picture"?
Cecil B. DeMille
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Who created Weird Harold and Fat Albert?
Bill Cosby
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Who portrayed Sonny Corleone in "The Godfather"?
James Caan
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Who played Gene Krupa in "The Gene Krupa Story"?
Sal Mineo
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Who was 'The Sarong Girl'?
Dorothy Lamour
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What rock singer named is son Zowie?
David Bowie
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What rags-to-riches film knocked out all competitors to win the 1976 best picture Oscar?
Rocky
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How many years was Paul Bryan given to live on 'Run For Your Life'?
Two
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Who was Sergeant Bilko's colonel?
J.T. Hall
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Who portrayed Maggio in the film 'From Here to Eternity'?
Frank Sinatra
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What movie featured Mrs. Waters and Tom sucking lobster claws and swallowing raw oysters?
Tom Jones
181
Whose figure did Walt Disney Studios use as a model for Tinkerbelle?
Marilyn Monroe
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Who played President Monckton in 'Washington Behind Closed Doors'?
Jason Robards
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What character sang "When You Wish Upon Aa Star" in Disney's Pinocchio?
Jiminy Cricket
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Who played Sportin' Life in the film Porgy and Bess?
Sammy Davis Jr.
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Who replaced Bert Parks as the host of The Miss America Pageant?
Ron Ely
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Who played the title role in 'I Was a Teenage Werewolf'?
Michael Langdon
187
What is the collective name for Italian-made western movies?
Spaghetti Westerns
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What is life like in the 1959 Primrose Lane?
A holiday
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How did My Darling Clementine die?
By drowning
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What TV series did Ronald Reagan, Dale Robertson, and Robert Taylor all host?
Death Valley Days
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What George M. Cohan song was written to boost morale in World War I?
Over There
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What Ziegfeld Follies singer's career is recounted in Funny Girl?
Fanny Brice's
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What symbolized justice and law to the Lone Ranger?
A silver bullet
194
Who is Luke Skywalker's father?
Darth Vader
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Who portrayed Ugarte in Casablanca?
Peter Lorre
196
What Woody Allen film featured an 'orgasmatron'?
Sleeper
197
What film features Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau trying to pull off an insurance fraud?
The Fortune Cookie
198
What 1920's cowboy star rode Tony the Wonder Horse?
Tom Mix
199
What actor cam to dinner in 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner'?
Sidney Poitier
200
What organization did Illya Kuryakin work for?
U.N.C.L.E.
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What kind of car did Bullit drive?
A Ford Mustang
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Who did Lurch work for?
The Addams family
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What 19th century midget was exhibited throughout North America by Barnum and Bailey Shows?
General Tom Thumb
204
What is the home of the Rockettes?
Radio City Music Hall
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What was the only film starring Mae West and W.C. Fields?
My Little Chickadee
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Who wrote more than 1,000 songs, including "This Land is Your Land"?
Woody Guthrie
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Who was the Cisco Kid's sidekick?
Pancho
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What company was the original sponsor of TV's 'Superman'?
Kellogs
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What id Walt Disney turn Tommy Kirk into in 1959?
The Shaggy Dog
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What director portrayed the commandant of the POW cam in 1953's Stalag 17?
Otto Preminger
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Who co-starred with Julie Andrews in 'Mary Poppins'?
Dick Van Dyke
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What TV club did Jimmie Dodd host?
The Mickey Mouse Club
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What actor was known as 'The Great Stone Face'?
Buster Keaton
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What was the nickname of black dancer Bill Robinson?
Mr. Bojangles
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What singer was 'The Last of the Red Hot Mamas'?
Sophie Tucker
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What was Glen Campbell's TV theme song?
Gentle on My Mind
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What was the name of P.T. Barnum's giant elephant?
Jumbo
218
Who were the stars of the film Sleuth?
Laurence Olivier and Michael Caine
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What two performers got away in "The Getaway"?
Steve McQueen and Ali McGraw
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Who co-anchored ABC's evening newscast with Barbara Walters?
Harry Reasoner
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Who was the first black to star in a TV situation comedy?
Diahann Carroll
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What did TV's IMF stand for?
Impossible Missions Force
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What Everly Brothers song was banned in Boston?
Wake Up, Little Susie
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What is the most common telephone exchange number on TV?
555
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Who was 'Laugh-In's' sock-it-to-me girl?
Judy Carne
226
Who won a best supporting actress Oscar for the 1962 movie "Miracle Worker"?
Patty Duke
227
What comedian was Oona O'Neill married to?
Charlie Chaplin
228
Who portrayed the doomed school teacher in "The Birds"?
Suzanne Pleshette
229
What Sinatra hid did he 'dooby dooby do' in?
Strangers in the Night
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Who portrayed the demolitions expert in "The Guns of Navarone"?
David Niven
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Who was the movies' biggest male box-office attraction in 1980?
Burt Reynolds
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What is the name of Puff the Magic Dragon's human friend?
Jackie Paper
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What comedian was born Allen Stewart Konigsberg?
Woody Allen
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Who played Hopalong Cassidy?
William Boyd
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What phrase does Dorothy repeat as she clicks her ruby shoes to return to Kansas?
There is no place like home.
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What film has Cary Grant being attacked from a biplane crop duster?
North by Northwest
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Who starred in Roger Vadim's "And God Created Woman"?
Brigitte Bardot
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What 1959 film did Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon appear in, in drag?
Some Like it Hot
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What movie actors, like Webster's Dictionary, were Morocco-bound?
Bob Hope and Bing Crosby
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What song was introduced in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"?
Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head
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What city did Dick Clark's 'American Bandstand' originate in?
Philadelphia
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Who was Dobie Gillis' sidekick?
Maynard G. Krebs
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Who was Tasmania's most famous swashbuckler?
Errol Flynn
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Who shot J.R.?
Kristin Shepard
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Who chased Dr. Richard Kimble for four years?
Lieutenant Philip Gerard
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Who has sisters named Eva and Magda?
Zsa Zsa Gabor
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What were the names of the three tunnels dug by the prisoners of war in the film 'The Great Escape'?
Tom, Dick, & Harry
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Who portrayed Captain Bligh in the 1962 film 'Mutiny on the Bounty'?
Trevor Howard
249
Who directed 'The Last Picture Show'?
Peter Bogdanovich
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What was 'The Ed Sullivan Show' originally called?
Toast of the Town
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Who's known as Lonesome George?
George Gobel
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Who played the title role in "The War Lover"?
Steve McQueen
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Who gained stardom with his 1955 portrayal of the title character in 'Marty'?
Ernest Borgnine
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What actor has a tattoo on his right wrist reading 'Scotland Forever'?
Sean Connery
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What film featured Jack Nicholson as a Los Angeles private eye?
Chinatown
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Who is Fred Flintstone's best friend?
Barney Rubble
257
Who portrayed Casper Gutman in the 1941 film "The Maltese Falcon"?
Sidney Greenstreet
258
Who played the title role in 'Maude'?
Bea Arthur
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Who portrayed Renaud in 'Casablanca'?
Claude Rains
260
How long was the TV mission of 'Star Trek's Enterprise' to be?
5 years
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What film featured Melina Mercouri, Maximilian Schell and Peter Ustinov as jewel thieves?
Topkapi
262
Who was the first voice of Mickey Mouse?
Walt Disney
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What comedian opened his routines by saying: "My name is Jose Jimenez"?
Bill Dana
264
What town did Andy Taylor and Barney Fife patrol?
Mayberry, North Carolina
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What film marked Robert Redford's directorial debut?
Ordinary People
266
How many times did Bing Crosby and Bob Hope hit the road in films?
Seven
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Who played J.J. Gittles in 'Chinatown'?
Jack Nicholson
268
What were the first words spoken on a film sound track?
You ain't heard nothin' yet, folks.
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What can stop the Duke of Earl?
Nothing
270
What actor was awarded an Oscar engraved in the name of Dick Tracy?
Spencer Tracy
271
What is the more familiar name of 'The Banana Boat Song'?
Day-O
272
How many instruments accompany someone singing 'a capella'?
None
273
How did Will Rogers, Carole Lombard, and Mike Todd all die?
In a plane crash
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Whose acceptance speech of more than 30 minutes prompted a time limit on Academy Award thank-yous?
Greer Garson's
275
What former football star played opposite Raquel Welch in '100 Rifles'?
Jim Brown
276
What is the name of Dagwood Bumstead's dog?
Daisy
277
What was the star of 'Leave It To Beaver'?
Jerry Mathers
278
Who built 'Frosty the Snowman' into a 1952 hit?
Gene Autry
279
What comedy team's movies included 'Hollywood or Bust' and 'Living It Up'?
Martin and Lewis
280
What film does Ken Kesey refuse to watch?
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
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What British TV series inspired 'All in the Family'?
Till Death Do Us Part
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Who portrayed Luke McCoy in "The Real McCoys"?
Richard Crenna
283
What performers appeared with Burton and Taylor in 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf'?
George Segal and Sandy Dennis
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What beauty-marked blonde portrayed female TV detective Honey West?
Anne Francis
285
What film was the first to feature Sensurround?
Earthquake
286
What plane did Shirley Temple sing about in the 1934 film 'Bright Eyes'?
The Good Ship Lollipop
287
Who panicked America with his radio version of 'War of the Worlds'?
Orson Welles
288
What was the number of Gunther Toody's patrol car?
Fifty-four
289
Who co-starred in 'Pillow Talk'?
Rock Hudson and Doris Day
290
Who portrayed Washington Post executive editor Benjamin Bradlee in "All the President's Men"?
Jason Robards
291
What was TV's No. 1-ranked show from 1952 to 1955?
I Love Lucy
292
Who ran through the bushes where the rabbits couldn't go?
The British
293
What singing group felt glad all over?
The Dave Clark Five
294
What was Dr. Kildare's first name?
James
295
What game show had Arlene Francis as a permanent panelist?
What's My Line
296
Who played Al Jolson in 'The Jolson Story'?
Larry Parks
297
Who played Bret Maverick?
James Garner
298
What Broadway musical was inspired by Cervantes' 'Don Quixote'?
Man of La Mancha
299
What ship bears the identification number NCC 1701?
The Starship Enterprise
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What was the Oscar-winning theme song of 'Breakfast at Tiffany's'?
Moon River
