Question 1

This 1972 criminal/comedy film starred Warren Beatty and Goldie Hawn as bank thieves in Germany, and the title of the film was represented not by a word, but by a symbol. What was the title?

Accepted Answer

$ (the film is titled with the dollar sign symbol, often referred to as 'Dollars' or '$')

Question 2

What kind of parties swept the nation after the release of the 1978 film, National Lampoon's Animal House?

Accepted Answer

TOGA PARTIES

Question 3

He was born in the 1960's in Oakland with the name Stanley Burrell. As an entertainer he earned five American Music Awards, three Grammy Awards and two MTV Video Music Awards. What is the stage name of this popular rapper?

Accepted Answer

MC HAMMER

Question 4

Which entertainer, musician and author was the original host of the Tonight Show from 1954 to 1957?

Accepted Answer

STEVE ALLEN

Question 5

Which 1995 film, based on an 1811 Jane Austin novel, starred Emma Thompson and Hugh Grant?

Accepted Answer

SENSE AND SENSIBILITY

Question 6

Which two actors starred in Dumb and Dumber?

Accepted Answer

JIM CARREY / JEFF DANIELS

Question 7

1931 horror films: a. Which actor starred in the title role of the original 1931 film, Dracula?  b. Who starred as Dr. Frankenstein's monster in the 1931 original of Frankenstein?

Accepted Answer

a. BELA LUGOSI b. BORIS KARLOFF

Question 8

Who played the roles of Bobby and Pam Ewing in the popular TV show, Dallas?

Accepted Answer

Patrick Duffy / Victoria Principal

Question 9

Michael Jackson was one of how many children who survived infancy?

Accepted Answer

9 (he was the seventh)

Question 10

Too cute, too popular, and too rich: Can you name any four of the six stars of the popular TV show, Friends ?

Accepted Answer

JENNIFER ANISTON / COURTENEY COX / LISA KUDROW / MATT LeBLANC / MATTHEW PERRY / DAVID SCHWIMMER

Question 11

In order to evade a murderous gangster, two starving musicians disguise themselves as women in this 1959 Billy Wilder film satire. Which film, which actors?

Accepted Answer

"SOME LIKE IT HOT" / JACK LEMMON / TONY CURTIS

Question 12

Wizard of Oz: a. Fictitious travelers: Name the four creatures who traveled down the yellow brick road. b. What words did Dorothy chant as she clicked her heels together at film end?  c. Which woman played the role of the Wicked Witch of the West?

Accepted Answer

a. DOROTHY / SCARECROW / TIN MAN / COWARDLY LION / TOTO b. THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME  c. MARGARET HAMILTON

Question 13

When she won the Academy Award as best actress, Sally Field announced, "You like me! You really like me!" Name this film in which she played a young widow and cotton farmer in the south.

Accepted Answer

PLACES IN THE HEART

Question 14

In 1981, the Academy Award Winning film was about two runners Harold Abrahams and Eric Liddel   competing in the 1924 Olympics. What was the name of the film, and in which city did the 1924 Olympic Games take place?

Accepted Answer

CHARIOTS OF FIRE / PARIS

Question 15

A rebellious classic film from 1955 is called Rebel Without a Cause. Can you name the three youthful stars of this film - none of whom are living today?

Accepted Answer

JAMES DEAN / NATALIE WOOD / SAL MINEO

Question 16

Groucho Marx played the role of Prime Minister Rufus T. Firefly in which 1933 comedy with an animal title?

Accepted Answer

DUCK SOUP

Question 17

Susan Sarandon was nominated as best actress in 1991, 1992, and 1994, and won in 1996. For which four films?

Accepted Answer

THELMA AND LOUISE / LORENZO'S OIL / THE CLIENT / DEAD MAN WALKING

Question 18

Which people won the Academy Awards for Best Actress and Best Actor for the 1996 film year?

Accepted Answer

FRANCIS McDORMAND  Fargo  / GEOFFREY RUSH  Shine

Question 19

Which young actor and actress starred in, and which young actor directed, the 1984 film, Splash?

Accepted Answer

TOM HANKS / DARYL HANNAH / RON HOWARD

Question 20

After the stabbing death of two teenagers by another teenager in 1959, some radio stations banned this Bobby Darin hit record from "The Threepenny Opera." What was the song title?

Accepted Answer

"MACK THE KNIFE"

Question 21

In Richmond, California, late 1970's, minister Richard Penniman warned his congregation of the evils of rock and roll music. This was very strange, since he was one of the biggest rock and roll stars of the 1950's. Who was he?

Accepted Answer

LITTLE RICHARD

Question 22

Can you name the actor, born in South Africa to British parents, who most often portrayed Sherlock Holmes in films, 14 times in the 1940's?

Accepted Answer

BASIL RATHBONE

Question 23

This operatic tenor who died in 1921 was the first singer ever to sell over one million records. What was his name?

Accepted Answer

ENRICO CARUSO

Question 24

Two females won Oscars for their roles in the 1993 film, "The Piano" - the lead actress as well as the young supporting actress. Can you name these two women?

Accepted Answer

HOLLY HUNTER / ANNA PAQUIN

Question 25

At the Academy Awards ceremony of March 1996, the last names of four of the five nominees for Best Actress began with the same letter. Who were these four people?

Accepted Answer

susan SARANDON dead man walking / sharon STONE casino / meryl STREEP bridges of madison county / elizabeth SHUE leaving las vegas

Question 26

The largest selling song of 1972 dealt with a tragic event that occurred on February 3, 1959, resulting in the death of three famous people. What was the song title, and who wrote and recorded it?

Accepted Answer

AMERICAN PIE / DON McLEAN people were BUDDY HOLLY / RICHIE VALENS / BIG BOPPER

Question 27

Which actor played the role of Officer Gannon on TV's Dragnet, and the role of Sherman Potter in M.A.S.H.?

Accepted Answer

HARRY MORGAN

Question 28

Name the actor who played the title role in each of these films: a. 1977 - Annie Hall  b. 1966 - Alfie  c. 1943 - Madame Curie

Accepted Answer

a. DIANE KEATON b. MICHAEL CAINE c. GREER GARSON

Question 29

Two of the ten most performed songs of all time by different entertainers   are Beatles songs with a one word title. Can you name them?

Accepted Answer

YESTERDAY / SOMETHING

Question 30

Which actress played the role of Forrest Gump's mother?

Accepted Answer

SALLY FIELD

Question 31

In 1978 Richard Adams' best-selling fantasy about a family of rabbits seeking a safe place to live was turned into one of the best animated feature films ever made. What's the title?

Accepted Answer

WATERSHIP DOWN

Question 32

In this 1993 movie drama, Daniel Day-Lewis plays the role of Gerry Conlon, a small time troublemaker from Belfast who's falsely accused and convicted of a being an IRA terrorists who bombed a pub in Guildford, England, in 1974. What was the title?

Accepted Answer

IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER

Question 33

Geoffrey Rush won an Oscar in 1997 for his role as a troubled pianist. Name the film and the character he played.

Accepted Answer

SHINE / DAVID HELFGOTT

Question 34

This 1993 music album featured cover art designed by the recording artist's wife, a model. Name the singer, album, and artist.

Accepted Answer

BILLY JOEL / RIVER OF DREAMS / CHRISTIE BRINKLEY

Question 35

Besides Sean Connery and Roger Moore, which three other actors played James Bond in the official film series before 2006?

Accepted Answer

GEORGE LAZENBY / TIMOTHY DALTON / PIERCE BROSNAN

Question 36

Michael Jackson said that he modeled his dance moves and vocal styling on which soulful musical performer?

Accepted Answer

JAMES BROWN

Question 37

In the 1976 film, Network, frustrated television viewers were urged to stick their heads out of their windows and yell what angry cry?

Accepted Answer

I'M MAD AS HELL AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE!

Question 38

Which women won Academy Awards as Best Actress and Supporting Actress for their roles in the 1987 film, Moonstruck?

Accepted Answer

CHER / OLYMPIA DUKAKIS

Question 39

In 1930's Hollywood, this film director overwhelmed Depression-era audiences with his lavish, gaudy, kaleidoscopic patterns of female dancers and inventive camera angles. Who was he?

Accepted Answer

BUSBY BERKELEY

Question 40

By 1984, this singer/entertainer had sold around 100 million record albums and given over 2,000 live concerts, yet he was relatively unknown in the United States. Who is he?

Accepted Answer

JULIO IGLESIAS

Question 41

This small town in Missouri draws millions of visitors each year to its dozens of theaters, many featuring country music. What town is this, known as the Nashville of the Ozarks?

Accepted Answer

BRANSON, MISSOURI

Question 42

Which child actor played the role of TV's Dennis the Menace?

Accepted Answer

JAY NORTH

Question 43

Which deaf person won the Oscar as Best Actress in 1986 and for which film?

Accepted Answer

MARLEE MATLIN / CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD

Question 44

This actor was knighted by Queen Elizabeth for services to drama. He chose to be knighted under his birth name, Maurice Micklewhite, rather than his stage name. Who is he?

Accepted Answer

MICHAEL CAINE

Question 45

Frank Sinatra began his career in the late 1930's and early 1940's, as a vocalist with which two famous orchestras?

Accepted Answer

HARRY JAMES / TOMMY DORSEY

Question 46

This film premiered in December 1977, and its soundtrack album became, for a time, the biggest selling album ever. Which film?

Accepted Answer

SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER

Question 47

Born in 1937 in the Bronx, this comedian released more than 18 comedy albums, starred in over a dozen solo HBO comedy specials, and guest starred 130 times on the Johnny Carson show. Who was he?

Accepted Answer

GEORGE CARLIN

Question 48

This actress, a regular on the TV hit show Friends, had a hairdo in the mid-1990s that spawned millions of look-alikes around the world. What is her name?

Accepted Answer

JENNIFER ANISTON  rachel

Question 49

The title of the Oscar-winning 1994 film contained the name of its primary, fictional character. What was it?

Accepted Answer

FORREST GUMP

Question 50

Which American musician assembled veteran Cuban musicians who had played in Havana decades earlier, leading to the 1999 film "Buena Vista Social Club"?

Accepted Answer

RY COODER .

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