Entertainment Trivia

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Give the titles of each of these films with numbers in the title: a. 1982 cops-and-robbers film starring Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte b. 1984 teenage comedy starring Molly Ringwald c. 1954 submarine adventure fantasy starring Kirk Douglas

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Which two people won the Oscars as Best Actor and Actress at the March, 2000 Academy Award ceremony, and for what films?

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Which person, who died in 1966, won more Academy Awards than any other person; receiving 29 Oscars during his lifetime?

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United Artists film studio was founded in 1919 by which four people, 3 of whom were actors and the other a director ?

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Which musician improvised a guitar arrangement of "The Star Spangled Banner" at the 1969 Woodstock Festival?

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Spaghetti Westerns, popularized in the 1960s by film director Sergio Leone, were usually filmed in which two countries?

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Which inanimate character was the best friend of the father of the actress who plays Murphy Brown?

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Which delightful film from 2000 was based on a dog show in Philadelphia ?

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Between 1975 and 1980, this female singer had ten Top Ten Hits, including four #1 hits, and some people called her the "Queen of Disco". Who was she?

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Shortly after the immensely popular TV show, The Cosby Show , terminated in 1993, Bill Cosby was back on TV, hosting a remake of which TV quiz show, originally starring Groucho Marx?

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One of Woody Allen's most creative movies was a humorous 1984 film in which he seamlessly made use of black-and-white newsreel footage in a story about a remarkable man who could change his appearance at will in order to hobnob with society's bigwigs. Wha

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Films with specific geographical locations: a. 1981 Oscar winner - Chariots of Fire - In which city? b. 1968 Steve McQueen thriller, Bullitt - in which city? c. 1967 film starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton - The Comedians - in which country?

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In 1987 she won the Academy Award as Best Supporting Actress for her role in a film which starred Cher and Nicholas Cage. One year later her cousin ran for President of the United States. Who is she, and for what film did she win the Oscar?

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In the 1970's there was a Broadway musical entitled "Minnie's Boys." Her name was Minnie Schoenberg, and her sons' names were Leonard, Adolph, Julius, Milton, and Herbert. By what collective name were her sons bettter known?

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This television show won the Emmy Award as best Dramatic Series in 1986; the show's title was named after two women. What was the name of the series?