Entertainment Trivia

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

15

This was Steven Spielburg's first flop of a film, from 1979, starring Dan Ackroyd and John Belushi. In this film the Japanese attacked Los Angeles during World War II. What was the title?

3

Which big basketball fan directed the films Malcolm X and Do the Right Thing?

13

What was the title of the 1992 comedy in which a Reno lounge singer accidentally witnesses a murder, and hides out in a convent—where she becomes the choir leader, teaching the sisters to boogie down.

8

Which pair of musical composers, whose last names begin with the same letter, wrote, in 1956, My Fair Lady ?

14

This classic film was written by, directed by, and starred Charlie Chaplin. It was his last totally silent film, from 1930. The plot involved the Chaplin character who falls in love with a blind flower girl and raises money for her to have an operation. What is its title?

1

This 1984 rock and roll comedy, directed by Rob Reiner, was a satire on rock documentaries, and told the story of an over-the-hill British heavy metal band. Name this film.

1

Born in 1903, he became a singer and actor who received an Academy Award in 1944, and recorded 1500 records, including more #1 hits than Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, and the Beatles (39 of them). Who was he?

13

You know that famous Abbey Road album cover, the one with the beatles crossing Abbey Road from left to right in the photo. Which Beatle is first in line, on the far right, wearing a white suit?

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4

In 1988, in what the Guinness Book then listed as the most money ever paid for recording commercials, Pepsi Cola paid someone $12 million to do four TV commercials. Who was the recipient of this lucrative contract?

8

Which Humphrey Bogart film won the Academy Award as best picture of 1943?

2

Julia Roberts' won her first Oscar as Best Actress for for her role in which film?

11

Which two people played the romantic couple in the 1990 film, Green Card?

7

What was the title of the 1993 film about a young boy with an incredible fastball pitch, who earns a spot pitching for the Chicago Cubs?

10

This early TV program ran from 1947 to 1960; it was network TV's first weekday children's show, and NBC's first show broadcast in color. What was it?