Entertainment Trivia

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A controversial 1992 film by a controversial director, features the life of a black militant. Name the subject and director.

20

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

11

He was America's first television superstar. His show, which ran from 1948 to 1956, attracted up to 80% of the TV audience. Who was he?

20

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

18

What was the name of the 1988 comedy in which Eddie Murphy, as an African prince, travels to New York to find a bride, and which person co-starred as his travel companion?

12

Who were the three female stars of the 1980 comedy, Nine to Five?

10

In 1978, five months after Elvis Presley died, a certain song recorded by Elvis sold a million copies. What was the title of this song, written by Paul Anka?

1

Which homosexual, cross-dressing, British heroin junkie was one of the world's most popular pop-music personalities of the 1980's and 1990's?

3

Which musical group mostly popular in the 1960's and 70's is responsible for the line from a song, "Hope I die before I get old"?

8

In an attempt to control their own work, what film studio did Charlie Chaplin, D.W. Griffith, Douglas Fairbanks, and Mary Pickford establish in 1919?

1

Goldfinger, archenemy of James Bond, plotted to invade what?

13

Elizabeth Taylor got married for the eighth time in the fall of 1991, and filed for divorce February, 1996. A few questions about her: a. What was her latest husband's name? b. Who was her first husband?. c. In 1932 was she born, which large city?

18

This artist has been called vile, violent, decrepit, insensitive, moronic, homophobic, offensive, and repugnant, but his music work made him one of the stars of the year 2000. Who is he?

15

This 1953 musical comedy film, an adaptation of a Cole Porter Broadway musical, was adapted from Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. It starred Kathryn Grayson and Howard Keel, featured the song, "Another Opening, Another Show," and was filmed in 3-D!

10

In 1981, a new category was added to the Academy Award Ceremony, and the first film to win an award in this category was "An American Werewolf in London." What was this new category?