Entertainment Trivia

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Since 1962 this musical group from New Jersey amassed 48 entries on the Billboard Hot 100. It has been said that they were to the East Coast what the Beach Boys were to the West. What group is this?

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The TV comedy that amassed a then-record 117 Emmy Award nominations ran from 1982 to 1993. Which show was it?

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Star Wars was the third film directed by George Lucas. What were the first two?

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

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Which three actresses starred in the 1996 film The First Wives Club, a movie about wives deceived by their philandering husbands?

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BONUS: In 1968, the motion picture rating system debuts with four ratings: G, PG, R and X. One year later, in 1969, an X-rated film won the Academy Award as Best Picture - the first and only time. (today that film would be rated "R." The movie had two strong male leads.) Name the film.

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In the 1994 no-brainer comedy Ace Ventura, Pet Dectective , Jim Carrey's character was hired to find what?

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Many alternative rock musicians consider this Asian woman to be a foremother of alternative rock music. Who is she?

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For creating the best-kept movie secret of 1992, writer-director Neil Jordan won the Oscar for Best Screenplay, and was nominated for Best Achievement in Directing, while his film was also nominated for Best Picture of the Year. For which film?

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The title of this 1982 horror film film, in which a normal suburban home became a house of horrors, was named after a type of ghost that creates disorder. What was the name of this film?

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This folk singer recorded songs written by Bob Dylan and became his lover. At one time she and Dylan were called the King and Queen of folk music. Who was she?

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The first time Clint Eastwood was nominated for an Oscar, he won - for best director and best picture. For what film?

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Humphrey Bogart won the Academy Award as Best Actor only once in his career - for which 1951 film that also starred Katharine Hepburn?

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Which musician teamed up with his wife and Denny Laine to form a musical group in the early 1970's, and what was the name of that group?

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Name the five creatures who traveled together down the yellow brick road in The Wizard of Oz.