Entertainment Trivia

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When this 31-year old died in New York of a perforated ulcer in 1926, women rioted in the streets, and some committed suicide. Who was the person who inspired such a strong emotional reaction?

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The campy gay-influenced late 70's disco group called the Village People had three top 40 hits. One was "YMCA." What were the other 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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In the mid-1960's, playing the role of an undercover agent, he became the first black actor to star in a weekly TV series. Who is he, and what was the name of the TV series?

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Which person directed the films Hook, The Color Purple, and Twilight Zone the movie ?

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In the first celebrity fundraiser, in 1971, musical stars Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, and Ringo Starr joined event coordinator and former Beatle George Harrison to raise money for hungry residents of what starving nation?

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This song, written by Bob Dylan in April,1962, became a famous protest song, perhaps the theme song of the 1960's civil rights movement. What's the title?

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Paramount's studio's single most lucrative property, has generated more than $1 billion. It was a TV series until 1969, generateed at least six movies, two syndicated TV shows, an animated series, hundreds of books and comics, fan clubs, conventions, clot

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Which Disney film, released around Thanksgiving, 1992, passed $200 million in total box office ticket sales within the first six months of its release, and became one of the top money making films of all time?

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What is the title of the 1986 film written by Nora Ephron, directed by Mike Nichols, and starring Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep?

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Prophetically, just a few months before the Three-Mile Island nuclear reactor accident in Pennsylvania, a 1979 film dealt with the subject of a nuclear accident. That film was entitled The China Syndrome. Who were three stars?

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This actor died of AIDS in1991. He had kept his illness a secret, fearing he wouldn't be able to work in Hollywood. He was star of a 1978 film about an American imprisoned in Turkey for drug smuggling. What is his name and the name of the film?

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This television series, involving the good guys against the bad guys, had won more awards than any other dramatic series ever, yet was cancelled by NBC in the year 1987. Which show was it?

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In terms of number of gold or platinum records for recorded music, singles or albums, what are the three all-time leading performer or groups?

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In 1988, 160,000 people attended the largest rock music gathering ever held in East Germany. The Communist newpapers hailed the American rock performer as a friend of the working class. Who was he?