Entertainment Trivia

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What was the name of the 1955 comedy film starring Tom Ewell and Marilyn Monroe, in which Marilyn stood over a subway grating and the wind caused her skirt to blow up to her face?

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This actor was knighted by Queen Elizabeth for services to drama. He preferred to be knighted with his stage name, rather than his real name, Maurice Micklewhite. Who is he?

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What song, written by Paul Anka, was recorded by Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, and Sid Vicious, among others?

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Which actress starred in the films Dick Tracy and Desperately Seeking Susan?

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The top movie box-office attraction in the U.S. between 1935 - 1938 was not your normal actor or actress. Who or what was it?

3

Who was the original host of the TV game show of Jeopardy ?

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The American Film Institute in the year 2000 asked a jury of film-industry leaders to list the funniest movies of all time. The top two movies on the list were films in which men played the role of women. Name these films.

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What was the name of the soldier character played by Kevin Costner in the film, Dances With Wolves?

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The Academy Award winning Best Films of 1981 and 1982, were both British productions. One was related to athletics, and the other was a biography. Can you name these two films?

10

The first talkie-film, The Jazz Singer , was released in what year?

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Woody Allen's first movie screenplay was a 1965 film that starred Peter Sellers, Peter O'Toole and Ursula Andress, and featured music by Burt Bacharach. What was the title?

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1996 was Canadian singer Celine Dion's year. Her album won the Grammy (2/26/97) as Album of the Year. What was the title?

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In this 1993 movie drama, Daniel Day-Lewis plays the role of Gerry Conlon, a small time troublemaker from Belfast who's falsely accused and convicted of a being an IRA terrorists who bombed a pub in Guildford, England, in 1974. What was the title?

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In the film, The Silence of the Lambs, what was the occupation of the character played by Jodie Foster?

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The world's longest running play opened in London's west end on November 25, 1952, and is still playing today, to about 80% of capacity, after 20,000 performances. What's the title, and who wrote it?