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| 1. | Who plays Poison Ivy in the 1997 film Batman & Robin? |
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Uma Thurman | |
| 2. | What legendary actor played Superman's biological father in the 1978 film Superman? |
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Marlon Brando | |
| 3. | In Groundhog Day, Phil Connors wakes up repeatedly at 6 a.m. to an alarm clock playing what song? |
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Sonny and Cher|I Got You Babe
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| 4. | On TV, what real-life character links Matt Smith, Tobias Menzies, and Jonathan Pryce? |
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Prince Philip (The Crown) | |
| 5. | Released in 2021, the fourth installment in The Matrix film franchise is |
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Resurrections | |
| 6. | Who plays Sirius Black in the Harry Potter film series? |
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Gary Oldman | |
| 7. | Introduced in Toy Story 2 (1999), what is the name of Woody's horse? |
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Bullseye | |
| 8. | Between 1957 and 1962, who played the title role in the TV Western Maverick? |
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James Garner | |
| 9. | The title of a 1980s American sitcom, what does the acronym ALF stand for? |
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Alien Life Form | |
| 10. | What was the last musical to win an Academy Award for Best Picture? |
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Chicago (2002) | |
| 11. | What 2011 animated film stars Johnny Depp as a talking chameleon? |
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Rango | |
| 12. | Primarily performed during the Christmas season, who wrote the score for the 1892 ballet The Nutcracker? |
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Tchaikovsky (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky) | |
| 13. | Name any one of two 1970s TV series based on the 1972 novel Cyborg by Martin Caidin? |
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The Six Million Dollar Man / The Bionic Woman | |
| 14. | Name this 1980 film and the actor speaking at the end.
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Airplane! - Leslie Nielsen | |
| 15. | Who play the title roles in the 1970s TV series The Odd Couple? |
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Tony Randall & Jack Klugman | |
| 16. | Cate Blanchett won the Best Actress Oscar for her role in what 2013 film? |
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Blue Jasmine | |
| 17. | Portrayed by Jeremy Renner in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, what Avenger is the alias of Clint Barton? |
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Hawkeye | |
| 18. | Who plays the "Unsinkable" Molly Brown in the 1997 film Titanic? |
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Kathy Bates | |
| 19. | In the British comedy TV quiz show QI, what does QI stand for? |
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Quite Interesting | |
| 20. | Name this 1975 film: "Who's that then?" "I dunno, must be a king." "Why?" "He hasn't got shit all over him." |
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Monty Python and the Holy Grail (John Cleese and Eric Idle) | |
| 21. | The Many Saints of Newark is a 2021 film, and prequel to what American TV series? |
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The Sopranos | |
| 22. | In what TV series did Robin Williams first appear as the alien Mork in February 1978? |
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Happy Days (Mork and Mindy was a spin-off series launched later the same year) | |
| 23. | Lord Farquaad is the main antagonist of what 2001 animated film? |
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Shrek (voiced by John Lithgow) | |
| 24. | Who played the role of villain Howard Payne in the 1994 film Speed? |
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Dennis Hopper | |
| 25. | First aired between 2002 and 2008 what crime drama TV series set in Baltimore, Maryland stars Dominic West as Detective Jimmy McNulty and, for its first three seasons, Idris Elba as drug kingpin "Stringer" Bell? |
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The Wire | |
| 26. | Which British actor voices CIA deputy director Avery Bullock in the animated TV show American Dad? |
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Patrick Stewart | |
| 27. | In what 1971 film did Richard Attenborough play British serial killer John Reginald Christie? |
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10 Rillington Place | |
| 28. | Who played herself in the 1972 film Deep Throat? |
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Linda Lovelace | |
| 29. | Portrayed by Hugh Laurie from 2004 to 2012, what is Dr. House's first name? |
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Gregory | |
| 30. | Which 1960s TV series included the characters of Captain Jonas Grumby, Thurston Howell III and Ginger Grant? |
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Gilligan's Island (1964-1967) | |
| 31. | Who plays Captain Edward Smith in the 1997 film Titanic? |
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Bernard Hill | |
| 32. | Name this 1960 film and the two actors speaking.
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Psycho - Janet Leigh & Anthony Perkins | |
| 33. | Which Hollywood silent film star became known as the 'It Girl' after starring in a 1927 film called It? |
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Clara Bow | |
| 34. | Portrayed by British actor Joseph Marcell, what was the first name of the butler in the 1990s sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air? |
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Geoffrey | |
| 35. | First aired in 1974, what TV series was set in Walnut Grove, Minnesota toward the end of the 19th century? |
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Little House on the Prairie | |
| 36. | What animation studio was founded in 1994 by Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and David Geffen? |
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DreamWorks | |
| 37. | In what 1990 film did Tom Cruise star as a character called Cole Trickle? |
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Days of Thunder | |
| 38. | Codename Villanelle is a 2018 thriller novel by British author Luke Jennings. A compilation of four serial e-book novellas published between 2014 and 2016, what 2018 TV series is based upon it? |
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Killing Eve | |
| 39. | In the 1994 film Immortal Beloved, actor Gary Oldman plays what famous composer? |
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Ludwig van Beethoven | |
| 40. | Who was nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Actress category for her role in the 1969 film They Shoot Horses, Don't They? |
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Jane Fonda | |
| 41. | In the 1983 film Curse of the Pink Panther, filmed after Peter Sellers' death, who makes a cameo at the end of the film as Inspector Clouseau after very extensive plastic surgery? |
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Roger Moore | |
| 42. | The Crimes of Grindelwald is the subtitle of what 2018 film? |
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Fantastic Beasts | |
| 43. | What controversial 1971 film stars Dustin Hoffman as American applied mathematician David Sumner who moves with his young English wife Amy, played by Susan George, to her home village of Wakely in the Cornish countryside? |
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Straw Dogs | |
| 44. | Which TV series, first aired in 2007, is this?
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The Big Bang Theory (2007-present) | |
| 45. | In what U.S. city was Happy Days set? |
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Milwaukee (Wisconsin) | |
| 46. | At the age of 80, who became the oldest actress to receive an Academy Award for Best Actress for her title role in the 1989 film Driving Miss Daisy? |
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Jessica Tandy | |
| 47. | Who played architect Doug Roberts in The Towering Inferno? |
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Paul Newman | |
| 48. | Name this children's TV series from the 1960s.
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Skippy the Bush Kangaroo (1966–1968) | |
| 49. | Listed alphabetically, the Marx Brothers were Chico, Groucho, Gummo, Harpo, and Zeppo. Which was the youngest? |
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Zeppo (born 1901) | |
| 50. | First aired in 2012, complete the title of this Australian TV series: Miss ________ Murder Mysteries. |
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Fisher's | |
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