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| 1. | Who played Sid Vicious in the 1986 biopic film Sid and Nancy? |
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Gary Oldman | |
| 2. | What Englishman is best known for directing American Beauty (1999), Road to Perdition (2002), and the James Bond films Skyfall (2012) and Spectre (2015)? |
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Sam Mendes | |
| 3. | What was the title of Pierce Brosnan's fourth and last film as James Bond? |
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Die Another Day (2002) | |
| 4. | What 1988 crime thriller film stars Mel Gibson, Michelle Pfeiffer and Kurt Russell? |
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Tequila Sunrise | |
| 5. | Name the two starring actors of the Rush Hour film series. |
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Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker | |
| 6. | Nominated for Emmy Awards for portraying the same character in 3 different shows - Cheers, Frasier, and Wings - who plays Dr. Frasier Crane? |
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Kelsey Grammer | |
| 7. | Peter Mayhew is an English-American actor, best known for portraying who in the Star Wars film series? |
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Chewbacca | |
| 8. | What pop star starred as Jareth the Goblin King in the 1986 Jim Henson film Labyrinth? |
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David Bowie | |
| 9. | What is the name of the local newspaper most prominently featured in the British soap opera Coronation Street?
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Weatherfield Gazette | |
| 10. | Driving the Bulletproof Bomb in Wacky Races, by what name are these seven dwarf gangsters collectively known? |
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The Ant Hill Mob | |
| 11. | Followed by Olivia Colman in season three, who plays Queen Elizabeth II in the first two seasons of The Crown? |
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Claire Foy | |
| 12. | What 2020 film and its 2023 sequel star Chris Hemsworth as Tyler Rake, a former Australian SAS operator turned black ops mercenary? |
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Extraction | |
| 13. | What is the codename for Uma Thurman's character in the Kill Bill film series? |
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Black Mamba | |
| 14. | Which 1980s horror film trilogy starred the character of Carol Anne Freeling? |
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Poltergeist (played by Heather O'Rourke who died in 1988 aged 12) | |
| 15. | Which 1964 film depicts the Battle of Rorke's Drift? |
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Zulu | |
| 16. | The TV series M*A*S*H is set during what war? |
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Korean War | |
| 17. | Who won an Oscar for her role in the 2003 film Cold Mountain? |
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Renée Zellweger (Best Actress in a Supporting Role) | |
| 18. | The Shape of Water won Best Picture at the Academy Awards on Sunday night. Who won Best Actor and Best Actress? |
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Gary Oldman and Frances McDormand (Darkest Hour and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) | |
| 19. | Which city is the location of the long running TV series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation? |
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Las Vegas | |
| 20. | In 2001, who became the only black woman to win an Academy Award for Best Actress? |
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Halle Berry (Monster's Ball) | |
| 21. | First aired between 1996 and 2001, what American TV sitcom stars the characters Dick, Sally, Harry, and Tommy Solomon? |
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3rd Rock from the Sun (John Lithgow, Kristen Johnston, French Stewart, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt) | |
| 22. | What British journalist famously interviewed Diana, Princess of Wales for BBC Panorama in 1995, and Michael Jackson for an ITV documentary in 2003? |
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Martin Bashir | |
| 23. | Who played Bill Sykes in the 1968 film Oliver? |
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Oliver Reed | |
| 24. | Who is the antagonist of Walt Disney's 1959 film Sleeping Beauty and the main protagonist in the 2014 live-action film starring Angelina Jolie in the title role? |
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Maleficent | |
| 25. | What 1988 film, starring Kevin Costner and Susan Sarandon, depicts the players and fans of a minor-league baseball team in North Carolina? |
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Bull Durham | |
| 26. | What 1984 film stars the characters of Dr. Peter Venkman, Dr. Raymond Stantz, and Dr. Egon Spengler? |
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Ghostbusters (Bill Murray, Dan Akroyd, and Harold Ramis) | |
| 27. | What 2010 post-apocalyptic film stars Denzel Washington in the title role? |
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The Book of Eli | |
| 28. | Birds called Blu and Jewel star in what 2011 animated film and its 2014 sequel? |
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Rio | |
| 29. | Who played Sherlock Holmes in a series of fourteen films between 1939 and 1946? |
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Basil Rathbone (with Nigel Bruce as Dr. John Watson) | |
| 30. | Who plays hitman Jules Winnfield in the 1994 film Pulp Fiction? |
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Samuel L. Jackson | |
| 31. | Screenwriter and producer Rod Serling is probably best known for creating and presenting what anthology TV series, first aired between 1959 and 1964? |
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The Twilight Zone | |
| 32. | What soap opera regularly features the fictional Erinsborough High School? |
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Neighbours | |
| 33. | The 1975 film Rooster Cogburn, starring John Wayne as the title character, was a sequel to what film released six years earlier? |
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True Grit | |
| 34. | Name this cartoon duo who first appeared on TV in 1959. |
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Rocky and Bullwinkle | |
| 35. | Who plays Tom Ripley in the 1999 film The Talented Mr Ripley? |
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Matt Damon | |
| 36. | First aired from 2008 to 2010, what British coming-of-age TV sitcom follows the misadventures of suburban teenager William McKenzie and his friends Simon, Neil, and Jay at the fictional Rudge Park Comprehensive? |
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The Inbetweeners | |
| 37. | Who plays Simon Templar in the 1997 film adaptation of The Saint? |
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Val Kilmer | |
| 38. | The Golden Bear is the highest prize given to a film at what annual film festival? |
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Berlin (German: Goldener Bär) | |
| 39. | Portrayed by Jane Horrocks, what is the name of Edina's utterly brainless personal assistant in Absolutely Fabulous? |
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Bubble | |
| 40. | First appearing on TV in the late 1960s, by what name were Fleegle, Bingo, Drooper and Snorky collectively known? |
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The Banana Splits | |
| 41. | In what feature-length animation are the main characters called Pongo and Perdita? |
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One Hundred and One Dalmatians | |
| 42. | Which fictional TV characters married at Shotgun Pete's Wedding Chapel? |
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Homer and Marge Simpson | |
| 43. | In what early 1970s TV series did George Peppard play a Boston-based Polish-American freelance investigator? |
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Banacek | |
| 44. | What 1999 film stars Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, and Alan Rickman as cast members of a defunct cult sci-fi TV series? |
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Galaxy Quest | |
| 45. | First aired between 1972 and 1983, name this TV series.
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M*A*S*H | |
| 46. | What film ends with James Bond (Sean Connery) and Tatiana Romanova (Daniela Bianchi) taking a romantic boat ride in Venice? |
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From Russia with Love (1963) | |
| 47. | Famous for the line, "I love the smell of Napalm in the morning," who plays Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore in Apocalypse Now?
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Robert Duvall | |
| 48. | Which long-running TV series is based at the fictional Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital? |
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Grey's Anatomy | |
| 49. | In what fictional holiday camp is the 1980's British sitcom Hi-de-Hi! set? |
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Maplins | |
| 50. | Clint Eastwood won an Academy Award for Best Director and Hillary Swank won Best Actress for what 2004 film? |
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Million Dollar Baby | |
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