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| 1. | What is the title of the 2005 film based on the early life and career of Johnny Cash? |
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Walk the Line (Joaquin Phoenix & Reese Witherspoon) | |
| 2. | Sebastian is an anthropomorphic crab featured in what animated film and TV series? |
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The Little Mermaid | |
| 3. | Directed by Guy Ritchie, who plays the Genie in the 2019 adaptation of Aladdin? |
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Will Smith | |
| 4. | In the Australian comedy film trilogy, what actor plays the title role of Mick "Crocodile" Dundee? |
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Paul Hogan | |
| 5. | Who bought Virgin Radio from Richard Branson for £85 million in 1997? |
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Chris Evans (Ginger Media Group) | |
| 6. | First aired between 1998 and 2004, what TV series stars the characters of Carrie Bradshaw, Charlotte York, Samantha Jones, and Miranda Hobbes? |
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Sex and the City (Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, and Cynthia Nixon) | |
| 7. | Which Irishman's roles in My Left Foot (1989) and There Will Be Blood (2007) both gained him Academy Awards for Best Actor? |
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Daniel Day-Lewis | |
| 8. | Who played Field Marshal Erwin Rommel in the 1951 film The Desert Fox? |
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James Mason | |
| 9. | Blackadder II, the second series of the BBC sitcom Blackadder, is set during the reign of what British monarch? |
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Elizabeth I | |
| 10. | What is the title of the first short film to feature Wallace and Gromit? |
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A Grand Day Out (1989) | |
| 11. | When released in China, what 1997 British film had a title which translates as "Six Naked Pigs"? |
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The Full Monty | |
| 12. | Dudley Moore starred in the 1981 original, but who played the title role in the 2011 remake Arthur? |
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Russell Brand | |
| 13. | What 1978 film stars Robert De Niro as Staff Sergeant Michael "Mike" Vronsky? |
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The Deer Hunter | |
| 14. | The 2006 film Bobby is a fictionalised account of the assassination of who? |
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Robert F. Kennedy (U.S. Senator - 25th June 1968) | |
| 15. | Who, in 1963, became the first actor to play Doctor Who in the long-running TV series? |
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William Hartnell | |
| 16. | What outlaw was portrayed on film by Mick Jagger in 1970 and Heath Ledger in 2003? |
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Ned Kelly | |
| 17. | Who stars as ex-government operative Bryan Mills in the Taken film trilogy? |
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Liam Neeson (2008 / 2012 / 2015) | |
| 18. | What was the nickname of Captain Virgil Hilts, as played by Steve McQueen in the 1963 epic, The Great Escape? |
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The Cooler King | |
| 19. | Originally aired from 1964 until 1966, name this TV series.
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The Munsters | |
| 20. | The appropriately named Samantha Bond played what role in the four Pierce Brosnan James Bond films? |
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Miss Moneypenny | |
| 21. | Which Golden Globe winning actress was married to Gary Oldman from 1990 to 1992, and Ethan Hawke from 1998 to 2004? |
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Uma Thurman | |
| 22. | Before spinning off with his own self-titled show, Frasier was a regular character in what TV series? |
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Cheers | |
| 23. | What was the name of the strip club owned and operated by Silvio Dante (Steven Van Zandt) in the TV series The Sopranos? |
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Bada Bing! | |
| 24. | Who played Angel Eyes, the Bad, in the 1966 epic, The Good, The Bad And The Ugly? |
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Lee Van Cleef | |
| 25. | Whose filmography includes all eight Harry Potter films (2001-2011), The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012), and Beauty and the Beast (2017)? |
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Emma Watson | |
| 26. | First performed on 31st December 1879, who wrote the comic opera The Pirates of Penzance? |
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Gilbert & Sullivan (music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert) | |
| 27. | What English actor plays chief engineer Montgomery "Scotty" Scott in the Star Trek reboot (2009) and its sequels, Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) and Star Trek Beyond (2016)? |
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Simon Pegg | |
| 28. | What is the highest mountain in England? |
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Scafell Pike | |
| 29. | What 1981 comedy film stars Ringo Starr as Atouk, a prehistoric misfit in love with Lana, played by Barbara Bach? |
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Caveman | |
| 30. | Which actress divorced Jonny Lee Miller in 1999 and Billy Bob Thornton in 2003? |
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Angelina Jolie | |
| 31. | Born Anna Maria Louisa Italiano in New York on 17th September, 1931, her performance in the 1962 film The Miracle Worker earned her an Academy Award for Best Actress. What was her stage name? |
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Anne Bancroft | |
| 32. | Actors Benicio del Toro, Luis Guzmán and Raúl Juliá were all born on what Caribbean island? |
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Puerto Rico | |
| 33. | Both in military terms, and in the film and TV series, what does the acronym MASH stand for? |
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Mobile Army Surgical Hospital | |
| 34. | Who plays Jesus in the 1965 epic film The Greatest Story Ever Told? |
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Max von Sydow | |
| 35. | First aired between 2017 and 2022, what American crime drama TV series focuses on Marty and Wendy Byrde and their children Charlotte and Jonah? |
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Ozark (Jason Bateman, Laura Linney, Sofia Hublitz, Skylar Gaertner) | |
| 36. | Who played the role of Jack Twist, co-starring with Heath Ledger, in the 2005 film Brokeback Mountain? |
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Jake Gyllenhaal | |
| 37. | Name the two films that earned Sean Penn Best Actor Academy Awards in 2003 and 2008. |
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Mystic River and Milk | |
| 38. | Who played the title role in the 2011 film Green Lantern? |
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Ryan Reynolds | |
| 39. | Name this long running TV series. |
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NCIS (2003-present) | |
| 40. | Who plays the title role in the 2017 film Wonder Woman? |
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Gal Gadot | |
| 41. | What company represents itself on television with this short tune after the closing credits?
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Warner Bros. Television | |
| 42. | Michael Myer's mask, first seen in Halloween, was made from a cast of what famous actor's face? |
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William Shatner | |
| 43. | Name the 2004 Michael Moore documentary film which took a critical look at the presidency of George W. Bush and the War on Terror? |
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Fahrenheit 9/11 | |
| 44. | Played by Charlton Heston in the 1968 original, who plays the lead role of a US Air Force astronaut in the 2001 remake Planet of the Apes? |
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Mark Wahlberg | |
| 45. | Television's first prime time network colour series was The Marriage, a situation comedy broadcast live by NBC in the summer of what year? |
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1954 | |
| 46. | Who played Guinan, the mysterious bartender who ran Ten Forward, the lounge aboard the USS Enterprise-D in Star Trek: The Next Generation? |
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Whoopi Goldberg | |
| 47. | Fill in the blanks in this famous line from the 1991 film The Silence of the Lambs: "A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his ____ with some ____ beans and a nice ____." |
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Liver, Fava, Chianti (Anthony Hopkins as Dr. Hannibal Lecter) | |
| 48. | Name this 1994 film and the actor speaking. |
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Dumb and Dumber - Jim Carrey | |
| 49. | Who played Robin alongside Adam West's Batman between 1966 and 1968? |
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Burt Ward | |
| 50. | What is the name of Scooby Doo's annoying nephew? |
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Scrappy Doo | |
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