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| 1. | Between 1940 and 1962, what two actors took a Road to .. Singapore, Zanzibar, Morocco, Utopia, Rio, Bali and Hong Kong? |
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Bob Hope & Bing Crosby | |
| 2. | What is the first name of Bruce Wayne's butler? |
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Alfred (Alfred Thaddeus Crane Pennyworth) | |
| 3. | Who plays Regan's mother, Chris MacNeil, in the 1973 film The Exorcist? |
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Ellen Burstyn | |
| 4. | What 'S' is a fictional planet in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who and home planet of the Daleks? |
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Skaro | |
| 5. | What 1987 film, starring Steve Martin and Daryl Hannah, is based on the French play Cyrano de Bergerac? |
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Roxanne | |
| 6. | Which 1956 Broadway musical features the song "I Could Have Danced All Night"? |
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My Fair Lady | |
| 7. | The filmography of what actress includes Scarface (1983), Batman Returns (1992), and Murder on the Orient Express (2017)? |
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Michelle Pfeiffer | |
| 8. | Name this film and its year of release.
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Ghost - 1990 | |
| 9. | Inspector Clouseau has a houseboy called Cato; but which comic book, TV and film character has a sidekick called Kato? |
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The Green Hornet | |
| 10. | Who played James Bond in the 1967 comedy, Casino Royale? |
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David Niven | |
| 11. | In what 1976 film does Dustin Hoffmann star as graduate student Thomas Babbington 'Babe' Levy? |
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Marathon Man | |
| 12. | In which 1980s TV series was the Boar's Nest regularly featured as the local restaurant and watering hole? |
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The Dukes of Hazzard | |
| 13. | What 1980s British TV series starred Michael Brandon and Glynis Barber in the roles of the title characters? |
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Dempsey and Makepeace | |
| 14. | What 1976 film and its 2003 remake feature a mother and daughter who have to live each other's lives for a day after their personalities are switched? |
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Freaky Friday | |
| 15. | 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) | |
| 16. | Born in 1978, what American actress has appeared in all three of the highest-grossing films of all time? |
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Zoe Saldaña (Avatar 2009, Avengers: Endgame 2019, and Avatar: The Way of Water 2022) | |
| 17. | Name this TV series.
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Red Dwarf (Opening Theme) | |
| 18. | The 1998 drama film Primary Colors is a fictionalised account of whose first presidential campaign? |
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Bill Clinton | |
| 19. | Winning Academy Awards for Best Actor and Best Actress, name this 1997 film. |
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As Good as It Gets (Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt) | |
| 20. | Who plays Jean Valjean, the lead role in the 2012 film adaptation of Les Misérables? |
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Hugh Jackman | |
| 21. | What title is shared by a 1986 chart hit for The Cure and a 1999 film starring Hilary Swank? |
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Boys Don't Cry | |
| 22. | Who played Rose in the 1997 film Titanic? |
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Kate Winslet | |
| 23. | What 1975 comedy film classic features the Knights who say "Ni"? |
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Monty Python and the Holy Grail | |
| 24. | Who pilots Thunderbird 2? |
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Virgil Tracy | |
| 25. | Lasting 20 seasons between 1990 and 2010, name this TV series.
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Law & Order (1990–2010) | |
| 26. | According to its theme song, in what neighbourhood was The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air born and raised?
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West Philadelphia
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| 27. | Who won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her title role in the 1940 film Kitty Foyle? |
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Ginger Rogers | |
| 28. | Who plays Q in the Bond films Skyfall (2012), Spectre (2015), and No Time to Die (2021), and is the voice of the title character in Paddington (2014), its sequel Paddington 2 (2017), and the follow-up television series? |
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Ben Whishaw | |
| 29. | Who played John Doe, the serial killer being tracked down by Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman, in the 1995 film Se7en? |
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Kevin Spacey | |
| 30. | Kenneth Branagh is set to direct, and star as Hercule Poirot, in what film due for release in November 2017? |
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Murder on the Orient Express | |
| 31. | Who played the role of Nearly Headless Nick in the Harry Potter films? |
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John Cleese | |
| 32. | Eric Liddell and Harold Abrahams were the starring characters of what 1981 British film classic? |
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Chariots of Fire (Ian Charleson and Ben Cross) | |
| 33. | Who is the only U.S. First Lady to win an Emmy Award? |
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Jacqueline Kennedy (for her CBS-TV tour of the White House) | |
| 34. | Who plays the title role in the 2017 film Wonder Woman? |
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Gal Gadot | |
| 35. | What company represents itself on television with this short tune after the closing credits?
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Warner Bros. Television | |
| 36. | What well known animated duo live at 62 West Wallaby Street? |
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Wallace and Gromit (Wigan, Lancashire) | |
| 37. | What is the codename for Uma Thurman's character in the Kill Bill film series? |
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Black Mamba | |
| 38. | What 1942 musical film first featured Bing Crosby singing Irving Berlin's White Christmas? |
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Holiday Inn (the 1954 film White Christmas later featured it as its title song) | |
| 39. | What is the name of the fast food restaurant in which SpongeBob SquarePants works as the fry cook? |
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The Krusty Krab | |
| 40. | First aired between 1988 and 1993, what American TV series stars Fred Savage as teenager Kevin Arnold? |
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The Wonder Years | |
| 41. | What film trilogy (2008-2014) is centred around the character of retired CIA operative Bryan Mills? |
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Taken (Liam Neeson) | |
| 42. | Who played Harry Lime in the 1949 film The Third Man? |
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Orson Welles | |
| 43. | Rookie FBI agent Johnny Utah (Keanu Reeves) assists experienced agent Angelo Pappas (Patrick Swayze) in investigating a string of bank robberies by the "Ex-Presidents". Pursuing Pappas's theory that the criminals are surfers, Utah goes undercover to infiltrate the surfing community. Name that 1991 film. |
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Point Break | |
| 44. | In what animated Christmas film does Tom Hanks play 6 different characters? |
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The Polar Express (Hero Boy (adult voice), Hero Boy's father, Conductor, Hobo, Santa Claus, and Ebenezer Scrooge puppet ) | |
| 45. | What Swedish-French actor plays Father Lankester Merrin in the 1973 film The Exorcist? |
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Max von Sydow | |
| 46. | Name this 1985 film starring Anthony Michael Hall, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, and Kelly Le Brock. |
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Wierd Science | |
| 47. | On a TV show first aired in 1968, by what name are Fleegle, Bingo, Drooper and Snorky collectively known? |
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The Banana Splits | |
| 48. | What English actor won Best Supporting Actor Oscars for his roles as Lentulus Batiatus in Spartacus (1960) and Arthur Simon Simpson in Topkapi (1964)? |
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Peter Ustinov | |
| 49. | Who played Bond girl May Day in the 1985 film A View to a Kill? |
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Grace Jones | |
| 50. | What does the J stand for in LL Cool J? |
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James (short for Ladies Love Cool James) | |
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