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| 1. | Name this 2006 film. |
| 2. | What Swedish-French actor plays Father Lankester Merrin in the 1973 film The Exorcist? |
| 3. | On film and TV, what character links Anthony Perkins, Vince Vaughn, and Freddie Highmore? |
| 4. | Wo Fat is a recurring bad guy in what American police procedural drama series, first aired in 1968? |
| 5. | What was the name of the character portrayed by Joe Pesci in the 1990 film Goodfellas, also the name of a founding member of the Four Seasons? |
| 6. | For what 1986 film did Paul Newman win an Academy Award for Best Actor? |
| 7. | What type of animal was the baby in the 1938 comedy film Bringing Up Baby? |
| 8. | The Seven Dwarfs are Bashful, Doc, Dopey, ____, ____, ____, and ____. |
| 9. | Name this 2008 film and the actor in the title role speaking at the end.
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| 10. | Who shot J.R.? |
| 11. | Name the two films that earned Sean Penn Best Actor Academy Awards in 2003 and 2008. |
| 12. | Which Academy Award winning 2009 film starred Sam Worthington as Jake Sully? |
| 13. | In the vast majority of appearances, what colour is Donald Duck's bow tie? |
| 14. | Aaron Sorkin won an Oscar for writing what 2010 drama about the creation of Facebook? |
| 15. | Behind the Candelabra is a 2013 biographical film starring Michael Douglas as who? |
| 16. | Which well known American actress was born Frances Ethel Gumm on 10th June 1922? |
| 17. | Name this 1994 film and the actor speaking.
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| 18. | In the title of a British TV sitcom first aired between 2006 and 2013, the characters of Roy Trenneman, Maurice Moss, and Jen Barber are collectively known as what? |
| 19. | The Man Trap (1966) is the first aired episode of what TV series? |
| 20. | Between 1940 and 1962, what two actors took a Road to .. Singapore, Zanzibar, Morocco, Utopia, Rio, Bali and Hong Kong? |
| 21. | First aired in 2016, what TV series follows Eleanor Shellstrop (Kristen Bell), a woman welcomed after her death to a highly selective heaven-like utopia designed and run by afterlife "architect" Michael (Ted Danson)? |
| 22. | Fred Flintstone's hot-tempered boss at the stone quarry, what is the surname of this cartoon character? |
| 23. | In the Star Wars prequel trilogy, a young Obi-Wan Kenobi is portrayed by who? |
| 24. | Which British actor voices CIA deputy director Avery Bullock in the animated TV show American Dad? |
| 25. | Who played the Sundance Kid in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid? |
| 26. | In what 1976 film does David Bowie play a humanoid alien called Thomas Jerome Newton? |
| 27. | Who played the title role in the 1960s American TV series The Virginian? |
| 28. | Denzel Washington plays corrupt narcotics detective Alonzo Harris in what 2001 film? |
| 29. | Primarily performed during the Christmas season, who wrote the score for the 1892 ballet The Nutcracker? |
| 30. | Sales of chess sets went up several hundredfolds in November after the airing of what 2020 Netflix mini-series? |
| 31. | Both starring Paul Newman as "Fast Eddie" Felson, name the 1986 sequel to the 1961 film The Hustler. |
| 32. | Originally aired between 2003 and 2015, what British sitcom stars David Mitchell, Robert Webb, Matt King, and Olivia Colman? |
| 33. | South Boston cop Billy Costigan (Leonardo DiCaprio) goes under cover to infiltrate the organisation of gangland chief Frank Costello (Jack Nicholson). Name that 2006 film. |
| 34. | What are the names of the two main female characters in the 1960s TV series Stingray? |
| 35. | Who played Annie Wilkes in the 1990 film Misery? |
| 36. | What 1983 film coined the catchphrase, "Go ahead, make my day"? |
| 37. | What 1955 musical film stars Marlon Brando as Sky Masterson and Frank Sinatra as Nathan Detroit? |
| 38. | The 1968 film The Thomas Crown Affair starred Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway. Who played the same roles in the 1999 remake? |
| 39. | Name the actor, most well known for playing Mini-Me in the Austin Powers films, who died on 21st April 2018, aged 49. |
| 40. | What American glamour model was born Tara Leigh Patrick on 20th April 1972? |
| 41. | First aired between 1984 and 1992, name this American TV sitcom.
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| 42. | What 1985 film features Robert de Niro as a terrorist plumber called Archibald "Harry" Tuttle? |
| 43. | Name this British TV series from the late 70s and early 80s.
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| 44. | Sponsored and organised by TV Week magazine, what is the name of the annual awards gathering to celebrate Australian television? |
| 45. | Directed by Blake Edwards, what 1965 slapstick comedy film tells of a car race from New York to Paris and the rivalry between The Great Leslie (the "goodie" dressed in white), and Professor Fate (the "baddie" dressed in black)? |
| 46. | Name this 1989 film and the two actors in the title role.
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| 47. | On which fictional planet was Superman born? |
| 48. | From the title of a 2007 film starring Al Pacino, how many minutes does forensic psychiatrist Dr. Jack Gramm have to live? |
| 49. | Dudley Moore starred in the 1981 original, but who played the title role in the 2011 remake Arthur? |
| 50. | What colour is the door at 280 Westbourne Park Road, London, made famous in the 1999 film Notting Hill? |
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