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| 1. | Which 2010 science fiction film stars the character of Dom Cobb, a specialised corporate spy and thief who secretly extracts valuable commercial information from the unconscious minds of his targets while they dream? |
| 2. | Who plays Prince Faisal in Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Lieutenant General Zhivago in Doctor Zhivago (1965), and Jacob Marley's ghost in Scrooge (1970)? |
| 3. | Which famous TV and film characters drove a 1974 Dodge Monaco Special with an Illinois license plate number BDR 529? |
| 4. | In what 2004 Martin Scorcese film did Leonardo DiCaprio play Howard Hughes, Cate Blanchett play Katharine Hepburn, and Kate Beckinsale play Ava Gardner? |
| 5. | Season 6, Episode 13: "A Very Sunny Christmas". Name this TV series. |
| 6. | What American actress and comedian is the voice of Jessie in the Toy Story franchise? |
| 7. | Who plays gym manager and boxing trainer Mickey Goldmill in the Rocky film series? |
| 8. | Lasting 5 seasons between 2008 and 2013, name this TV series.
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| 9. | Harvey is a 1950 comedy-drama film starring James Stewart as a man whose best friend is a six-foot, three-and-a-half-inch tall invisible what? |
| 10. | What TV series stars Richard Dean Anderson in the title role of the original 1985 series, and Lucas Till as a younger version in the 2016 reboot? |
| 11. | Providing the title for its sequel, name this film and its year of release.
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| 12. | What is the name of the fictional public house featured on the British soap opera Emmerdale? |
| 13. | Which British television journalist famously interviewed Richard Nixon in 1977? |
| 14. | What English actor stars as Dr. Sam Loomis in five of the first six Halloween films? |
| 15. | Who plays U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson in the 2016 film LBJ? |
| 16. | Which 1983 film saw the return of Sean Connery as James Bond? |
| 17. | Portrayed on film in 2011 by Matthew McConaughey, and by Manuel Garcia-Rulfo in a 2022 TV series, Mickey Haller is the title character known as what? |
| 18. | Who played Grace Stamper, the daughter of Bruce Willis' character, in the 1998 film Armageddon? |
| 19. | Wo Fat is a recurring bad guy in what American police procedural drama series, first aired in 1968? |
| 20. | For what 1993 film did Steven Spielberg win his first Academy Award for Best Director? |
| 21. | In what decade did Walt Disney first introduce Mickey Mouse? |
| 22. | Who plays Dr. John Watson in the 2009 film Sherlock Holmes and its 2011 sequel Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows? |
| 23. | What 1984 film involves a young man (Tom Hanks) who falls in love with a mysterious woman (Daryl Hannah) who is secretly a mermaid? |
| 24. | In The Wizard of Oz, what winged creatures does the Wicked Witch of the West control with her enchanted Golden Cap? |
| 25. | What are the names of the two main female characters in the 1960s TV series Stingray? |
| 26. | In what famous sci-fi film did Leonard Rossiter play the part of Russian scientist, Dr. Andrei Smyslov? |
| 27. | The Simpsons began as a segment on The Tracey Ullman Show, in what year? |
| 28. | In the 1977 film Close Encounters of the Third Kind, who stars as Roy Neary, a man on an obsessed cross-country quest for answers to his encounter with a UFO? |
| 29. | By what name are English television chefs Dave Myers and Si King collectively known? |
| 30. | Which 1966 Broadway production is set in the seedy Kit Kat Klub in Berlin? |
| 31. | Who voiced the unseen millionaire Charles Townsend in the 1970s TV series Charlie's Angels? |
| 32. | The 1994 book Lost Moon is the basis of what subsequent year's Hollywood hit film? |
| 33. | What actor married singer Dorothy Squires in 1953, 12 years his senior? |
| 34. | What famous musician made a 2017 cameo appearance as Jack Sparrow's uncle in the fifth Pirates of the Caribbean instalment, Salazar's Revenge? |
| 35. | In the 1932 film Grand Hotel who famously said "I want to be alone ... I just want to be alone."? |
| 36. | What 1998 remake of a 1960 film carried the tagline “Check in. Unpack. Relax. Take a shower.”? |
| 37. | What were the first names of Riggs and Murtaugh in the Lethal Weapon films? |
| 38. | For what 1969 film did John Wayne win his only Academy Award for Best Actor? |
| 39. | What 1979 film earned Academy Awards for Dustin Hoffman (Best Actor) and Meryl Streep (Best Supporting Actress)? |
| 40. | What two actors starred in the TV documentary series Long Way Round (2004) and Long Way Down (2007)? |
| 41. | What British TV celebrity panel show is hosted by Dara Ó Briain, with comedian Hugh Dennis having appeared in every episode since its debut? |
| 42. | In the 1920s, who directed the silent films Strike, Battleship Potemkin and October? |
| 43. | Marlon Brando plays a mature Vito Corleone in The Godfather. Who plays him as a young man in The Godfather Part II? |
| 44. | Who is known for her portrayal of Lois Lane on the television series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993–97), as Paris Carver in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), and as Susan Mayer on the television series Desperate Housewives (2004–12)? |
| 45. | What stage and film musical is set in Mushnik's Flower Shop? |
| 46. | What is the name of the fictional airline whose flight 815 from Sydney to Los Angeles crashes on a remote island in the first episode of Lost? |
| 47. | What 1970s American TV series starred characters with the first names David Michael and Kenneth Richard? |
| 48. | Former members of what amateur theatrical club at Cambridge University include Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Robbie Coltrane, Peter Cook, Ben Elton, David Frost, Stephen Fry, Eric Idle, Hugh Laurie, and Emma Thompson? |
| 49. | What TV series ran from 1995 to 2001 with Lucy Lawless in the title role? |
| 50. | Who plays Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit film series? |
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