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| 1. | Who wrote the screenplays for Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), Notting Hill (1999), Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), and Love Actually (2003)? |
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Richard Curtis | |
| 2. | In what period drama TV series do the Shelby family regularly meet in The Garrison Tavern? |
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Peaky Blinders | |
| 3. | In the 1980s animated TV series, does Danger Mouse wear an eye patch on his left or right eye? |
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Left | |
| 4. | Up Where We Belong won an Academy Award for Best Original Song, from the soundtrack of what 1982 film? |
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An Officer and a Gentleman | |
| 5. | What 1993 film sequel was subtitled Back in the Habit? |
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Sister Act 2 | |
| 6. | In the 1960s cartoon series Wacky Races, what is the name of car number 00, driven by Dick Dastardly and Muttley? |
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The Mean Machine | |
| 7. | First aired between 2010 and 2019, Idris Elba plays the title character in what British psychological crime thriller TV series? |
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Luther (DCI John Luther) | |
| 8. | Whose last film role was as Mr. Bridger in the 1969 original The Italian Job? |
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Noël Coward | |
| 9. | Name the 1986 film for which this is the main theme song?
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Top Gun | |
| 10. | Name the 2004 film starring Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet in which a couple undergo a procedure to erase each other from their memories after their relationship turns sour. |
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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | |
| 11. | Name this 1980s TV series.
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Cagney & Lacey | |
| 12. | What 1965 TV series, 1998 film, and 2018 TV series centre around the characters of John, Maureen, Judy, Penny, and Will Robinson? |
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Lost in Space | |
| 13. | In both the 1960s TV series and the 2008 film Get Smart, what four letters describe the terrorist organisation that CONTROL agents fight against? |
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KAOS | |
| 14. | What was Fred and Wilma Flintstone's daughter called? |
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Pebbles | |
| 15. | Who first played Samantha Stephens husband, Darrin, on the American sitcom Bewitched between 1964 and 1969? |
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Dick York (followed by Dick Sargent from 1969 to 1972) | |
| 16. | What 1987 film starring Steve Martin and Daryl Hannah was based on the 1897 play Cyrano de Bergerac? |
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Roxanne | |
| 17. | What is the title of the 2004 documentary film that follows Morgan Spurlock on a 30-day period in 2003 during which he ate only McDonald's food? |
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Super Size Me | |
| 18. | Named after and inspired by a character created by author Maurice Leblanc in the early 1900s, what French TV series, first streamed in 2021, stars Omar Sy as gentleman thief Assane Diop? |
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Lupin (after Arsène Lupin) | |
| 19. | What American folk hero is portrayed by Fess Parker in a 1950s five-part Walt Disney miniseries of the same name? |
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Davy Crockett | |
| 20. | Name this long running TV series. |
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NCIS (2003-present) | |
| 21. | What 1970s T.V. series spawned the 1980s spin-off Trapper John, M.D.? |
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M*A*S*H | |
| 22. | What 1996 film stars Geena Davis as an amnesiatic schoolteacher who sets out on a journey to find out who she is with the help of a private detective played by Samuel L. Jackson? |
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The Long Kiss Goodnight | |
| 23. | Who won an Emmy for playing Elizabeth I in 2005 and an Oscar for playing Elizabeth II in 2006? |
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Dame Helen Mirren | |
| 24. | Portrayed by Jane Horrocks, what is the name of Edina's utterly brainless personal assistant in Absolutely Fabulous? |
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Bubble | |
| 25. | La Belle et le Clochard is the French title of what Disney film? |
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The Lady and the Tramp | |
| 26. | First aired between 1999 and 2006, who plays U.S. President Josiah "Jed" Bartlet in the TV series The West Wing? |
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Martin Sheen | |
| 27. | In which 2008 film does Amanda Seyfried play Meryl Streep's daughter? |
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Mamma Mia! | |
| 28. | Former Naval Officer and hotelier Donald Sinclair (1909-1981) was the inspiration for what fictional character? |
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Basil Fawlty (John Cleese later played a character named Donald Sinclair in the 2001 film Rat Race) | |
| 29. | Based on a DC Comics character of the same name, what 2018 superhero film stars Jason Momoa in the title role? |
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Aquaman | |
| 30. | Who directed The Omen (1976), Superman (1978), The Goonies (1985), Lethal Weapon (1987), and Scrooged (1988)? |
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Richard Donner | |
| 31. | What was the orangutan's name in Every Which Way But Loose and Any Which Way You Can? |
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Clyde | |
| 32. | What is the name of Eddie Murphy's character in the Beverly Hills Cop film series? |
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Axel Foley | |
| 33. | Season 6, Episode 13: "A Very Sunny Christmas". Name this TV series. |
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It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia | |
| 34. | What is the title of the 2004 film starring Leonardo DiCaprio as entrepreneur Howard Hughes? |
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The Aviator | |
| 35. | Who played the title roles in the TV series Veronica Mars (2004-07) and the 2008 film Forgetting Sarah Marshall? |
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Kristen Bell | |
| 36. | Who played the role of Darcy Maguire, alongside Mel Gibson, in the 2000 film What Women Want? |
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Helen Hunt | |
| 37. | Who played the role of Michael Knight in the 1980s TV series Knight Rider? |
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David Hasselhoff (1982-1986) | |
| 38. | In the Pirates of the Caribbean film series, what is the name of Jack Sparrow's ship? |
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Black Pearl | |
| 39. | How many countries share a land border with mainland France? |
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8 (Andorra, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Monaco, Spain, Switzerland) | |
| 40. | Born in 1959, what British actress and screenwriter is the only person in history to win an Oscar for both acting and writing? |
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Emma Thompson | |
| 41. | Season 3, Episode 6: "Christmas Special". Name this TV series. |
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30 Rock | |
| 42. | The 1962 film Miracle Worker is a biographical film about Anne Sullivan, tutor to who? |
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Helen Keller (Anne Bancroft & Patty Duke) | |
| 43. | Euphegenia was the first name of which Robin Williams film character? |
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Mrs. Doubtfire | |
| 44. | Who played Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation? |
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Patrick Stewart | |
| 45. | What American actor was born Issur Danielovitch in 1916? |
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Kirk Douglas | |
| 46. | In 2018, Justin Bieber married Hailey Baldwin, daughter of what well known actor? |
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Stephen Baldwin | |
| 47. | The French Chef premiered on TV in the U.S. in 1963, created and hosted by who? |
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Julia Child | |
| 48. | Released in 1995, five years after Die Hard 2, what English actor plays terrorist Simon Gruber in Die Hard with a Vengeance? |
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Jeremy Irons | |
| 49. | In 1960, what film character infamously said, "Well, a boy's best friend is his mother"? |
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Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) | |
| 50. | Name this film and the actor speaking.
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Robert De Niro, Taxi Driver (1976) | |
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