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| 1. | James Dean starred in just three films before his untimely death in 1955. East of Eden and Rebel Without a Cause were two. Posthumously released in 1956, what was the third? |
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Giant | |
| 2. | Richard Hatch plays Captain Apollo in what 1978 TV series? |
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Battlestar Galactica | |
| 3. | Initially, the only one to question the evidence and vote "not guilty", who plays Davis, Juror 8 in the 1957 film 12 Angry Men? |
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Henry Fonda | |
| 4. | First aired between 2006 and 2011, what Doctor Who spin-off stars John Barrowman as alien-hunter Captain Jack Harkness and Eve Myles as police officer Gwen Cooper? |
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Torchwood | |
| 5. | First aired in 1958, name this TV series.
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Peter Gunn (1958-1961) | |
| 6. | First aired in 1978, what American TV sitcom followed the misadventures of the staff at a struggling radio station in Ohio? |
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WKRP in Cincinnati | |
| 7. | 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 | |
| 8. | Name this TV series. |
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Grey's Anatomy | |
| 9. | What 2015 animated comedy-adventure film is this? |
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Inside Out | |
| 10. | First aired in 2010, what Irish mystery TV drama is set in Galway and stars Iain Glen in the title role as a former Garda who becomes a private investigator? |
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Jack Taylor | |
| 11. | Who, most recently, directed Frankenweenie, Big Eyes, and Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children? |
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Tim Burton | |
| 12. | Playing Dudley Moore's butler, what was the surname of John Gielgud's iconic character in the 1980s Arthur films? |
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Hobson | |
| 13. | What were the surnames of "Sonny" and "Rico" in the 1980s TV series Miami Vice? |
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Crockett and Tubbs (played by Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas) | |
| 14. | What American rapper, songwriter, singer, actress, and model was born Dana Elaine Owens on 18th March 1970? |
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Queen Latifah | |
| 15. | Who played Jim Morrison in the 1991 Oliver Stone film The Doors? |
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Val Kilmer | |
| 16. | Which actress won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her title role in the 2006 film, The Queen? |
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Helen Mirren | |
| 17. | What 1955 film stars Marilyn Monroe as The Girl? |
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The Seven Year Itch | |
| 18. | Ark, Crusade, Kingdom, Temple. Rearrange these four words from Indiana Jones film titles in order of each films release, earliest first. |
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Ark, Temple, Crusade, Kingdom ( Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), The Temple of Doom (1984), The Last Crusade (1989), The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)) | |
| 19. | Who played news anchor Dan Rather in the 2015 docudrama film Truth? |
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Robert Redford | |
| 20. | The 1978 film Midnight Express was loosely based on the real-life story of Billy Hayes, a college student who served time in (and later escaped from) a prison in what country? |
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Turkey | |
| 21. | Cameron Diaz co-starred with Ben Stiller in what hit comedy film of the 90s? |
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There's Something About Mary (1998) | |
| 22. | Name this 1999 film and the actress speaking.
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Notting Hill - Julia Roberts | |
| 23. | Name this film and the actor speaking.
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Marlon Brando, The Godfather (1972) | |
| 24. | Who played U.S. Navy Commander Shears in the 1957 film The Bridge on the River Kwai? |
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William Holden | |
| 25. | Name this TV series. |
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The Sopranos (1999–2007) | |
| 26. | Actor Gil Gerard is best known for what character in a 1979–1981 sci-fi TV series? |
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Buck Rogers (Captain William "Buck" Rogers in Buck Rogers in the 25th Century) | |
| 27. | In Gremlins, lead character Billy is given three rules for looking after Gizmo the Mogwai, the first two being don't expose it to bright light and don’t get it wet. What is the third rule? |
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Don't feed it after midnight | |
| 28. | What Hanna-Barbera cartoon character included Benny the Ball and Choo-Choo in his gang? |
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Top Cat | |
| 29. | First aired in 1974, what American sitcom included the characters Potsie Weber and Ralph Malph? |
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Happy Days | |
| 30. | Despite only being on-screen for eight minutes, who, in 1999, became the first person to win an acting Oscar for playing a monarch? |
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Judi Dench (Best Supporting Actress for Shakespeare in Love (1998) as Queen Elizabeth I) | |
| 31. | Dodge City, Kansas was the setting of what long-running television Western series between 1955 and 1975? |
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Gunsmoke (also the radio series between 1952 and 1961) | |
| 32. | What Scottish actor's film credits include Moulin Rouge! (2001), Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2009), and Angels & Demons (2012)? |
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Ewan McGregor | |
| 33. | Who stars in The Dirty Dozen (1967), Kelly's Heroes (1970), and Space Cowboys (2000)? |
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Donald Sutherland | |
| 34. | What 1984 film stars the characters of Dr. Peter Venkman, Dr. Raymond Stantz, and Dr. Egon Spengler? |
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Ghostbusters (Bill Murray, Dan Akroyd, and Harold Ramis) | |
| 35. | Debra Morgan, Angel Batista, María LaGuerta, and Vince Masuka are among the supporting characters in what TV series, first aired between 2006 and 2013? |
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Dexter | |
| 36. | In Star Wars, what is the name of the spacecraft commanded by Han Solo and his Wookiee first mate, Chewbacca? |
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Millennium Falcon | |
| 37. | Born in 1916, whose legs were famously insured by 20th Century-Fox for |
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Betty Grable | |
| 38. | In which U.S. city was the TV sitcom Cheers set? |
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Boston (Massachusetts) | |
| 39. | What type of animal features predominantly in the 2007 horror film, Primeval? |
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Crocodile (Inspired by the true story of Gustave, a 1 ton, 20 foot, man-eater in Burundi, Africa.) | |
| 40. | In 1945, British Army nurse Claire Randall is visiting Inverness, Scotland, when she is carried back in time to 1743 by the standing stones at Craigh na Dun. Based on a series of novels first published in 1991, a TV series of the same name first aired in 2014. What are they called? |
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Outlander | |
| 41. | In the TV series, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., what is name of the organisation Napoleon Solo fought against? |
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T.H.R.U.S.H. (Technological Hierarchy for the Removal of Undesirables and the Subjugation of Humanity) | |
| 42. | 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? |
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The IT Crowd (Chris O'Dowd, Richard Ayoade, and Katherine Parkinson) | |
| 43. | What 1964 film is set in and around 17 Cherry Tree Lane, London, in 1910? |
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Mary Poppins | |
| 44. | Originally aired between 1977 and 1983, what American TV series features the characters Jonathan Baker and Francis Poncherello? |
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CHiPs (Larry Wilcox and Erik Estrada) | |
| 45. | Maggie Smith won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the title role of what 1969 film? |
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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie | |
| 46. | What film title links Ralph Macchio and Jaden Smith? |
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The Karate Kid (1984 & 2010) | |
| 47. | Name the child star of Sixth Sense, A.I. Artificial Intelligence and Pay It Forward. |
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Haley Joel Osment | |
| 48. | Actor Tony Curtis famously said kissing who was "...like kissing Hitler"? |
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Marilyn Monroe | |
| 49. | Name this 1994 film and the actor speaking.
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Miracle on 34th Street - Richard Attenborough | |
| 50. | What American actress co-stars as Carrie in the 1994 film Four Weddings and a Funeral? |
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Andie MacDowell | |
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