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| 1. | Played by Telly Savalas from 1973 to 1978, what was Kojak's first name? |
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Theo | |
| 2. | Who plays Louie De Palma, the vain head dispatcher, in the American TV sitcom Taxi (1978-1982)? |
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Danny DeVito | |
| 3. | Whose filmography as a director includes Carrie (1976), The Fury (1978), Dressed to Kill (1980), Scarface (1983), The Untouchables (1987), and Mission: Impossible (1996)? |
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Brian de Palma | |
| 4. | What 2006 film stars Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet as two lovelorn women from opposite sides of the Atlantic who temporarily exchange homes to escape heartbreak during the holiday season? |
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The Holiday (with Jude Law and Jack Black) | |
| 5. | Name this 1992 film and the actor speaking at the end of the clip.
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A Few Good Men - Jack Nicholson (and Tom Cruise) | |
| 6. | First aired in 2013, what British TV crime drama is set in a fictional Dorset town and stars David Tennant as DI Alec Hardy and Olivia Colman as DS Ellie Miller? |
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Broadchurch | |
| 7. | Catherine Tramell is the main antagonist of what 1992 film and its 2006 sequel? |
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Basic Instinct (Sharon Stone) | |
| 8. | First aired in 2011, what British-French crime comedy drama TV series is set on the fictional Caribbean island of Saint Marie? |
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Death in Paradise | |
| 9. | Originally, what did the 'C' stand for in the name of the American broadcaster CBS? |
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Columbia (Columbia Broadcasting System) | |
| 10. | Born Anna Maria Louisa Italiano in New York on 17th September, 1931, her performance in the 1962 film The Miracle Worker earned her an Academy Award for Best Actress. What was her stage name? |
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Anne Bancroft | |
| 11. | Who played his breakthrough role as The Ringo Kid in the 1939 film Stagecoach? |
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John Wayne | |
| 12. | Who voiced the title character in the Stuart Little film series? |
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Michael J. Fox | |
| 13. | What was the highest grossing film in 2018? |
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Black Panther | |
| 14. | Jack Carter is played by Michael Caine in the original 1971 film Get Carter. Who plays him in the 2000 remake? |
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Sylvester Stallone | |
| 15. | Name the three actresses who played Charlie's Angels in the 2000 film and its 2003 sequel. |
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Lucy Liu, Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore | |
| 16. | A scientist is nearly assassinated and has a blood clot in his brain. In order to save him, a submarine and its crew are shrunken to microscopic size and injected into his blood stream. Name this 1966 film. |
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Fantastic Voyage | |
| 17. | In the Cannonball Run movie series, what was the name of the super-hero alter-ego played by Dom DeLuise? |
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Captain Chaos (Victor Prinzim) | |
| 18. | Who plays Lance Corporal Jack Jones in the original Dad's Army TV sitcom? |
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Clive Dunn | |
| 19. | Which Golden Globe winning actress was married to Gary Oldman from 1990 to 1992, and Ethan Hawke from 1998 to 2004? |
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Uma Thurman | |
| 20. | Which actor was born Thomas Mapother IV in 1962? |
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Tom Cruise (born Thomas Cruise Mapother IV) | |
| 21. | 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) | |
| 22. | First aired in Australia from 2010 to 2017, what TV series is centred on 30-something obstetrician Nina Proudman and her family and friends as they navigate the chaos of modern life? |
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Offspring | |
| 23. | What actress plays insurance investigator Vicki Anderson in the 1968 film The Thomas Crown Affair and features as Crown's psychologist in the 1999 remake? |
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Faye Dunaway | |
| 24. | Who won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as football player Rod Tidwell in the 1996 film Jerry Maguire? |
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Cuba Gooding Jr. | |
| 25. | What 1976 film starred David Bowie as Thomas Jerome Newton, an alien searching for water to save his home planet? |
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The Man Who Fell to Earth | |
| 26. | Starring Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington, and Samuel L. Jackson; who directed the 2012 western Django Unchained? |
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Quentin Tarantino | |
| 27. | Who play John Steed and Emma Peel in the 1998 film The Avengers? |
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Ralph Fiennes & Uma Thurman | |
| 28. | First aired in 5 seasons from 2010 to 2018, and adapted into and American TV series in 2014, what Australian TV series stars Richard Roxburgh as Cleaver Greene, a brilliant but self-destructive Sydney barrister? |
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Rake | |
| 29. | What young actress played Jodie Foster's daughter in the 2002 thriller Panic Room? |
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Kristen Stewart | |
| 30. | What is the title of the 2005 film based on the early life and career of Johnny Cash? |
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Walk the Line (Joaquin Phoenix & Reese Witherspoon) | |
| 31. | Who voiced the unseen millionaire Charles Townsend in the 1970s TV series Charlie's Angels? |
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John Forsythe | |
| 32. | What 1984 film features a Cyberdyne Systems Series T-800 Model 101? |
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The Terminator | |
| 33. | Name this TV series. |
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Criminal Minds | |
| 34. | What actor played a starring TV role in the 1970s wandering barefoot through the U.S. looking for his half-brother, Danny? |
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David Carradine (Kwai Chang Caine, Kung Fu, 1972–1975) | |
| 35. | Name this 1944 classic film and the actress speaking. You know you don't have to act with me, Steve. You don't have to say anything and you don't have to do anything...not a thing. Oh, maybe just whistle. You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together and blow.
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To Have and Have Not - Lauren Bacall | |
| 36. | Who won an Oscar for his role as Professor Henry Higgins in the 1964 film My Fair Lady? |
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Rex Harrison | |
| 37. | Currently in its fifth season, what American legal drama series stars Gabriel Macht as Harvey Specter and Patrick J. Adams as Mike Ross? |
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Suits | |
| 38. | Who stars as High school senior Andie Walsh in the 1986 film Pretty in Pink? |
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Molly Ringwald | |
| 39. | Name this long running TV series. |
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NCIS (2003-present) | |
| 40. | Screened between 2008 and 2013, which record breaking TV series features the chemical symbols for Bromine and Barium in its title screen? |
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Breaking Bad (Cited by Guinness World Records as the highest-rated TV series of all time)
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| 41. | Who played Captain Nemo in Walt Disney's 1954 film adaptation of 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea? |
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James Mason | |
| 42. | Who, the day before her 15th birthday, was awarded a Juvenile Oscar in 1960 for her performance in Polyanna? |
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Hayley Mills | |
| 43. | In what 1992 Christmas comedy film does Donald Trump make a cameo appearance? |
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Home Alone 2 (Home Alone 2: Lost in New York) | |
| 44. | Complete the title of this 2004 film starring Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet: Eternal Sunshine of the ______ Mind. |
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Spotless | |
| 45. | Name this 1980 film and the actress screaming.
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The Shining - Shelley Duvall (with Jack Nicholson) | |
| 46. | The Magnificent Seven is an Old West-style remake of what 1954 Japanese film? |
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Seven Samurai (Japanese: 七人の侍) | |
| 47. | Who played the mob boss "stung" by Paul Newman and Robert Redford in the 1973 film The Sting? |
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Robert Shaw | |
| 48. | A British soap opera airing since 1995, Hollyoaks is a fictional suburb of what English city? |
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Chester | |
| 49. | Complete the title of this 2022 film: Jurassic World _____ |
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Dominion | |
| 50. | Which 2010 science fiction film is this? |
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Inception (Joseph Gordon-Levitt & Leonardo DiCaprio) | |
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