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| 1. | Jack Lemmon plays a Manhattan insurance clerk who tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his flat for clandestine extramarital affairs, but complications and a romance of his own ensue. Name this 1960 film. |
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The Apartment | |
| 2. | Who won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Roger "Verbal" Kint in the 1995 film The Usual Suspects? |
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Kevin Spacey | |
| 3. | What is the name of Sunny Crockett's pet alligator in the original 1980s TV series Miami Vice? |
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Elvis | |
| 4. | Who stars as former police detective John "Scottie" Ferguson in the 1958 Alfred Hitchcock thriller Vertigo? |
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James Stewart | |
| 5. | Played by John Schneider and Tom Wopat in the original TV series, what are the first names of the two male cousins in The Dukes of Hazzard? |
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Bo & Luke | |
| 6. | Codename Villanelle is a 2018 thriller novel by British author Luke Jennings. A compilation of four serial e-book novellas published between 2014 and 2016, what 2018 TV series is based upon it? |
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Killing Eve | |
| 7. | By what stage name is Ramón Antonio Gerardo Estévez better known? |
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Martin Sheen | |
| 8. | Name this TV series from the 1970s.
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The Persuaders! (1971-1972) | |
| 9. | Which Quentin Tarantino film included the characters Mr. White, Mr. Blonde, Mr. Pink, Mr. Blue and Mr. Brown? |
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Reservoir Dogs (1992) | |
| 10. | What 1987 film featured Steve Martin and John Candy trying to get home for Thanksgiving? |
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Planes, Trains and Automobiles | |
| 11. | First aired between 2002 and 2008 what crime drama TV series set in Baltimore, Maryland stars Dominic West as Detective Jimmy McNulty and, for its first three seasons, Idris Elba as drug kingpin "Stringer" Bell? |
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The Wire | |
| 12. | In what 1993 film does Bill Murray play the lead character Phil Connors? |
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Groundhog Day | |
| 13. | What 1994 film features the debut of a teenage Natalie Portman in the role of a trainee assassin? |
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Léon: The Professional | |
| 14. | Released in 2013, what is the full title of the fifth instalment in the Die Hard film series? |
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A Good Day to Die Hard | |
| 15. | Which 1963 film starred the characters of Captain Virgil Hilts, Flight Lieutenant Bob Hendley, and Squadron Leader Roger Bartlett? |
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The Great Escape (Steve McQueen, James Garner, and Richard Attenborough) | |
| 16. | Who plays Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit film series? |
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Martin Freeman | |
| 17. | Which Friends star played lawyer Robert Kardashian in the 2016 TV drama The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story? |
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David Schwimmer | |
| 18. | Name this film and the actor pictured. (½ point for each) |
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The Hurt Locker - Jeremy Renner (2008) | |
| 19. | What 1969 film is the only X-rated film ever to win an Academy Award for Best Picture? |
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Midnight Cowboy | |
| 20. | Which Oscar winning film is this? |
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Unforgiven (1992) | |
| 21. | Who plays Phileas Fogg in the 1956 film version of Around the World in 80 Days? |
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David Niven | |
| 22. | Craggy Island is the fictional setting of what British sitcom, first aired between 1995 and 1998? |
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Father Ted | |
| 23. | What is the name of the Detective Sergeant played by Dennis Waterman in the British TV series The Sweeney? |
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George Carter | |
| 24. | What is the name of the cruise ship in the TV series The Love Boat? |
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S.S. Pacific Princess | |
| 25. | What Castilian knight was portrayed by Charlton Heston in a 1961 film of the same name? |
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El Cid (Don Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar) | |
| 26. | In The Simpsons, what colour dress does Marge normally wear? |
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Green | |
| 27. | The title of what 1933 Marx Brothers film was American slang at that time for something that requires little effort? |
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Duck Soup | |
| 28. | Who played the title role in the 1992 biographical drama film Malcolm X? |
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Denzel Washington | |
| 29. | Who shares the title roles with Sean Connery in the 1976 film Robin and Marian? |
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Audrey Hepburn (Lady Marian) | |
| 30. | What was the surname of the leading family in the 1960s TV series Bonanza? |
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Cartwright | |
| 31. | Who plays James Bond in the 1969 film On Her Majesty's Secret Service? |
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George Lazenby | |
| 32. | What Swedish-French actor plays Father Lankester Merrin in the 1973 film The Exorcist? |
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Max von Sydow | |
| 33. | Now a household name, what company was founded in the USA by siblings Harry, Albert, Sam, and Jack in 1923? |
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Warner Bros. | |
| 34. | Who played the role of real life jockey Bob Champion in the 1983 film Champions? |
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John Hurt | |
| 35. | Who played the title role in the 1998 film version of The Man in the Iron Mask? |
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Leonardo DiCaprio | |
| 36. | The Academy Award-winning song Jai Ho originates from what Danny Boyle film? |
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Slumdog Millionaire | |
| 37. | What 1954 Alfred Hitchcock film features a wheelchair bound James Stewart convinced that a neighbour has committed murder? |
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Rear Window | |
| 38. | Complete this list: Dirty Harry (1971), Magnum Force (1973), The Enforcer (1976), Sudden Impact (1983), |
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The Dead Pool | |
| 39. | First broadcast on the BBC in 1953, what is the world's longest-running current affairs television programme? |
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Panorama | |
| 40. | Who plays Louie De Palma, the vain head dispatcher, in the American TV sitcom Taxi (1978-1982)? |
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Danny DeVito | |
| 41. | What TV franchise began in South Korea and is now hosted by Osher Günsberg in Australia, Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge in Canada, Clinton Randell in New Zealand, Kan Kantathavorn in Thailand, Joel Dommett in the UK, and Nick Cannon in the US, plus 50 other countries? |
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Masked Singer | |
| 42. | Name this 2008 film and the actor in the title role speaking at the end.
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Hancock - Will Smith (& Jason Bateman) | |
| 43. | Name this TV series.
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Stranger Things | |
| 44. | Al Borland assisted Tim "The Tool Man" Taylor in what 1990s American TV sitcom? |
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Home Improvement (Richard Karn and Tim Allen) | |
| 45. | In the 2017 film Battle of the Sexes, loosely based on the famous 1973 tennis match of the same name, who plays Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs? |
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Emma Stone and Steve Carell | |
| 46. | First aired in 1963, what is the longest-running American TV soap opera in production today? |
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General Hospital | |
| 47. | Playing a village idiot, for what 1970 film was John Mills awarded an Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role? |
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Ryan's Daughter | |
| 48. | Frances 'Baby' Houseman and Johnny Castle were the lead characters in what 1987 romance film? |
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Dirty Dancing (Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze) | |
| 49. | Name this 1980s TV series
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Miami Vice | |
| 50. | From 1949 to 1957, who played the title role in the Lone Ranger TV series? |
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Clayton Moore | |
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