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| 1. | Who played the title role in the 1977 Woody Allen film Annie Hall? |
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Diane Keaton | |
| 2. | Name this 1960 film and the two actors speaking.
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Psycho - Janet Leigh & Anthony Perkins | |
| 3. | In what feature-length animation are the main characters called Pongo and Perdita? |
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One Hundred and One Dalmatians | |
| 4. | Who plays the title role in the 2016 American superhero film Doctor Strange? |
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Benedict Cumberbatch | |
| 5. | Who played the title role in the original 1970s Shaft films? |
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Richard Roundtree | |
| 6. | Who stars as Detective Mac Taylor in the TV series CSI: New York? |
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Gary Sinise | |
| 7. | Born in New York City in 1943, which actor made his directorial début with the 1993 film A Bronx Tale? |
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Robert De Niro | |
| 8. | Who starred in the 1970s films American Graffiti, Jaws, and Close Encounters of the Third Kind? |
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Richard Dreyfuss | |
| 9. | Who played the title role, alongside Peter Sellers, in the 1960 British romantic comedy film The Millionairess? |
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Sophia Loren | |
| 10. | Which world renowned film director had small acting roles in The Blues Brothers as a Cook County Office Clerk, and in Gremlins as a man in an electric wheelchair? |
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Steven Spielberg | |
| 11. | Which long-running TV series is based at the fictional Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital? |
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Grey's Anatomy | |
| 12. | Which American family starred in the films A Night at the Opera and A Day at the Races? |
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Marx Brothers (1935 & 1937) | |
| 13. | What are the full names of the characters played by Mel Gibson and Danny Glover in the Lethal Weapon film series? |
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Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh | |
| 14. | 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 | |
| 15. | Who was the oldest of the Marx Brothers comedy act? |
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Chico Marx (born Leonard Marx in 1887) | |
| 16. | 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 | |
| 17. | What family starred in the films A Night at the Opera and A Day at the Races? |
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Marx Brothers (1935 & 1937) | |
| 18. | Which 2004 Pixar animation co-stars the characters of Frozone and Edna "E" Mode? |
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The Incredibles (Samuel L. Jackson & Brad Bird) | |
| 19. | Horror films Get Out (2017) and Us (2019) are written, directed, and produced by what American comedian? |
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Jordan Peele | |
| 20. | A vagabond Viking adventurer (Richard Widmark) and a Moor (Sidney Poitier) both compete to find "The Mother of Voices", a legendary golden bell near the Pillars of Hercules, in what 1964 film? |
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The Long Ships | |
| 21. | Made most famous by Abbott and Costello, Who was on First Base. Who was on second? |
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What | |
| 22. | What 1993 film features the characters of Alan Grant, Ellie Sattler, Ian Malcolm, and John Hammond? |
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Jurassic Park (Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, and Richard Attenborough) | |
| 23. | Name this film and the actor pictured. (½ point for each) |
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The Hurt Locker - Jeremy Renner (2008) | |
| 24. | The Academy Award-winning song Jai Ho originates from what Danny Boyle film? |
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Slumdog Millionaire | |
| 25. | In which city is the musical Phantom of the Opera set? |
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Paris (Palais Garnier) | |
| 26. | Who played Vanessa Kensington in the Austin Powers film series? |
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Elizabeth Hurley | |
| 27. | In a 1998 episode titled "The One with Ross's Wedding", what member of the British Royal Family made a cameo appearance on Friends? |
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Sarah, Duchess of York | |
| 28. | What is the name of the fictional island resort on which the 1975 film Jaws is set? |
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Amity Island (actually filmed in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts) | |
| 29. | First aired in November 1978, name this TV series.
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Diff'rent Strokes | |
| 30. | Who played Juror #1 in 12 Angry Men (1957), detective Milton Arbogast in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960), Arnold Burns in A Thousand Clowns (1965), and Mr. Green in The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)? |
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Martin Balsam | |
| 31. | Who stars as ex-government operative Bryan Mills in the Taken film trilogy? |
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Liam Neeson (2008 / 2012 / 2015) | |
| 32. | In what English city was the 1997 British comedy-drama film The Full Monty set? |
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Sheffield | |
| 33. | In the 1983 film starring Roy Schneider, what is Blue Thunder? |
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Helicopter | |
| 34. | What Australian actor starred alongside Tom Cruise in the 1988 film Cocktail? |
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Bryan Brown | |
| 35. | Who co-stars as famed novelist Paul Sheldon in the 1990 thriller film Misery? |
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James Caan | |
| 36. | Name this TV series.
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Dallas (1978–1991) | |
| 37. | Physicists Sheldon Cooper and Leonard Hofstadter are characters in what American TV sitcom? |
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The Big Bang Theory (2007 - present) | |
| 38. | Lasting 15 seasons between 1994 and 2009, name this TV series.
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ER | |
| 39. | For what 1953 drama film did Frank Sinatra win his only acting Oscar? |
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From Here to Eternity (Best Supporting Actor) | |
| 40. | What 1978 film stars Robert De Niro as Staff Sergeant Michael "Mike" Vronsky? |
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The Deer Hunter | |
| 41. | Who has hosted the U.S. game show Jeopardy! since 1984? |
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Alex Trebek | |
| 42. | Which man won the Golden Raspberry Award in April 2012 for both worst actor and worst actress? |
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Adam Sandler (Jack and Jill) | |
| 43. | What are the first names of American filmmakers the Coen brothers? |
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Joel and Ethan | |
| 44. | Who plays multi-billion dollar fraudster Bernard Madoff and his wife, Ruth, in the 2017 TV drama The Wizard of Lies? |
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Robert De Niro & Michelle Pfeiffer | |
| 45. | In what U.S. city is the TV series Grey's Anatomy set? |
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Seattle | |
| 46. | Born in 1964, which Academy Award winning actor is the nephew of director Francis Ford Coppola? |
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Nicolas Cage (born Nicolas Kim Coppola) | |
| 47. | What 1980s TV series featured the rather annoying robot, Twiki? |
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Buck Rogers in the 25th Century | |
| 48. | What long-running American TV show has won more Primetime Emmy Awards than any other? |
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Saturday Night Live (64 awards from 231 nominations) | |
| 49. | Who played alongside Michael Keaton as Vicki Vale in the 1989 film Batman? |
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Kim Basinger | |
| 50. | What two people complete this sequence? Steve Allen, Jack Paar, Johnny Carson, Jay Leno, _____ _____, Jay Leno, _____ _____. |
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Conan O'Brien, Jimmy Fallon (The Tonight Show presenters) | |
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