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| 1. | Who stars as Eliot Ness in the 1987 film The Untouchables? |
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Kevin Costner | |
| 2. | Name the two films that earned Jack Nicholson Best Actor Academy Awards for 1975 and 1997. |
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest / As Good as It Gets | |
| 3. | Television's first prime time network colour series was The Marriage, a situation comedy broadcast live by NBC in the summer of what year? |
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1954 | |
| 4. | What 1998 film includes the characters Barry "the Baptist", "Hatchet" Harry, and Nick "the Greek"? |
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Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (played by Lenny McLean, P. H. Moriarty, and Stephen Marcus) | |
| 5. | The title of a British sitcom first aired between 2007 and 2010, who are friends of Smithy and Nessa? |
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Gavin & Stacey | |
| 6. | What 1986 film includes the characters of "Goose", "Viper", "Cougar", and "Wolfman"? |
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Top Gun (Anthony Edwards, Tom Skerritt, John Stockwell, and Barry Tubb) | |
| 7. | What is the title of the 2018 biographical film about the British rock band Queen? |
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Bohemian Rhapsody | |
| 8. | Who played planet designer Slartibartfast in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005), Davy Jones in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (2007), and optimist Douglas Ainslie in The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012)? |
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Bill Nighy | |
| 9. | What was the surname of the family the Fonz stayed with in the TV series Happy Days? |
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Cunningham | |
| 10. | First streamed in 2021, And Just Like That... is a revival and a sequel of what TV series first aired in 1998? |
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Sex and the City | |
| 11. | Who played the role of real life jockey Bob Champion in the 1983 film Champions? |
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John Hurt | |
| 12. | Introduced in Toy Story 2 (1999), what is the name of Woody's horse? |
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Bullseye | |
| 13. | How many James Bond films did Timothy Dalton star in? |
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2 (The Living Daylights and Licence to Kill) | |
| 14. | Who played chimpanzee psychologist Professor Peter Boyd in the 1951 film Bedtime for Bonzo? |
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Ronald Reagan | |
| 15. | Which 1956 Broadway musical features the song "I Could Have Danced All Night"? |
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My Fair Lady | |
| 16. | In the opening sequence to The Simpsons TV series, who is usually the second member of the Simpson family to appear on screen? |
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Homer | |
| 17. | What is the name of the character played by Elizabeth Montgomery in the 1960s TV series Bewitched? |
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Samantha Stephens | |
| 18. | Lasting 20 seasons between 1990 and 2010, name this TV series.
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Law & Order (1990–2010) | |
| 19. | In what 1996 film does Sean Connery voice a creature called Draco? |
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Dragonheart | |
| 20. | Who stars as High school senior Andie Walsh in the 1986 film Pretty in Pink? |
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Molly Ringwald | |
| 21. | In the children’s TV series Ivor the Engine, what is the name of the dragon? |
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Idris | |
| 22. | Who was the longest ever serving Doctor in the popular British TV series Doctor Who? |
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Tom Baker (1974 to 1981 - 172 episodes) | |
| 23. | What female screenwriter, director and producer is a cousin of Nicholas Cage? |
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Sofia Coppola (daughter of Francis Ford Coppola) | |
| 24. | Name this British TV series from the late 70s and early 80s.
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The Professionals (1977-1983) | |
| 25. | What 2015 Steven Spielberg film starring Tom Hanks is based around the story of Francis Gary Powers and the 1960 U-2 spy plane incident during the Cold War? |
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Bridge of Spies | |
| 26. | In what 1988 Western does Emilio Estevez play Billy the Kid? |
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Young Guns | |
| 27. | In September 2015, what TV series set a new record by winning 12 Primetime Emmy Awards in a single season? |
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Game of Thrones (it won another 12 in 2016) | |
| 28. | Antz (1988), Chicken Run (2000), Shrek (2001), and Shark Tale (2004) are among early productions by what American animation studio? |
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DreamWorks | |
| 29. | 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 | |
| 30. | From 1949 to 1957, who played the title role in the Lone Ranger TV series? |
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Clayton Moore | |
| 31. | The Peach Pit is a fictional retro-styled restaurant, a regular hangout for the characters of what 1990s TV series? |
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Beverly Hills, 90210 | |
| 32. | What Australian actor starred alongside Tom Cruise in the 1988 film Cocktail? |
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Bryan Brown | |
| 33. | Originally aired between 1987 and 1997, what American comedy series stars Ed O'Neill, Katey Sagal, Christina Applegate, and David Faustino? |
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Married... with Children | |
| 34. | What 1990 film features an animal named "Two Socks"? |
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Dances with Wolves | |
| 35. | In Nintendo's Mario game series, what is the name of Mario's brother? |
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Luigi | |
| 36. | What English actor was born William Henry Pratt on 23rd November 1887? |
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Boris Karloff | |
| 37. | Name this TV series. |
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Terra Nova | |
| 38. | Martin Landau won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for playing which horror movie star in the 1994 film Ed Wood? |
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Bela Lugosi | |
| 39. | Who played lead role as the Swan Queen in the 2010 film Black Swan? |
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Natalie Portman | |
| 40. | Who played the role of 70s TV detective Frank Cannon? |
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William Conrad (1971-1976) | |
| 41. | Nicknamed "The Manufacturer", who plays Australian Flying Officer Louis Sedgwick in the 1963 film The Great Escape? |
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James Coburn | |
| 42. | What is the name of the fictional public house featured on the British soap opera Emmerdale? |
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The Woolpack | |
| 43. | Which British actor voices CIA deputy director Avery Bullock in the animated TV show American Dad? |
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Patrick Stewart | |
| 44. | Who plays Charles Xavier / Professor X in the First Class (2011), Days of Future Past (2014), Apocalypse (2016), and Dark Phoenix (2019) editions of the X-Men film series? |
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James McAvoy | |
| 45. | Horror films Get Out (2017) and Us (2019) are written, directed, and produced by what American comedian? |
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Jordan Peele | |
| 46. | First appearing in 1961 as a segment on The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show, what is the name of this animated Canadian Mountie? |
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Dudley Do-Right | |
| 47. | The character Jack Skellington stars in which 1993 Tim Burton film? |
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The Nightmare before Christmas | |
| 48. | Who starred as Randy "The Ram" Robinson in the 2008 film The Wrestler? |
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Mickey Rourke | |
| 49. | Who co-stars as famed novelist Paul Sheldon in the 1990 thriller film Misery? |
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James Caan | |
| 50. | 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) | |
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