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181 questions in this category
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What is the name of the scientist who produces James Bond's gadgets? Major Boothroyd, known as 'Q' With thanks to Harry Winfield, question master of the Marina Alta Pensionisters Association in Benitachell, Alicante, Spain, for amending the answer
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What organisation do Mortadelo and Filemón work for? TIA (Técnicos de Investigación Aeroterráquea)
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Which French Oscar-winning film director played the character Claude Lacombe in Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind? François Truffaut
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What was the name of the ranch in TV's Bonanza (1959-1973)? La Ponderosa With thanks to Jim Welsh for spotting a duplicate question
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Who are the only two actors to have been nominated for Academy awards either leading or supporting, at least once in every decade since 1960? Jack Nicholson and Michael Caine
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Which two families have produced three generation of Oscar winners? Huston and Coppola (Walter Huston 1948, John Huston 1948, Anjelica Huston 1985 and Carmine Coppola 1974, Francis Ford Coppola 1970/72/74, Sophia Coppola 2003, Nicholas Cage 1995)
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James Bond's cars have all been British-made until recently. Which are the only two non-British makes he has used? Toyota and BMW. He's used an Aston Martin DB5, Lotus Esprit, Aston Martin V8, and recently a BMW Z3, BMW 750i, and a BMW Z8. He used a Toyota 2000GT in 'You Only Live Twice'. He's now back with Aston Martin. With thanks to Dan Hall for correcting this question
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Which Irish actor has the distinction of having being nominated the most times for Best Actor Academy Award (8) and never having won (although he received an Honorary Award in 2003)? Peter O'Toole
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What did Disney drop from Winnie-the-Pooh's name? The hyphens
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Which Irish filmmaker directed 'Mona Lisa' and 'interview with a Vampire' among many others, and won an Oscar for the best screenplay of 'The Crying Game' ? Neil Jordan
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Who is the only Irish citizen to have won Best Actor Academy Award (and has won twice)? Daniel Day-Lewis (1989 for My Left Foot and 2007 for There Will Be Blood)
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Which Irish actor has played James Bond in the official franchise? Pierce Brosnan
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In which 1968 film, based on an Ian Fleming book, is the main female character called 'Truly Scrumptious'? Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
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Which American actor died in 1977 playing golf in La Moraleja, Madrid? Bing Crosby
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How were Leonard, Arthur, Julius, and Herbert better known together in films? The Marx Brothers (Chico, Harpo, Groucho, and Zeppo)
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Name one of the only four women ever nominated for an Academy Award as Best Director. Lina Wertmueller nominated for 'Seven Beauties' in 1976, Jane Campion nominated for 'The Piano' in 1994, Sofia Coppola nominated for 'Lost in Translation' in 2004, or Kathryn Bigelow who won the 2009 Academy Award for Best Director With thanks to David Regal for updating this question
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What's the name of the prize awarded at the San Sebastian International Film Festival (Festival Internacional de Cine de San Sebastián / Donostiako Zinemaldia)? La Concha de Oro (Golden Shell)
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In John Carpenter's film (and Stephen King's novel) 'Christine', who or what was Christine? A red and white 1958 Plymouth Fury
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Which Canadian actor who first starred in 'Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure' has a Hawaiian first name which means 'the coldness'? Keanu Reeves
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Which three words appear on the helmet in the poster for Stanley Kubrik's 1987 film 'Full Metal Jacket'? Born to kill
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What age is dawning in 'Hair'? The Age of Aquarius
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Who plays Hagrid in the Harry Potter films? Robbie Coltrane
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Which film director married Ingrid Bergman in 1950? Roberto Rosellini
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Who is Melanie Griffith's mother, who starred in Hitchcock's 'The Birds'? Tippi Hedren
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Who played the Sorcerer's Apprentice in 'Fantasia'? Mickey Mouse
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Which actress fell overboard in the 1987 film 'Overboard'? Goldie Hawn
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Which is the only G-rated movie to win best picture award? Oliver!
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A play by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison called "Everybody Comes to Rick's" was made into a classical film. What was it called? Casablanca
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Who was Poopdeck Pappy's most famous son? Popeye
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Dorothy Gale is the main character in which series of books and films? The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and sequels by L. Frank Baum
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Which fictional family lives at 742 Evergreen Terrace? The Simpsons
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Which member of the Monty Python team died in 1989? Graham Chapman
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Which country has won the Eurovision Song Contest more than any other? Ireland (Seven times - France, Luxembourg and the UK have each won five times)
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In which full-length cartoon are the main characters called Pongo and Perdita? 101 Dalmatians
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What is the name of the film based on the life of writer Charles Bukowski? Barfly
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Vonda Shepard is the resident singer/pianist in which TV series? Ally McBeal
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What nationality is Meryl Streep's character in "Sophie's Choice"? Polish
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In 1979, one person starred in the two biggest grossing films of the year: "Amityville Horror" and "Superman". Who? Margot Kidder
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Who directed "L'histoire de Adèle H" and "L'argent de poche"? François Truffaut
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In the film "Summer Holiday" with Cliff Richard, where do they drive their bus to? Greece With thanks to Barbara Ridgely for correcting this question
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Which two US presidents has Anthony Hopkins played in film? John Quincy Adams in "Amistad" and Richard Nixon in "Nixon"
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Marty McFly's having the time of his life. The only question is - what time is it? Slogan for which film? "Back to the Future"
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Who are the three main actors in the 1997 film "La Buena Estrella"? Maribel Verdú, Antonio Resines, and Jordi Mollà
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Who was the creator of the TV series "ER"? Michael Crichton
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"They Call Me Mister Tibbs" is the sequel to which film? In the Heat of the Night
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For which film did Bryan Adams write "(Everything I do) I do it for you"? 'Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves', in 1991
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From which movie: "Oh, but you can't expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you!" Monty Python and the Holy Grail
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In which film does a cabaret singer on the run from the Mafia end up training a choir of nuns? Sister Act
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In which film does a nun, on the run from the Nazis, and accompanied by a group of children, sing at the Salzburg Festival? The Sound of Music
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In which movie did they say: "I don't have a lifestyle, I have a life"? 'California Suite', with Alan Alda, Michael Caine, Bill Cosby, Walter Matthau, directed by Neil Simon in 1978
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In which movie did they say: "If God wanted to be a fish, he'd be a whale"? Moby Dick
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Jessica Fletcher is the main character in which TV series? Murder She Wrote
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Melvin Kaminsky is married to Anna Maria Italiano. Who are they better known as? Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft
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On TV, where would you find Chief Wiggum? Springfield (The Simpsons)
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What is film and comic character Dick Grayson's alter ego? Robin (in Batman) and, since 1984, Nightwing With thanks to Colin Dinnie for correcting and expanding the answer to this question
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Where was "La Casa de los Espiritus" filmed? Portugal
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Which 1926 film by Fritz Lang showed impoverished workers living under a city inhabited by the wealthy? Metropolis
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Which baseball star did Marilyn Monroe marry in January, 1954? Joe DiMaggio
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Which Bob Dylan song was written for the film 'Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid'? Knocking on Heaven's Door
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Which came first: colour or sound films? Colour: 'Toll of the Sea' 1922. The first sound film was 'The Jazz Singer' in 1927 With thanks to RKN for correcting this question
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Which car was used as a time machine in the 'Back to the Future' films? A DeLorean
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Which film began with the following narration? "I never knew the old Vienna before the war, with its Strauss music, its glamour and easy charm... Constantinople suited me better." 'The Third Man' - narrated allegedly by Carol Reed
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Which film was based on Philip K. Dick's novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep"? Bladerunner
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Which is Homer Simpson's regular beer? Duff
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Which movie: "Don't dream it, be it"? The Rocky Horror Picture Show
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Which of the Marx brothers is a deaf mute? None
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Which of the performing Marx brothers never appeared in any of the films? Gummo
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Which remake of "High Noon" was set on one of Jupiter's moons? 'Outland', 1981, directed by Peter Hyams, starring Sean Connery, Peter Boyle and Frances Sternhagen and set on Io
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Which Russian silent film tells the story of the naval mutiny in Odessa in 1905? 'The Battleship Potemkin' by Eisenstein
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Which was the first official James Bond film? Dr. No - But the first unofficial film was an episode of the series 'Climax' called 'Casino Royale' which was aired in 1954 on television in the US. Barry Nelson played Jimmy Bond, an American spy. With thanks to Ian Gerrard for the info on the first Casino Royale
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Who directed Alien, Blade Runner, 1492, Gladiator, Black Rain, and Black Hawk Down, among others? Ridley Scott
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Who is James Bond's recurring foe? Ernst Stavro Blofeld in From Russia With Love, Thunderball, You Only Live Twice, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Diamonds Are Forever, Never Say Never Again
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Who is James Bond's usual CIA partner? Felix Leiter
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Who is Julia Wells better known as? Julie Andrews
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Who lives at 1313 Mockingbird Lane, Mockingbird Heights? The Munsters With thanks to Steven Malan for correcting this question
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Who or what is Alan Smithee? The pseudonym used by Hollywood film directors who do not want to be credited on the film. He directed among others: 'Bloodsucking Pharoahs in Pittsburgh', 'Prostidude', and 'The Shrimp on the Barbie'
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Who played 'The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly'? Clint Eastwood, Lee van Cleef, Eli Wallach
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Who played the role of Sarah Connor in the 'Terminator' films? Linda Hamilton
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Who said "All you see I owe to spaghetti"? Sophia Loren
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Who said "Charlie don't surf"? Colonel Kilgore (Robert Duvall) in 'Apocalypse Now'.
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Who said "Either this guy's dead or my watch has stopped"? Groucho Marx in 'A Day at the Races'
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Who said "I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that"? HAL in '2001 A Space Oyssey'
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Who was Mrs. Robinson in the film 'The Graduate'? Ann Bancroft
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Which was the first black and white film to win a Best Picture Oscar after 'The Apartment' in 1960? Schindler's List
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Which is the only sequel of a Best Picture Oscar-winning film to have also won Best Picture Oscar? The Godfather 2 With thanks to Oscar Nolan from Dublin for correcting this question
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In the films of the same name, what are 'The Blue Gardenia', 'The Blue Dahlia', and 'The Blue Angel'? Nightclubs
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In which film does a mad general named Jack D. Ripper, obsessed by the fear that communists were controlling the fluoridation of the US water supply, send the bombers under his command to destroy the Soviet Union? Dr Strangelove
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What do the following films have in common: When the Wind Blows, Planet of the Apes, Café Flesh, The Last Woman on Earth, and Atomic Café? Post nuclear holocaust With thanks to Chris for correcting this question
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What was Citizen Kane's first name? Charles
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Which character said "Louis, this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship" and in which film? Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart) in 'Casablanca'
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Which cult movie has the characters: Dr Frank N Furter, Riff Raff, Magenta, Columbia, Eddie, and Rocky? The Rocky Horror Picture Show
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Who or what is the Pink Panther, in the film of the same name? A diamond
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Who played secret agent James Bond in the 1966 film "Casino Royale"? David Niven
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Who plays Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation? Patrick Stewart
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Who was the first person to say in a movie: "You ain't heard nothing yet"? Al Jolson in 'The Jazz Singer' (1927)
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By which name is Allen Konigsberg better known? Woody Allen
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By which name is Annie Mae Bullock better known? Tina Turner
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By which name is Archibald Leach better known? Cary Grant
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By which name is Cherilyn Sarkisian better known? Cher
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By which name is Diana Fluck better known? Diana Dors
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By which name is Greta Gustafsson better known? Greta Garbo
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By which name is Maurice Micklewhite better known? Michael Caine
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By which name is Nicholas Coppola better known? Nicholas Cage
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By which name is Ramon Estévez better known? Martin Sheen
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By which name is Walter Matuschanskayasky better known? Walter Matthau (not his real name, he only used it in the film Earthquake as he was unhappy about the editing) With thanks to David Regal for clarifying the answer to this question
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What was the Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz looking for? A heart
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Which was the first, and so far only, X-rated film to have won the Best Film Oscar? Midnight Cowboy
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In which 1960 film did Elvis Presley sing 'Wooden Heart'? GI Blues
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Which historical character did John Wayne play in the 1956 flop 'The Conqueror'? Genghis Khan
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Which famous actress is the daughter of actress Maureen O'Sullivan? Mia Farrow
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Which pair of characters were played on screen by John Barrymore in 1921, Frederic March in 1931, Spencer Tracy in 1941 and Christopher Lee in 1971? Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
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Which actor's autobiography is called 'The Moon's a Balloon'? David Niven
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Which film monster lived on Skull Island? King Kong
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In the Sylvester Stallone films, what was Rocky's surname? Balboa (Robert Balboa, Sr)
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'Take My Breath Away' won an Oscar for best original song for which film? (1987 film with Tom Cruise) Top Gun
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What was known as 'Watery Fowls', 'Flay Otters', 'Fatty Owls', 'Flowery Twats', and 'Farty Towels', in that order? Fawlty Towers. The signs were changed at the beginning of each episode of the second season: Episode 8: 'Watery Fowls' Episode 9: 'Flay Otters' Episode 10: 'Fatty Owls' Episode 11: 'Flowery Twats' Episode 12: 'Farty Towels'
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For the first three seasons, The Simpsons were part of which show? The Tracey Ullman Show 1987-1989
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What was the name of the (O'Hara) plantation in 'Gone With The Wind'? Tara
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Who played characters with names such as Otis B. Driftwood, Rufus T. Firefly, and Dr Hugo Z. Hackenbush? Groucho Marx (in A Night at the Opera, Duck Soup, and A Day at the Races)
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Which actor/director created and played the character M. Hulot? Jacques Tati
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Who was the photographer in Fellini's 1960 film 'La Dolce Vita', whose name now describes certain members of his profession? Paparazzo (played by Walter Santesso)
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'Tall, Dark, and Gruesome' is the autobiography of which British actor? Christopher Lee
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Charlie Chaplin once described Fortino Mario Alfonso Moreno Reyes as 'the greatest comedian in the world'. By which name is he better known? Cantinflas
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What in literature and films is a MacGuffin? A MacGuffin (sometimes McGuffin) is a plot device that motivates the characters or advances the story, but the details of which are of little or no importance otherwise. Hitchcock said that 'in a thriller the MacGuffin is usually 'the necklace'; in a spy story it is 'the papers''.
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Who was the Ugly in 'The Good, The Bad and The Ugly'? (Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo -1966) Eli Wallach
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How is the fictional 'Charles Townsend Associates Private Detective Agency' better known? Charlie's Angels
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What was the name of the sequel to the 1953 film 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes'? 'Gentlemen Marry Brunettes' in 1955 (the sequel to the book is called 'But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes'
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Dr. Henry Jones, Jr. (born July 1, 1899) is a fictional professor, archaeologist, and adventurer who is better known by what nickname? Indiana
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Who are the only two sisters to have won Best Actress Oscars? Joan Fontaine (1941 for 'Suspicion') and Olivia de Havilland (1946 for 'To Each His Own' and 1949 for 'The Heiress')
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What grape variety is favoured by the main character in 'Sideways'? Pinot Noir
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When the young Indiana Jones was a corporal in the Belgian army, he lost his virginity to which Dutch Dancer? Mata Hari
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Which fictional character played by Gene Hackman, Kevin Spacey, and John Shea among many others supposedly owns Beethoven's 10th Symphony, the Venus de Milo's arms, Gainsborough's 'Yellow Boy' and a full-body portrait of the Mona Lisa? Lex Luthor
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For which fictional company does James Bond often claim to work? Universal Exports
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The character 'Q' appears in all but two James Bond films. He is the head of Q Branch (later Q Division). What does Q stand for? Quartermaster
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In the film 'Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence', what was Mr Lawrence's job? Interpreter
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Who collectively are Kambei Shimada, Katsushiro Okamoto, Gorobei Katayama, Shichiroji, Kyuzo, Heihachi Hayashida, and Kikuchiyo? The Seven Samurai
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What are 'The Bedrock Bugle' and 'The Daily Slab'? Fred Flintstone's newspapers
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Who are known in different countries as Gøg og Gokke, Crick e Crock, Flip i Flap, or Dick und Doof? Laurel and Hardy: in Danish, Italian, Polish and German (el Gordo y el Flaco in Spanish)
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What was Charles Foster Kane's last word? Rosebud
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Who's last words were 'I should never have switched from Scotch to Martinis' (on January 14th 1957)? Humphrey Bogart
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Which was the last film in which Chaplin's Little Tramp appears? Modern Times (1936)
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The American Film Institute has published 100 Years of Cinema - 100 Heroes and Villains. Indiana Jones and Norman Bates hold the number 2 spot in each category. Who hold the top places? Atticus Finch (played by Gregory Peck) in 'To Kill a Mocking Bird' and Hannibal Lecter (played by Anthony Hopkins) in 'The Silence of the Lambs'
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Who did Cheryl Ladd replace in Charlie's Angels? Farrah Fawcett
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The TV show "Angel" is a spin off from which other show? Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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Name one of the male leads in "Angels with Dirty Faces" James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, Pat O'Brien
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In which film did Marlene Dietrich sing "Falling in Love Again (Can't Help It)"? The Blue Angel
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Who played Sid Vicious in the film 'Sid and Nancy'? Gary Oldman
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What was used for blood in the famous shower scene in the Hitchcock classic 'Psycho'? Chocolate syrup (Bosco brand)
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Who are the two professional 'stingers' in the film 'The Sting'? Paul Newman and Robert Redford
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Which band sing the theme tune to Friends? The Rembrandts
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What was the last Spanish film to win the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film? Mar Adentro
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Who refused an academy award for his role in the Godfather? Marlon Brando
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In which fim was the word "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" used? Mary Poppins
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Tony Blair, Carmen Electra, Mel Gibson, Richard Gere, Ian McKellan, Aerosmith and The Red Hot Chili Peppers have all appeared where? The Simpsons
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In 'The King and I', Yul Brynner played the king but who played 'I'? Deborah Kerr
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Which of the 'Dirty Dozen' was also one of the 'Magnificent Seven'? Charles Bronson With thanks to Bob Clarke for correcting this question
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What were the first names of the characters played by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John in Grease? Danny and Sandy
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Linda Hunt won an Oscar for her role in 'The Year of Living Dangerously' in 1982. What was unique about her Oscar? The only actor/actress to have won an Oscar portraying a character of the opposite sex. (This was not Linda Hunt playing a woman pretending to be a man, like Barbra Streisand did in Yentl or, in reverse, as Dustin Hoffman did in Tootsie, but playing a man in a serious drama.)
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What was the name of the boy who befriended ET? Elliot
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Who directed the 1967 classic 'Bonnie and Clyde' with Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty? Arthur Penn
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Who was the other male lead alongside Bing Crosby in 'White Christmas'? Danny Kaye
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What was the name of John Travolta's character in 'Pulp Fiction'? Vincent Vega
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In The Flintstones, what is the name of Fred and Wilma's daughter? Pebbles
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Who were the creators of Fireball XL5, Stingray, and Thunderbirds, among others? Gerry and Sylvia Anderson
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Who played the villain Hans Gruber in 'Die Hard'? Alan Rickman
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The Sesame Street characters Ernie and Bert were named after a policeman and a taxi driver in which classic flm? It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
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Which was the first colour film to win Best Picture oscar? Gone With The Wind
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What is the name of the arch-enemy in 'Star Trek: The Next Generation'? The Borg
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What were the robots in 'Blade Runner' called? Replicants
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Complete this Anthony Perkins line from 'Psycho':
'A boys best friend...'? '...is his mother'
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Who provided the voice of Jessia Rabbit in 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit'? Kathleen Turner
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Two actors have played the character Shaft in the cinema. Which two? Richard Roundtree and Samuel L. Jackson
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What is the connection between Cary Grant and 'A Fish Called Wanda'? John Cleese's character is called Archie Leach which is Cary Grant's real name
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What is the name of the character played by Sean Bean in Goldeneye? 006, codename Janus, real name Alec Trevelyan
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Which rock singer played Eddie in the Rocky Horror Picture Show? Meatloaf
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In which film does Robert de Niro play the role of Travis Bickle? Taxi Driver
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Doctor Octopus is the baddie in which 2004 movie? Spiderman 2 With thanks to Dave Cohen, ex-teammate, for correcting this question
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After twenty years away from the cinema, director Terence Malik returned with which 1998 war movie? The Thin Red Line
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Who played the male and female leads in the 1950 film King Solomon's Mines? Stewart Granger and Deborah Kerr
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For which two films did Marlon Brando win an Oscar? On the Waterfront (1954) and The Godfather (1972)
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Who developed 'The Method' school of acting in New York in the 1940s and 50s? Lee Strasberg (1901-1982) With thanks to Sinead Fisher for correcting this question
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