ENTERTAINMENT QUIZ

[magpie in the 80's]

82. The Stranglers - seem to recall them doing something odd on TOTP's.....correct
70. Airport or Flying High???..............incorrect

90. Religous with a hit in the 60's??? Can only think of the Sound of Music nuns or Sister Janet Mead. Was SJM "the singing nun", or was it someone else??..............correct the singing nun

[magpie in the 80's]

82 - The Stranglers doing Go Buddy Go (I've got their bio ) They also told Paul Makin on Willisee Tonight they liked taking drugs Good value on TV Hugh and the boys.
90 - The Singing Nun - Dominque

both correct LL who has been AWOL

[JAS]

Morning Mags

Q88 Not a bloody clue, I can't work out what it supposed to be but you know you want to see it again http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kry53iHR7w

Q89 Never liked his books but I'll start with Tess of the whatsit's...D'urbervilles (spelling)

Regards
JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

Morning Mags

Q88 Not a bloody clue, I can't work out what it supposed to be but you know you want to see it again http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kry53iHR7w

Q89 Never liked his books but I'll start with Tess of the whatsit's...D'urbervilles (spelling)

Regards
JAS

G'DAY JAS .................AND INCORRECT

[JAS]

Q89 Don't worry I only know two others Far From the Madding Crowd or The Mayor of Casterbridge.

Btw is Q75 a Doris Day song Forget that... Calamity Jane

Regards
JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

Q89 Don't worry I only know two others Far From the Madding Crowd or The Mayor of Casterbridge.

Btw is Q75 a Doris Day song Forget that... Calamity Jane

Regards
JAS

both correct jas

[magpie in the 80's]

DOWN TO 17 HIGH-LIGHTED QUESTIONS

[JAS]

Sorry if someone has tried this already...can't be bothered to trawl the posts.

Q55 Not a Bond fan but I think Grace Jones was in one and the date would be about right so I'll try her.

Regards
JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

Sorry if someone has tried this already...can't be bothered to trawl the posts.

Q55 Not a Bond fan but I think Grace Jones was in one and the date would be about right so I'll try her.

Regards
JAS

NEED TO TRY AGAIN JAS..........INCORRECT

[JAS]

Q40 Don't watch it but I'll guess 12
Q55 Nup...she was the only name I had for the '80's
Q61 Hmmmm if not Spielberg then maybe John? Ford the guy that made heaps of westerns.

Regards
JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

Q40 Don't watch it but I'll guess 12
Q55 Nup...she was the only name I had for the '80's
Q61 Hmmmm if not Spielberg then maybe John? Ford the guy that made heaps of westerns.

Regards
JAS

0 FOR 3 JAS

[JAS]

Oh bugger

Q40 15
Q61 Just have to start listing directors/producers I've heard of then
Alfred Hitchcock
Martin Scorsase (spelling)
Francis Ford Coppella (spelling)
Ridley Scott

Regards
JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

Oh bugger

Q40 15
Q61 Just have to start listing directors/producers I've heard of then
Alfred Hitchcock
Martin Scorsase (spelling)
Francis Ford Coppella (spelling)
Ridley Scott

Regards
JAS

ZERO

[JAS]

Q40 16
Q61 Oliver Stone...ooooh Walt Disney (forgot him )

Regards
JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

:roll:

Q40 16....................INCORRECT
Q61 Oliver Stone...ooooh Walt Disney CORRECT(forgot him )

Regards
JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

JUST A LAZY 16 TO ANSWER

[magpie in the 80's]

LAST DAY'S FOR THIS QUIZ

[smac]

55. Kim Basinger

[magpie in the 80's]

55. Kim Basinger

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[magpie in the 80's]

1 Which football team does Postman Pat support? PENCASTER UNITED
2 Tom Cruise plays a naval lawyer in which 1992 film? A FEW GOOD MEN
3 Who released a 1975 album entitled Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy? ELTON JOHN
4 Who does Ricky Gervais play in the TV series Extras? ANDY MILLMAN
5 In which 1983 film does Steve Martin play Doctor Hfuhruhurr? THE MAN WITH 2 BRAINS
6 Bernard Cribbins made the most appearances on which British children's TV programme? JACKANORY
7 Who wrote the book Lord of the Flies? WILLIAM GOLDING
8 Who was the first member of the British royal family to be interviewed on TV? PRINCE PHILIP
9 What was the title of James Dean's last film? GIANT
10 Who is the voice of Marty the Zebra in the 2005 film Madagascar? CHRIS ROCK
11 The song Oh What a Beautiful Morning comes from which musical? OKLAHOMA
12 Who was the assassination target in Frederick Forsyth's book The Day of the Jackal? PRESIDENT CHARLES DE LAULLE
13 Elizabeth Bennet is the heroine of which Jane Austen novel? PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
14 Which independent record label launched Elvis Costello in the 1970's? STIFF RECORDS
15 What is rap artist Eminem's original name? MARSHALL MATHERS III
16 The Inn of the Sixth Happiness starring Ingrid Bergman is a biopic about which missionary and her work in China? GLADYS AYLWARD
17 Who performed the title song All Time High for the 1983 Bond film Octopussy? RITA COOLIDGE
18 Which composer wrote the 1936 classical work Peter and the Wolf? SERGI PROKOFIEV
19 Who played Captain Virgil Hilts in the 1963 film The Great Escape? STEVE MCQUEEN
20 What is the island on which Jim Carey's character lives in the 1998 film The Truman Show? SEAHAVEN
21 Tony Curtis reportedly said of which actress that kissing her was like kissing Hitler? MARILYN MONROE
22 What is the enchanted land called in C S Lewis's The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe? NARNIA
23 What is the surname of Clint Eastwood's Dirty Harry film character? CALLAGHAN
24 Which 1942 film has the closing line, "Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship"? CASABLANCA
25 What is the name of Hyacinth and Richard Bucket's son in British TV's Keeping Up Appearances? SHERIDAN
26 The battle dramatized in the 2001 film Black Hawk Down took place in what African country? SOMALIA
27 What is the name of Ned Flanders' late wife in TV's The Simpsons? MAUDE
28 Who directed the 1999 film American Beauty? SAM MENDES
29 Who was the captain of the sci-fi submarine Stingray? TROY TEMPEST
30 What is the name of the news photographer in Federico Fellini's 1959 film La Dolce Vita? PAPARAZZO
31 Who played Al Capone in the 1987 film, The Untouchables? ROBERT DE NIRO
32 Which character did James Stewart play in the 1952 film, The Greatest Show On Earth? BUTTONS THE CLOWN
33 Who wrote the novel On Chesil Beach? IAN MCEWAN
34 What is the surname of the family in the UK TV series My Family? HARPER
35 Which instrument represents the duck in Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf? OBOE
36 Who played Richard Cunningham in the US TV show Happy Days? RON HOWARD
37 How to Save a Life was which band's debut album? THE FREY
38 Which UK TV series was based on Eric Chappell's play The Banana Box? RISING DAMP
39 Jan Morrow and Brad Allen are characters who share a phone line in which 1959 film? PILLOW TALK
40 How many contestants' boxes feature in the (UK version) TV show Deal of No Deal? 22
41 By what name was rapper Christopher Wallace most famously known? THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G.
42 Who played the Russian mail-order bride in the 2001 film Birthday Girl? NICOLE KIDMAN
43 Daisy Donovan, Iain Lee, and MacKenzie Crook were presenters on which 1990's UK TV show? THE 11 O'CLOCK NEWS
44 What is the number on the roof of the bus in the 1994 film Speed? 2525
45 Pixel, Stingy and Stephanie appear in which children's TV programme? LAZY TOWN
46 In which year was the UK Comic Relief launched? 1985
47 What is the name of the title character in Arthur Miller's play Death of a Salesman?WILLY LOMAN
48 In the 1979 film Apocalypse Now which river does Captain Willard (Martin Sheen) travel up to reach Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando)? NUNG RIVER
49 What is the first name of Frank Gallagher's legal wife in the UK TV series Shameless? MONICA
50 In which US state did Buddy Holly's plane crash in 1959? IOWA
51 Nicky Hambleton-Jones presents which UK TV make-over show? 10 YEARS YOUNGER
52 What was Humphrey Bogart's last film? THE HARDER THEY FALL
53 What was mixed with water to make the rain more visible on screen in the 1952 film Singing in the Rain? MILK
54 What is the name of the family doctor in The Simpsons cartoon show? DR. JULIUS HIBBERT
55 Who played Domino in the 1983 Bond film Never Say Never Again? KIM BASINGER
56 Who designed the costumes for the 1997 film The Fifth Element? JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER
57 Doctor Moriarty is the arch-enemy of which fictional detective? SHERLOCK HOLMES
58 What was the title of George Michael's first solo album? FAITH
59 Brad Pitt played one of Anthony Hopkins' three sons in which 1994 film? LEGENDS OF THE FALL
60 Tall Dark and Gruesome is the title of whose autobiography? CHRISTOPHER LEE
61 Which film-maker has received the most Academy Awards (as at 2006)? [COLOR=RED[ WALT DISNEY[/COLOR]
62 What is the name of the wood where Winnie the Pooh lives? 100 ACRE WOOD
63 Who wrote the longest-running play The Mousetrap? AGATHA CHRISTIE
64 Which writer created the fictional British MI6 spy George Smiley? JOHN LE CARRE
65 Bob Hoskins played crime boss Harold Shand in which 1979 film? THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY
66 What film featured the ukulele-playing singer 'Sugar' Kane? SOME LIKE IT HOT
67 What is Jennifer Beale's day job in the 1983 film Flashdance? WELDER
68 On which Shakespeare play is the 1961 film West Side Story based? ROMEO AND JULIET
69 Who sang the original theme song to the British 1966 film Alfie, starring Michael Caine? CILLA BLACK
70 Which film was re-named Flight Pacific 121 and then changed back to its original title? SNAKES ON A PLANE
71 Which iconic rock music frontman sang backing vocals on Carly Simon's 1973 hit You're So Vain? MICK JAGGER
72 Who played Jeff's (James Stewart's) girlfriend Lisa Carol Fremont in the 1954 Hitchcock film Rear Window? GRACE KELLY
73 Who directed the 1969 western The Wild Bunch and the 1971 thriller Straw Dogs? SAM "PECKIN" PAM
74 What is Wendy's surname in Peter Pan? DARLING
75 In which film does the Oscar-winning song Secret Love feature? CALAMITY JANE
76 How many UK chart number ones did the Beatles have (as a group)? 17
77 What type of shop is 84 Charing Cross Road in the 1986 film of the same title? BOOK STORE
78 Which US soul singer was shot dead in 1964 aged 33? SAM COOKE
79 Which country was the location of the second UK TV series of Auf Wiedersehen Pet? SPAIN
80 What was the name of the character played by Richard Beckinsale in UK TV series Porridge? LENIE GODBER
81 What was the name of the strip club in the 1996 film Striptease starring Demi Moore? THE EAGER BEAVER
82 Which group removed the strings from their guitars in protest when they were forced to mime on Top Of The Pops in 1977? THE STRANGLERS
83 Which actor played the King in the 1995 film The Madness of King George? NIGEL HAWTHORNE
84 What does Robert Mitchum's character have tattooed on his knuckles in the 1955 film the Night of the Hunter? LOVE AND HATE
85 What is the real name of the comedian who devised and plays the character Avid Merrion? LEIGH FRANCIS
86 What is the name of the character played by Sarah Jessica Parker in the US TV series Sex and the City? CARRIE BRADSHAW
87 Which actress plays the date (Nadia Gates) of Bruce Willis (Walter Davis) in the 1987 film Blind Date? KIM BASSINGER
88 What dance hit does David Brent hum during his famous dance routine in UK TV comedy The Office? DISCO INFERNO
89 In which Thomas Hardy novel does the character Bathsheba Everdene appear? FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD
90 Soeur Sourire was the stage name of the 1960's singer who was better known as whom? THE SINGING NUN

QUESTIONS ANSWERED ARE IN RED.
QUESTIONS UNANSWERED ARE IN BLUE.

END OF QUIZ