ENTERTAINMENT QUIZ NO. 34
Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 9:56 am1 Which album by the pop group Blur shares its title with that of a film starring Steve McQueen?
THE GREAT ESCAPE
2 Which actress was an appropriate choice to play the mother of Bridget Jones in the film Bridget Jones’s Diary?
GEMMA JONES
3 Who voiced the character of Princess Fiona in the animated movie Shrek?
CAMERON DIAZ
4 Which Beatles hit mentions a fireman, a nurse, a banker and a barber in the lyrics?
PENNY LANE
5 2001 saw the release of the album Echoes, the greatest hits album of which rock group?
PINK FLOYD
6 Jane, Michael, Mary and Bert are four of the main characters in which film?
MARY POPPINS
7 Who duetted with Donny Osmond on the hit record, I’m Leaving It All Up You?
MARIE OSMOND
8 What was the first name of the character played by Rene Zellweger in the film Chicago?
ROXIE
9 In which 1996 film did Eddie Murphy play the characters of Sherman Klump and Buddy Love?
THE NUTTY PROFESSOR
10 Who played the wife of Tom Hanks in the film The Money Pit?
SHELLY LONG
11 What name connects the central family in the film Mary Poppins and the TV series The Fresh Prince of Bel Air?
BANKS
12 On film which actor has played the husband of Judi Dench, the father of Rene Zellweger and the employer of Nicole Kidman?
JIM BROADBENT
13 Sting, Ian Dury, Mark Knopfler and Bryan Ferry all followed what profession before becoming pop superstars?
ALL TEACHERS
14 Who links the TV shows Happy Days and Father Dowling Investigates?
TOM BOSLEY
15 What is the connection between Jane Fonda in Klute, Jamie Lee Curtis in Trading Places and Elizabeth Taylor in Butterfield 8?
ALL PLAYED PROSTITUTES
16 Which actor connects the films Convoy, A Star Is Born and Heaven’s Gate?
KRIS KRISTOFFERSON
17 What is the connection between the hit records Mary’s Prayer, At the Hop and Moon River?
THE NAME DANNY ( WILSON - WILLIAMS - AND THE JUNIORS)
18 What film role connects Samuel L Jackson and Richard Roundtree?
SHAFT
19 Which story by Mary Hayley Bell became a film starring Hayley Mills and a musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber?
WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND
20 Which country connects Pete Best, Spike Milligan, Julie Christie and Cliff Richard?
ALL BORN IN INDIA
THE GREAT ESCAPE
2 Which actress was an appropriate choice to play the mother of Bridget Jones in the film Bridget Jones’s Diary?
GEMMA JONES
3 Who voiced the character of Princess Fiona in the animated movie Shrek?
CAMERON DIAZ
4 Which Beatles hit mentions a fireman, a nurse, a banker and a barber in the lyrics?
PENNY LANE
5 2001 saw the release of the album Echoes, the greatest hits album of which rock group?
PINK FLOYD
6 Jane, Michael, Mary and Bert are four of the main characters in which film?
MARY POPPINS
7 Who duetted with Donny Osmond on the hit record, I’m Leaving It All Up You?
MARIE OSMOND
8 What was the first name of the character played by Rene Zellweger in the film Chicago?
ROXIE
9 In which 1996 film did Eddie Murphy play the characters of Sherman Klump and Buddy Love?
THE NUTTY PROFESSOR
10 Who played the wife of Tom Hanks in the film The Money Pit?
SHELLY LONG
11 What name connects the central family in the film Mary Poppins and the TV series The Fresh Prince of Bel Air?
BANKS
12 On film which actor has played the husband of Judi Dench, the father of Rene Zellweger and the employer of Nicole Kidman?
JIM BROADBENT
13 Sting, Ian Dury, Mark Knopfler and Bryan Ferry all followed what profession before becoming pop superstars?
ALL TEACHERS
14 Who links the TV shows Happy Days and Father Dowling Investigates?
TOM BOSLEY
15 What is the connection between Jane Fonda in Klute, Jamie Lee Curtis in Trading Places and Elizabeth Taylor in Butterfield 8?
ALL PLAYED PROSTITUTES
16 Which actor connects the films Convoy, A Star Is Born and Heaven’s Gate?
KRIS KRISTOFFERSON
17 What is the connection between the hit records Mary’s Prayer, At the Hop and Moon River?
THE NAME DANNY ( WILSON - WILLIAMS - AND THE JUNIORS)
18 What film role connects Samuel L Jackson and Richard Roundtree?
SHAFT
19 Which story by Mary Hayley Bell became a film starring Hayley Mills and a musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber?
WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND
20 Which country connects Pete Best, Spike Milligan, Julie Christie and Cliff Richard?
ALL BORN IN INDIA
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