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1. The character of Animal in the “Muppet Show” was based on the legendary drummer of which rock band? Was it The Beatles, The Animals or The who?

THE WHO (KEITH MOON-MOON THE LOON)

2. In the song “American Pie” which three people “caught the last train to the coast”?

FATHER, SON AND HOLY GHOST
3. Who won a Best Actor Oscar in 2004 for his part in the film “Mystic River”?
SEAN PENN

4. Who played Vyvyan in the TV comedy series “The Young Ones”?

ADRIAN EDMONDSON
5. Who played gay aristocrat Sebastian Flyte in the 1981 TV series “Brideshead Revisited”?

ANTHONY ANDREWS
6. What is the alter ego of Dick Grayson?

ROBIN (AS IN BATMAN & ROBIN)
7. Who plays “Doc Martin” on TV?

MARTIN CLUNES
8. Which children’s TV character lived at Scatterbrook Farm?

WORZEL GUMMIDGE
9. Who served as Mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California from 1986-1988?

CLINT EASTWOOD
10. Who am I? I’m a fictional character who is a 49 year old Detective Lieutenant with the NYPD. I am divorced from wife Holly who now uses her maiden name of Gennaro. I have two children called John Jnr. and Lucy. I get myself into tough situations but always win through in the end.

JOHN McCLANE (DIE HARD)

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Entertainment
1. Which TV comedy series was based around the fictional Whitbury
Newton Leisure Centre?
THE BRITTAS EMPIRE
2. The film “Gremlins” was based on creatures first suggested by
which famous British children’s author whilst serving in the RAF during
WW11?
ROALD DAHL
3. For most of his career which rock star’s backing group has been the
E Street Band?
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
- - -Please name the artists performing the following tracks:
4. “Slip Sliding Away”-------------------------------------PAUL SIMON
5. “One Day in Your Life”----------------------------------MICHAEL JACKSON
6. Which male singing voice comes between Bass and Tenor?
BARITONE
7. True or false? Julian Clarey’s autobiography is entitled “A young
man’s passage”?
TRUE
8. In which famous Oscar winning film would you find the character of
Lieutenant Dan?
FORREST GUMP
- - Please name the artists performing the following songs
9. “One Day I’ll Fly Away”--------------------------NICHOLE KIDMAN
10. “Me & Mrs. Jones”-----------------------------------BILLY PAUL

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1. Which film featured the song "Summer Nights"?
(Grease)
2. With which horror film would you associate the character of 39. Which 1999
horror film was promoted with the following tagline "In October of 1994, three
student film makers disappeared in the woods near Burkittesville, Maryland.
One year later, their footage was found"?
(The Blair Witch Project)
3. What is the name of the school in Home and Away?

(Summer Bay High)
4. In which film does Mia Farrow give birth to the Devil's son?
(Rosemary's Baby)
5. In which 1990 film does Tom Cruise play a stock car driver?

(Days Of Thunder)

6.Which band took Cotton Eye Joe to number one in 1994?
(Rednex)

7. What is the name of the sailor who appears in many of the Arabian Nights
stories?

(Sinbad) 

8. Who was the marooned sailor of Treasure Island?
(Benn Gunn)

9. Which of Shakespeare’s plays feature Shylock and Portia?

(The MERCHANT Of Venice)
10. Who was lead singer with "The Clash"? 

(Joe Strummer)

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4 - ENTERTAINMENT
1 In which 1996 film did Eddie Murphy play seven roles?
(Answer- The Nutty Professor)
2.In the series "Futurama" what is the name of the robot?
(Bender)
3 In which country did the Smurfs originate?
(Answer- Belgium)
4.The film ‘Dancer in the dark’ features which pop star ?
(Bjork)
5.In which US City is the TV programme' Ali McBeal' based?
(Boston)
6 On TV who has played a Time Lord and a scarecrow?
(Answer- Jon Pertwee)
7 Baron Greenback is the archenemy of which cartoon character?
(Answer- Dangermouse)
8 What was the first film sequel to won Best Film Oscar?
(Answer- The Godfather II)
9. Anagram - A GRANNIE KNOT is an anagram of which well known
singer?

(Ronan Keating)

10. Who played the leads Crocket and Tubbs in the original TV series
of Miami Vice?
(
Don Johnson and Philip Michael
BONUS: give us the best mock movie porno name you know – ie
edward penishands

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: Entertainment

1. Gerry Mento, Wi Wharekura, and Noel Kingi were members of which

famous NZ musical quartet? [The Howard Morrison Quartet]

2. What rock star Jimi Hendrix’s home city?

[Seattle]

3. Australian Baz Lurhmann is a prominent what?

[Film Director]

4. Hadyn Jones is Journalist on which TV2 NZ Current Affairs show?

[20/

20]

5. Which Hip Hop has recently announced plans to move to Sydney from

America?

[Andre 3000 / Andre Benjamin]

6. Name any two of the three judges on TV 3s shockingly bad “Sing like a

superstar”?

[Gandalf, Renee Brenan, and Pauline Gillespie]

7. What 1995 film about a music store starred Anthony Lapaglia, Renee

Zellwegger, and Liv Tyler?

[Empire Records]

8. Who is the creator of TV3 and C4’s “The Family Guy”?

[Seth McFarlane]

9. What grifter/con comedy drama screens on TV 1 at 9:30 on Tuesdays?

[Hustle]

10. In 2002 an actress was nominated for an academy award for both best

actress and best supporting actress, neither of which she won. Who was

it?

a. Nicole Kidman

b. Renee Zellwegger

c. Julianne Moore

[c. Julianne Moore]

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. Entertainment

1. Which TV theme song contains the line “on the playground is where I spent most of my days”?

[Fresh Prince of Belair]

2. In the movie Viva Las Vegas! What was Elvis Presley’s occupation?

a. Mechanic

b. Racing Driver

c. Casino card dealer

[b. Racing Driver]

3. What does the T stand for in Star Treks Enterprise captain James T Kirk?

[Tiberius]

4German composer Richard Strauss’s tone poem Also Zprach Zarathustra provided the opening

.

music for which famous film?

a .2001: A Space Odyssey

b .Halloween

c .Mission impossible

4. NZ pop band Betchadupa includes the son of which famous musician?

[Neil Finn]

5. What was the twist in 2003 shocking Sky 1 reality show "There's something about Miriam"?

[Miriam is a trans-sexual]

6. In which 1989 TV movie and subsequent TV series was scientist Sam Beckett trapped in time?

[Quantum Leap]

7. Former Always Greener star Michala Banas plays Kate Manfredi in the cast of which Aussie drama

series?

[McLeod’s Daughters]

8. Who plays the part of Denny Crane in TV 3’s excellent law comedy drama Boston Legal?

[William Shatner]

1 0 The title of the Johan Strauss opera Die Fliedermaus refers to which sort of creature?

.

[the bat]