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Entertainment Quiz #219

Film, Arts, Music & Entertainment Quiz for 28 March 2013

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Q1. Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner starred in what TV series, first broadcast from 1966 to 1969?

A
Star Trek
B
Blakes 7
C
Red Dwarf
D
Star Wars
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Q2. In 1985 Stevie Wonder won an Oscar for the song "I Just Called to Say I Love You"; shortly afterwards it was banned by the South African Broadcasting Corporation. What was the reason?

A
Broadcasts were suspected of including code messages for the ANC
B
He dedicated the Oscar to Nelson Mandela
C
The acrostic of one of the verses was deemed to be offensive in South Africa
D
He was suspected by the South African government of supporting the guerilla cause
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Q3. Which film is the story of Willie Stark (played by Broderick Crawford) who starts with well meaning ambition to enter politics, is corrupted by power on his way to becoming a US state governor, and is assassinated?

A
The Struggle
B
The Grapes Of Wrath
C
Mr Deeds Goes To Washington
D
All The King's Men
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Q4. When did Channel Four and the Welsh language channel SC4 first broadcast in the UK?

A
December 2002
B
January 1955
C
June 1992
D
November 1982
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Q5. "April is in my mistress' face, And July in her eyes hath place" are the first two lines of what popular work in Britain?

A
Dialogue by Fontenelle
B
Cantata by Purcell
C
Madrigal by Morley
D
Opera by Gluck
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Q6. What type of art would you be making if you glued macaroni onto a surface?

A
Topiary
B
Macramé
C
Cloisonné
D
Collage
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Q7. In December 2010 Paul McCartney played for charity, to raise money to prevent the closure of which club and live music venue in London?

A
CBGBs
B
Ronnie Scott's
C
The 100 Club
D
The Marquee
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