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Entertainment Quiz #558

Film, Arts, Music & Entertainment Quiz for 26 September 2019

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Q1. Which 1981 British film featured actor Ben Cross, screenplay by Colin Welland, a score by Vangelis and a celebration of part of British sporting history?

A
This Sporting Life
B
Chariots of Fire
C
Hoosiers
D
Weekend of a Champion
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Q2. One of the central characters in the US TV series "The Big Bang Theory" is overwhelmed when he is given a napkin signed and used by whom?

A
William Shatner
B
Stephen Hawking
C
Brian Cox
D
Leonard Nimoy
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Q3. What was the first film in which child star Shirley Temple featured?

A
Bright Eyes (1934)
B
The Red-Haired Alibi (1932)
C
The Little Colonel (1935)
D
Curly Top (1935)
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Q4. Which satirical US TV police sitcom (1986-88), although short-lived, made the ironic and baseless phrase "Trust me, I know what I'm doing" popular?

A
Rizzoli & Isles
B
Sledge Hammer!
C
Hill St Blues
D
Monk
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Q5. American singer Alison Mosshart and English guitarist Jamie Hince are what indie rock band?

A
Arctic Monkeys
B
Pixies
C
The Kills
D
Bloc Party
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Q6. Carl Orff's 1936 cantata "Carmina Burana" ("Songs from Benediktbeuern") was inspired by a 19th century translation of poetic and dramatic texts on what subject?

A
Monastic life
B
Fleeting life, the pleasures and dangers of drinking, sexual attraction, gambling and similar
C
Winemaking
D
The torments of Hell
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Q7. Where was the American werewolf in the title of the 1981 horror film starring David Naughton, Griffin Dunne and Jenny Agutter?

A
Dire straits
B
London
C
Trouble
D
Over the back fence
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