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151.
  Cheerleading on TV and Movies    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Cheerleaders on TV and in movies are usually the beautiful, popular girls that date the football players. TV shows and movies have shown many cheerleaders, so how much do you know about them?
Tough, 10 Qns, cheerbelle, Feb 03 15
Tough
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152.
  Personifications Of Death    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Death is often written about as a person or creature, rather than an event. Here are some examples from movies, television, and literature.
Difficult, 10 Qns, robert362, Jul 22 07
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153.
  Story-Telling Techniques    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Here's a look at some different techniques that novels, plays and movies use to tell stories.
Difficult, 10 Qns, robert362, Feb 03 15
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154.
  Amnesia    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The most common medical or psychological ailment in TV and movies has to be amnesia.
Difficult, 10 Qns, robert362, Dec 02 04
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155.
  Which One Doesn't Belong    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
In each question, three of the choices have one key word in common. For example, in "Hogan's Heroes" and "Bosom Buddies" the common word is "Dixon": Ivan Dixon and Donna Dixon acted in the two shows, respectively.
Very Difficult, 10 Qns, robert362, Dec 13 04
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156.
  "Flowers For Algernon" in Pop Culture    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
You might know the popular novel "Flowers for Algernon", but do you know that the concept of this novel was often spoofed or mentioned in other books, television shows, and music. Go ahead, give this quiz a try! Good luck!
Very Difficult, 10 Qns, AlchemyGirl, Feb 03 15
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AlchemyGirl
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157.
  My Top 10 Michaels    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
I made a list cataloging my top 10 Michaels. A few of them are fictional, but most of them are real live people who have somewhat made a name for themselves. I will give you the description and you give me their last names. Good luck!
Very Difficult, 10 Qns, Jacifan, Jul 22 07
Very Difficult
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trivia question Quick Question
What former male doctor had a sex change operation and returned to play professional tennis as a woman?

From Quiz "Men In Skirts"




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Entertainment: Something in Common Trivia Questions
151. Oh Courtney Cox, excuse me, Courteney Cox Arquette. Couldn't forget the dork you're married to. We could care less about your cooking but what we would like to know is, who was that hunk you danced with from the E Street Band one time?

From Quiz Fed up with "Friends" Quizzes?

Answer: Bruce Springsteen & Springsteen

Bruce, known as "The Boss," sang the song "Dancing In The Dark" in his music video in 1984. Little Miss Monica was a nobody until somebody pulled her up on stage. No one knew about her horrible cooking. Ah, poor little Monica. Actually, Monica is my 1st favorite "Friend."

152. Which science-fiction writer created the 'Three Laws of Robotics'?

From Quiz Rundown on Robots

Answer: Isaac Asimov

These laws first appeared in Asimov's 1940 short story "Runaround." The laws are: (First Law) A robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. (2nd law) A robot must obey orders given it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. (3rd law) A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

153. In "Treasure Island," what was the name of the former pirate who had been marooned on the island for three years?

From Quiz Marooned!

Answer: Ben Gunn

"Ben Gunn," he answered, and his voice sounded hoarse and awkward, like a rusty lock. "I'm poor Ben Gunn, I am; and I haven't spoke with a Christian these three years." - From "Treasure Island" by Robert Louis Stephenson.

154. What former high-ranking government official was rumored to like women's clothes?

From Quiz Men In Skirts

Answer: J. Edgar Hoover

Supposedly it is true. I know it is not entertainment, but I find Hoover to be a very entertaining character.

155. "ER": This actress played a pregnant woman that Nurse Hathaway tries to help.

From Quiz What Else Have "The Goonies" Done?

Answer: Martha Plimpton & Plimpton

Her character in the show, Meg, gets busted by Nurse Hathaway after she finds out Meg is a drug-addict.

156. Which song contains the lyric "The Jester stole his thorny crown"?

From Quiz Jesters in Entertainment

Answer: American Pie

The lyric is from Don McLean's 1971 hit "American Pie" which topped the charts at number 1 for four weeks. The song was inspired by the death of Buddy Holly.

157. David Keith played a member of the Naval Flight School in "An Officer and a Gentleman." David signed up for the Navy again in 2001, in this movie starring Owen Wilson.

From Quiz Similar Roles

Answer: Behind Enemy Lines

David played Master Chief Rodway.

158. The most famous compulsion in literature may be a "hand-washing compulsion". With what play by Shakespeare is it associated?

From Quiz Famous Hang-ups

Answer: Macbeth

Lady Macbeth -trying futilely to wash away the blood and guilt.

159. "In a week, maybe two, they'll make you a star ..." Who sang the song?

From Quiz Dreams of Stardom

Answer: Dionne Warwick

"Do You Know the Way to San Jose?" Bacharach and David. Good lyric.

160. Who had a hit with a song that observed that "you don't know what you've got till it's gone"?

From Quiz Wistful and Nostalgic

Answer: Joni Mitchell

"Big Yellow Taxi". "Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you've got till it's gone". How very, very true.

161. "Death Be Not Proud" also characterizes death as a living entity. Who wrote these words?

From Quiz Personifications Of Death

Answer: John Donne

Immortal words that have literally lived through the centuries. (See the next question.)

162. "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" is Mark Twain's tale of a man who goes back in time. What event (which he uses to his advantage) occurs while he is there?

From Quiz Time Travel

Answer: Eclipse

Bing Crosby, Rhonda Fleming and William Bendix in the movie version. "I will blot out the sun ..."

163. Who is the subject of Stone's "Lust for Life"?

From Quiz Blending Fact and Fiction

Answer: Vincent Van Gogh

Kirk Douglas as Van Gogh; Anthony Quinn as his friend, Gauguin.

164. 1966 hit by the Hollies or a Marilyn Monroe movie?

From Quiz Movie and Music Titles

Answer: Bus Stop

The Hollies "Bus Stop" peaked at number five in 1966. Marilyn Monroe and Don Murray star in the 1956 film about a young rodeo cowboy and a cafe singer. The other three answers are all movies that also featured Marilyn Monroe.

165. Another reason for the allure of Tahiti in escapist fantasies may be the story of "Mutiny on the Bounty". What was the name of Fletcher Christian's girlfriend?

From Quiz Escapism

Answer: Maimiti

It had to be better than being a mistreated sailor with a tyrannical captain.

166. This novel is distinctive for its use of two narrators: one narrates the first part and a second narrator takes over midway through the novel.

From Quiz Story-Telling Techniques

Answer: The Collector

Very unusual technique used by John Fowles. The first narrator is the predator; the second narrator is the victim. Interesting.

167. In 'Mirage' this actor struggles to re-discover his identity.

From Quiz Amnesia

Answer: Gregory Peck

With Walter Matthau (as a detective) and Diane Baker.

168. At least two men briefly voiced the part of the masked hero before this young actor took over the role until his tragic death in an auto accident. He was -

From Quiz The Lone Ranger

Answer: Earl Graser

Earl Graser labored in virtual obscurity from 1933 until April 8th, 1941, when he fell asleep at the wheel of his car and was killed instantly. He was short and unimposing, so another man, larger and a good horseman, was used in personal appearances wearing the Lone Ranger costume. Only those closest to him knew Earl Graser was the voice of the famous masked rider.

169. Not really true vampires, this clan managed to make themselves so by way of an ancient mystical ritual. Which clan is it?

From Quiz 'Vampire: The Masquerade': The Quiz

Answer: Tremere

The wizards of the vampire world and generally disliked by the rest of the clans.

170. 'A Summer _____' Sloan Wilson novel (also movie).

From Quiz Summer Entertainment

Answer: Place

The 1959 movie version was a box office hit. Best remembered for its award winning theme music.

171. In "Knock at the Cabin," Wen has two dads. Daddy Eric should look familiar to fans of musical theatre. In which show broadcast on Disney+ might you have seen him?

From Quiz One Degree of "Knock at the Cabin"

Answer: Hamilton

Jonathan Groff was nominated for a Tony award for his portrayal of King George in "Hamilton". He also appeared in the TV series "Mindhunter".

172. Dan Aykroyd starred as a widowed Episcopal priest in this TV series that ran from 1997 to 1998, and C. Thomas Howell co-starred with Rae Dawn Chong and James Earl Jones what movie with the same title?

From Quiz Unrelated Movies & TV Shows With Same Title [5]

Answer: Soul Man

As Reverend Mike Weber ex-"Saturday Night Live" cast member and Blues Brother Dan Aykroyd's character had to rein in his four children while also shepherding the difficult parishioners of his church in Royal Oak, Michigan. Comedian Anthony Clark plays the new curate who learns the ropes from Weber. The show aired on ABC-TV. In the 1986 film "Soul Man", Howell plays Mark Watson a teen who dreams of attending Harvard and poses as a young black man to get a scholarship. Ralph Macchio was apparently first offered the role but turned it down.

173. Complete this line from "It's a Wonderful Life": "Teacher says every time a bell rings," what?

From Quiz Christmas Viewings I Like

Answer: "An angel gets its wings."

"It's a Wonderful Life", starring James Stewart and Donna Reed, came out in 1946. George Bailey (Stewart) is having financial problems and is afraid he will be going to jail. He decides he should never have been born. Clarence (Henry Travers) is a wingless guardian angel trying to earn his wings by helping George see what his life would be like if he had never been born. When George realizes it is good, he is born. George returns home to find that the entire town has gotten together and donated money to help him. His brother Harry (Todd Karen's) declares that his brother is "the richest man in town." As everyone is singing "Auld Lang Syne", a bell on a tree rings, and George and Mary's (Reed) daughter Zuzu (Karolyn Grimes) says, "Teacher says, every time a bell rings an angel gets its wings."

174. Basil Rathbone, arguably the best remembered actor to play Holmes, was born in what country?

From Quiz Sherlock Holmes in Movies and Television

Answer: South Africa

Philip St John Basil Rathbone was born on 13 June 1892 in Johannesburg, South Africa.

175. In the 1987 comedy 'Spaceballs' which character proclaimed "It's my industrial-strength hair dryer and I can't live without it"?

From Quiz The History of Hair Dryers

Answer: Princess Vespa

'Spaceballs' was a comedy spoof of the 'Star Wars' franchise and the basic plot revolved around attempts to capture Princess Vespa of the planet Druidia. Vespa's father, King Roland, was trying to find her after she escaped the planet in in order to avoid being forced to marry the narcoleptic Prince Valium, while the leader of the planet Spaceball wanted to kidnap her as part of a plot to use a giant vacuum cleaner to steal all of Druidia's air. The hair dryer featured after Vespa (based on Princess Leia) and her friends had been tracked down by a mercenary named Lone Starr (a Han Solo/Luke Skywalker cross). The group crash-landed on a desert moon and set off in search of help - weighed down by a full set of luggage. Lone Starr opened up one of the cases to reveal a massive hair dryer labelled "hot air" and challenged Vespa as to why she thought it was an essential item to carry across the hot and sandy landscape... she replied with "It's my industrial-strength hair dryer and I can't live without it".

176. What 1999 movie about a possessed hand stars Seth Green of "Robot Chicken" and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" fame?

From Quiz Disembodied Hands in Film and TV

Answer: Idle Hands

Seth plays the character Mick, who dies with a beer bottle stuck in his head. The film was a critical and commercial failure, grossing a little over $4 million from an estimated $25 million budget.

177. In the animated TV special "A Garfield Christmas", what was the Christmas present that Odie gave to Garfield?

From Quiz Favorite Christmas Movies and TV Specials

Answer: A homemade backscratcher

Jon takes Garfield and Odie back to his childhood home on the farm. There we meet Jon's mom, dad and grandmother plus Jon's brother Doc Boy. While there Odie uses his imagination to make Garfield's gift from a miniature hand rake, plunger handle, a piece of wood and some wire. This heartwarming holiday special first aired on CBS in December 1987.

178. Two British stars, known as the quintessential Count Dracula and Dr. Frankenstein in films from the 60s, both played Sherlock Holmes during the same period. Who were they?

From Quiz Who's Played Sherlock Holmes?

Answer: Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing

Hammer Studios became known as the home of horror in the '60s and Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing were their biggest stars. Both appeared in one of the earliest Hammer productions, 'The Hound of the Baskervilles' (1959), Cushing as Holmes and Lee as Sir Henry Baskerville. Two years later Lee got to play Holmes in a German/French film 'Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace' and in two television movies early in the '90s. From 1965 to 1968, Peter Cushing starred in the BBC series 'Sherlock Holmes', a critically-acclaimed production based on the original Conan Doyle stories.

179. The role of Darcy is more famously associated with Colin Firth's 1995 performance, but in 1952 Peter Cushing played the part in an earlier BBC TV serialisation (now believed lost). In which novel did Darcy capture Elizabeth Bennet's affections?

From Quiz Peter Cushing: "Laurel & Hardy" to "Star Wars"

Answer: Pride and Prejudice

While "Pride and Prejudice" was written by Jane Austen, the incorrect answers are all Charles Dickens stories. Following the success of "Pride and Prejudice", Peter Cushing did more TV work, gaining real acclaim for his role as Winston Smith in a dramatisation of George Orwell's "1984", though his portrayal of Winston Smith's unpleasant death in Room 101 also generated over a thousand complaints, and clearly attracted the attention of Hammer Films. Not long after, they signed Peter Cushing up to act in their horror films.

180. Which TV toolman stars in "The Santa Clause" trilogy of holiday movies?

From Quiz Phoenix Rising's Christmas Favorites

Answer: Tim Allen

Tim Allen stars in the trilogy as Scott Calvin, a toy company executive who becomes Santa Claus by accident. In "The Santa Clause" (1994) Scott is a divorced father who accidentally kills Santa one Christmas Eve. He inadvertently becomes the new Santa as a result. In "The Santa Clause 2" (2002) Scott must find a woman to become Mrs. Claus. In "The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause" (2006) Scott battles Jack Frost (Martin Short) to see who will be Santa Claus. Allen became famous playing Tim "The Toolman" Taylor on the TV series "Home Improvement" (1991-1999). This question was created by Phoenix Rising member tazman6619.

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