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91. "We Kiss in the Shadow" is sung by a supporting character in what historical-fiction Rodgers and Hammerstein musical?

From Quiz A Mere Shadow of a Quiz

Answer: The King and I

"The King and I" is based on the memoirs of Anna Leonowens, who served as governess to the children of King Mongkut of Siam (now Thailand). The musical is a romanticized version of her life in Siam and her relationship with the king. "We Kiss in the Shadow" is a love theme for one of the king's wives and the man with whom she truly wishes to spend her life. Anna's protectiveness toward the girl drives the story forward in that it intensifies the king's respect for the governess and her influence over him.

From Quiz I'm Not Buying It

Answer: Lady Gaga

The video for "Telephone" included offerings such as Virgin Mobile, Diet Coke, Polaroid, Miracle Whip and even the Plenty of Fish dating site. Meanwhile, "Bad Romance" was glammed up with White Safari Carrera sunglasses, a Burberry trench coat, Heartbeats earphones and... a Nintendo Wii. Lady Gaga eventually drifted from this cynically consumerist focus, taking a more surrealistic and experimental approach in "Artpop" (2013) and then peeling the layers to reveal a more stripped back persona in "Joanne" (2016).

From Quiz Children of the Night

Answer: Gothic Horror

The award is given to the best novel, short story, or biography published in the previous year in the Gothic horror genre. The Dracula Society also gives out the "Hamilton Deane Award" for the best dramatic performance in the Gothic horror or supernatural genre.

From Quiz Long Time No See

Answer: The Dark Tower

There's a long story behind all of this. Stephen King started his "Dark Tower" series in the early 1980s and the tone shifted as wildly as the page count. By the time the fourth book, "Wizard and Glass", released in 1997, he'd gone through a lengthy period of drug addiction. It wasn't until six years later that the fifth, sixth, and seventh books were released in quick succession to round out the series. He would release an eighth (between books 4 and 5) in 2012. Many regarded "The Dark Tower" to be rife for adaptation, but for years and years, directors (J.J. Abrams, Ron Howard, etc.) and lead actors (Javier Bardem, Viggo Mortensen, ETC.) signed on without any result. Ultimately, the first shot at a film would show up in 2017 starring Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey. It was critically-panned.

From Quiz Meat the Family

Answer: Mads Mikkelsen

Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen played Hannibal Lecter in the TV version, which is based on a mixture of Thomas Harris' original novels, and features characters from them; for example, Mason Verger (Michael Pitt), originally from the novel 'Hannibal', appears in the series and is the antagonist in part of the second series. Throughout the series, the relationship between Lecter and the FBI profiler Will Graham (Hugh Dancy), who originally appeared in 'Red Dragon', is explored in detail. The episodes are named after cooking terms, and Hannibal prepares fancy meals with the flesh of his victims, as well as displaying corpses in creative views; for instance, after finding her in his basement, he vertically slices scientist Beverley Katz into pieces and has the slices of her body displayed in glass cases, and puts her kidneys in a pie. (Lawrence Fishburne, incidentally, plays Graham's boss, Jack Crawford.)

From Quiz Shining on Frost

Answer: Resort lodge at the top of the mountain

The Split Rock Club, formed in 1942, included a lodge and the Hazzard ski slope. When sold in 1947 the slope became Big Boulder Ski Area. It was also in in 1956 that John Guresh invented a working snow-making machine. When Jack Frost was designed, the lessons learned from Big Boulder were incorporated from the start.

From Quiz Languages that Never Really Were

Answer: Elvish

The varieties of Elves in Tolkien's fiction speak a variety of languages, many of them descended one from another, as is the case in non- fictional modern languages. Two were particularly highly developed -- Quenya and Sindarin -- permitting the publication of dictionaries. Elvish languages show influences of Finnish, Latin, Greek, Germanic languages, and Welsh.

From Quiz You Make Me Feel Like Dancing

Answer: Strictly Come Dancing

A staple of the Autumn television schedules, 'Strictly Come Dancing' began in 2004, with Natasha Kaplinsky winning the first series with her professional partner, Brendan Cole. Since then, the number of participants and, I will risk saying, the dancing standard have both increased, although some of the celebrities aren't necessarily that well known. Versions of the show are now being shown in many countries, with the incorrect answers all being names of the show in countries other than the UK or USA.

From Quiz Packing a Punch

Answer: One

The star of "One-Punch Man", Saitama is almost too normal in appearance and manner, and he strongly juxtaposes the goings-on of the cities in the manga and anime he's featured in. While the monsters he fights are horrible beasts and, often, unbeatable by most of the heroes he's aligned with, he only needs to make one punch to destroy them...or anything, really. He claims it's a result of his intense training regiment of one hundred push-ups, one hundred sit-ups, one hundred squats, a ten kilometer run, three square meals, and no air conditioning, daily.

From Quiz Demons, Demons, Everywhere

Answer: Sweeney Todd

The story of Sweeney Todd has been told many times, perhaps most notably in Stephen Sondheim's 1979 Broadway hit musical, staring Angela Lansbury as Mrs. Lovett the pie maker, and in Tim Burton's film of the same name in 2007, starring Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter. Todd first appeared as literary character in 1846 in a Victorian penny dreadful, serialized under the unlikely title "String of Pearls: A Romance"! It was immediately turned into a play and a full novel. There have been many rumors that this is based on a true story, though no evidence of a real life Todd exists.

From Quiz Won't Get Fooled Again

Answer: The Three Stooges

The Three Stooges were a unique and iconic American TV and movie act who made a lasting impact on the popular entertainment scene in spite of and because of their low-brow comedic style. In the beginning, The Stooges were assistants to Healy during his comedy routine of singing and joke telling. Their schtick was to act like clueless fools who continually disrupt his act, then get slapped around by him. In this manner, they honed their brand of slapstick physical comedy which proved hugely popular when they escaped Healy and started making their own short films especially the 1930s and 1940s and also into the next two decades. Although there were personnel changes while Shemp pursued a solo career in movies, then after Curly became ill, the basic trio consisted of Moe Howard, Larry Fine and either Shemp or Curly, who in real life were both brothers of Moe (their birth name was Horwitz).

From Quiz Dance Varmint - and Sing!

Answer: The Blues Brothers

John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd were early cast members of "Saturday Night Live". They played two white blues musicians named the Blues Brothers on three occasions for the show in 1976. They then released a record album "Briefcase Full of Blues" in 1978 and made "The Blues Brothers" movie in 1980, a film about two brothers tasked by a nun to earn money to keep open the Chicago orphanage where they grew up. Though they used comedic personas as the brothers, they sang and danced their way through some real blues music with a band of real blues musicians.

From Quiz Magic is Where You Find It

Answer: Practical Magic

Sally Owens (Bullock) and Gillian Owens (Kidman) are witches dealing with a family curse that causes the tragic death of any man that they love. Sally tries to avoid the curse by casting a spell to only allow her to fall in love with an impossibly perfect man. Gillian, however, falls in love with an abusive man, Jimmy, whom Sally accidentally murders, then resurrects him with Gillian's help, only to murder him again when he attacks Gillian. When a policeman investigates Jimmy's death, Sally realizes the policeman is the man that she imagined in her spell. The sisters then have to work to break the curse to allow them to live happy lives.

From Quiz Xanadu and Other Entertainment Starting with X

Answer: Charles Xavier

Stan Lee wrote the first stories (illustrated by Jack Kirby) to the comic series "X-Men", a series that inspired several movies and video games. Charles Xavier is the founder of a school for mutants, where they can learn to control and enhance their special abilities. Xavier hopes that his pupils will integrate in the human world, and use their special forces only if needed. Xavier is one of the best telepaths worldwide. Although confined to a wheelchair, he can fight his foes with mental bolts and psionic blasts. On the other hand, Magneto wants world domination. He feels mutants can only survive when they suppress ordinary humans. Wolverine is one of Xavier's pupils. He has supreme healing powers and uses retractable claws in man-to-man fight. Storm is a female mutant from African descent. She can control weather phenomena. Mystique is a female shape shifter. Her natural appearance is blue-skinned with yellow eyes, but she can portray anyone.

From Quiz Dwayne the Tub, I'm Dwowning!

Answer: Bride of Chucky

In the original "Child's Play" horror film (1988), the Barclay family is terrorized by a doll originally intended as a birthday present for the six-year-old child Andy. The doll, as it turns out, has the soul of a voodoo serial killer nicknamed Chucky trapped inside of it. Not the best choice for a birthday present. After two mysterious murders are blamed on the six-year-old, Mrs. Barclay figures out that the doll is talking--without any batteries plugged in. She eventually manages to kill the doll, by burning it to a crisp and then shooting it in the heart. Except it didn't really die, because then where would all the money for sequels have gone? Fast-forward to "Bride of Chucky", the fourth in the series, actually, and Chucky's former acolyte Tiffany finds herself in a tight situation. The re-animated doll makes use of a fortuitously-placed television set on a cart and pushes it right at Tiffany's bathtub. A sixth film in the franchise made in 2013 had surprisingly strong reviews, considering it was made direct-to-video.

From Quiz Why Not Just Do It Again?

Answer: Walk This Way

First appearing on Aerosmith's third album, "Toys in the Attic", "Walk This Way" was the disc's second single (after "Sweet Emotion") and its highest-charting (at number ten on the Billboard Hot 100). After eleven years, Run DMC, seeking a new hit, approached Aerosmith with an idea to cover the song with a new spin. What resulted was the chorus of "Walk This Way" and new rap verses. It actually charted higher than the original (at number four). The music video and single featured the original band, or at least two members of it.

From Quiz Scheherazade and the Sultan

Answer: Richard Burton

British soldier, scholar and explorer Sir Richard Francis Burton lived from 1821 to 1890. He traveled extensively through Asia, Africa and the Middle East, and picked up more than two dozens languages, including Hindi, Persian and Arabic. His ten-volume "Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night" was published in 1885; he followed it up with a supplement of six volumes, released between 1886 and 1888. These days, his work is sometimes criticized for its fixation on the sexual aspects of the stories (he also published a version of the sexual how-to manual known as the "Kama Sutra").

From Quiz Are Funerals Fun?

Answer: M*A*S*H*

McLean Stevenson played commanding officer Lt. Colonel Blake on the wildly popular sitcom "M*A*S*H*", but though his character was loved by audiences, he didn't want to play second or third banana to Alan Alda and Wayne Rogers' characters, Hawkeye and Trapper John. The show's producers reluctantly accepted Stevenson's resignation and had the writers design his irreversible exit from the show. Lt. Colonel Blake was discharged and on his way back home to the US when his plane was shot down over the Sea of Japan, killing Blake and all others on board. The cast itself did not know about the plot turn until the episode was filmed so that their real emotions were captured. Stevenson later realized the mistake he'd made in leaving "M*A*S*H*", and his career never bounced back. The other shows mentioned were all '70s sitcoms as well.

From Quiz Revenge! Sweet Revenge!

Answer: Stephen Fry

Released in the U.K. as "The Stars' Tennis Balls", the tale follows a privileged teenager who becomes the victim of a jealous classmate's prank and ends up in an asylum for many years. His time spent there warps his personality, and he becomes obsessed with revenge. He later violently exacts his revenge on those responsible for his imprisonment but the change in his personality scares off his former girlfriend, and he retreats back to the island of his previous captivity.

From Quiz Jumping Jehosephats and Tarnation!

Answer: The Thing

Benjamin Grimm (aka The Thing) is a founding member of the "Fantastic Four", a group of astronauts who are given superpowers after being exposed to radiation during a cosmic-ray storm in the Van Allen belts. The character of Ben Grimm was created by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee and first appeared in "Marvel Comics" "The Fantastic Four" in 1961.

From Quiz A Game of Chess: The Rematch

Answer: Patrick McGoohan

The episode was originally shown on British television on 24 November 1967, and featured a chessboard where all the game pieces were people. 'The Prisoner' became cult viewing, involving themes of spy fiction with psychology and science fiction. The series was created by Patrick McGoohan and George Markstein, with the characters not having names nor knowing which of them were prisoners and which were guards. Much of the filming was done at Portmeirion, in Wales, an Italian inspired village created by Sir Clough Williams-Ellis.

From Quiz I Love a Good Mystery!

Answer: Murder in Small Town X

Created as a semi-real mystery, "Murder in Small Town X" literally crafted a mystery from the ground up by setting actors inside a small Maine town (Sunrise, Maine; actually Eastport, Maine in real life) and having ten contestants try to stop a serial killer from striking again. As suspects were narrowed down, contestants were also removed from the game (via a 50% chance vote). After several episodes, Angel Juarbe Jr. won the $250,000 prize in September 2001. Tragically, he passed away during 9/11 in the World Trade Centers.

From Quiz Figures of Speech in TV, Movies and Music

Answer: Knock on Wood

You not only say this phrase, you actually knock lightly on wood as you say it. The song "Knock On Wood" was co-written by Eddie Floyd and Steve Cropper and has been covered many times by several artists.

From Quiz Anyone for Tennis

Answer: Johnny Tarleton

Johnny Tarleton, the owner of the country house in which the play is set, delivers this line which (with some variants) has come to be used to typify both the genre of drawing room comedy and the upper-class stereotypes so often seen there. Johnny, who made his fortune in the underwear business, and his daughter Hypatia are entertaining for the weekend, with invited guests that include her fiance Bentley Summerhays and his father Lord Summerhays (who also proposes to Hypatia). Uninvited guests include Joey Percival, the pilot whose plane crashes into the conservatory at the end of Act 1; his passenger Lina Szczepanowska, a female circus acrobat who attracts all the men like the proverbial moths to a flame; and Gunner, an unhappy cashier who blames Tarleton for ruining everything by having had an affair with Gunner's mother.

From Quiz An English Summer Fete

Answer: 8

It is not known exactly where the origins of 'tug of war' start, but it is known for a fact that the sport was played in ancient China and Egypt. The game is a fun element at English fetes, with rival pubs competing against each other. The 'Tug of War Association' (ToWA) of England takes the game more seriously by organising league tables and championships.

From Quiz When Girls Kiss Girls

Answer: Nip/Tuck

Joely Richardson plays Julie McNamara, a main character on "Nip/Tuck". In the show's fifth season, Julie began dating Olivia Lord, played by Portia de Rossi. De Rossi was reported to be reluctant to take the role, for fear of being typecast as a lesbian. Kelly Carlson and AnnaLynne McCord play Kimber Henry and Eden Lord respectively. Kimber Henry became a successful porn star early in the series, and young Eden Lord is following in her footsteps. Kimber's boyfriend and manager would only allow her to do scenes with women, and one of those women was Eden.

From Quiz The "Eye" of the Entertainment Field

Answer: For Your Eyes Only

The song "For Your Eyes Only" was nominated for an Oscar, but failed to win. The theme song from "Arthur" won that year. This is probably my favorite "James Bond" movie. It was so cute when Lynn-Holly Johnson is putting the moves on James. She's so young and cute, but even James had certain standards. There were so many beautiful sights in this movie also, from Venice, Italy to Cortina d'Ampezzo, where the Olympics were held in 1956.

From Quiz The "Good" Entertainment Quiz

Answer: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

This was the beginning of legend Clint Eastwood. Clint was born in San Francisco, California in 1930. Clint made it to the top in Sergio Leone's stories. Clint also decided to start a singing career in "Paint Your Wagon" in 1969. Clint again tried a new character in the spooky "Play Misty for Me" with Jessica Walter. Clint picked up the line "make my day" from his role of Dirty Harry Callahan. Clint also worked with the ape, Clyde in "Any Which Way You Can" and "Every Which Way But Loose". I know my favorite of Clint's was "Space Cowboys" in 2000. What a great movie!

From Quiz Questions Leading to More Questions

Answer: Martha

In the 1962 Albee play, George constantly sings "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" a play on "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?". The song is something of a running inside joke between George and his wife Martha whose marriage takes a turn for the worse in the play. At the end, George sings the song once more to which Martha replies she is to the title question.

From Quiz Starscream: Ace of the Air

Answer: Waspinator

The "Beast Wars" animated series (1996-1999) was set in the same continuity as the "Generation 1" animated series. In the original G1 cartoon, Starscream had been destroyed by Galvatron which caused his ghost (spark) to drift across space and time. During the season 1 episode of "Beast Wars" entitled "Possession", Starscream's ghost made its way to prehistoric Earth, where he possessed the Predacon Waspinator. Starscream attempted to con his way into taking over the Predacons, but his actions were thwarted by the Maximals as well as the Predacon Blackarachnia, who feigned a partnership with him. Waspinator's body ended up getting blown apart in an explosion and Starscream's ghost was expelled back into space.

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