Film, Arts, Music & Entertainment Quiz for 27 August 2009
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1
What name was given to a group of painters who first exhibited in Paris in 1906, including Matisse, Bracque, Derain, van Dongen and Dufy, who presented bold forms, brilliant colours and clearly defined patterns?
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2
The opening sequence of the film "Airplane" (also entitled "Flying High") is a parody of which film?
A
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
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3
Which British music chart television programme was originally broadcast weekly from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006?
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4
After he had directed "Australia", it was reported that Baz Luhrmann's next project was a film based on which book by F Scott Fitzgerald?
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5
By what name is Paul David Hewson (born 10 May 1960 in Glasnevin, Dublin, Ireland) better known?
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6
What fictional Cincinnati radio station was the setting for a US TV sitcom starring Gary Sandy, Howard Hesseman, Gordon Jump, Loni Anderson, Tim Reid, Jan Smithers, Richard Sanders and Frank Bonner in 1978–1982?
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7
In 2009, Heath Ledger was the second person to win an Oscar posthumously. Who was the first?
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