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Film, Arts, Music & Entertainment Quiz for 17 December 2009

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1

At the end of the film "The Bridge On The River Kwai", who blew up the bridge?

A
Major Warden (played by Jack Hawkins)
B
Colonel Nicholson (played by Alec Guiness)
C
Colonel Saito (played by Sessue Hayakawa)
D
The US Navy sailor (played by William Holden)
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2

The film "Jaws" was set in which town?

A
Amity, Long Island, USA
B
Kingston, Jamaica
C
Miami, Florida
D
New York, New York
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3

Which of these is a surrealist painter known for paintings that include melted watches and other deformed items?

A
Gainsborough
B
Dali
C
Van Gogh
D
Reubens
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4

Which of these was a TV series starring Dylan Moran?

A
Black and Tan
B
Black Bottom
C
Black Night
D
Black Books
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5

In a TV series, who lived in the town of Bedrock?

A
The Flintstones
B
The Addams Family
C
The Cunninghams
D
The Munsters
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6

Which song by Irving Berlin was introduced by Bing Crosby in the 1942 musical "Holiday Inn", which he sings in a duet with Marjorie Reynolds?

A
Yellow Passover
B
Blue Easter
C
Black Thanksgiving
D
White Christmas
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7

Laurence Olivier directed and starred in a 1944 film, which began in the Globe Theatre and then gradually shifted to a realistic evocation of the Battle of Agincourt, which was adapted from which one of Shakespeare's plays?

A
Victoria
B
Frederick II
C
Henry V
D
Maximillian
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