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Entertainment Quiz #923

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Q1. In July 1966 the Musicians' Union banned miming on the UK TV programme "Top of the Pops", but as some bands' attempts to play were inadequate, a specially recorded backing track was permitted as long as … what?

A
All musicians on the track were simultaneously playing in a back room
B
It was not the same backing track as used on the record itself
C
The backing track was recorded on a different day from the recording on sale
D
All musicians on the track were present in the TV studio
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Q2. Escamillo, a bullfighter, is a character in which opera?

A
Carmen
B
The Barber of Seville
C
Don Giovanni
D
The Magic Flute
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Q3. Which of these fictional detectives smokes a pipe?

A
Hercule Poirot
B
Inspector Morse
C
Miss Marple
D
Inspector Maigret
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Q4. Which painters aim to convey a state of mind rather than create a realistic representation, such as El Greco, Bosch, Goya, Grünewald and Munch?

A
Expressionist
B
Impressionist
C
Cubist
D
Pre-Raphaelite
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Q5. What is the title of Geri Halliwell's 1999 autobiography?

A
And Then There Was One
B
If Only
C
Pretentious? Moi?
D
So What!
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Q6. The TV series "The Bletchley Circle" (2012-2014) centres on four women reuniting shortly after the end of the Second World War to use their, no longer recognised, skills honed in what field during the war?

A
Nursing
B
Driving tractors
C
Making bomb parts
D
Code-breaking
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Q7. Which of these is a film production company formed in 1935?

A
18th Century Boll-weevil
B
21st Century Squirrel
C
19th Century Badger
D
20th Century Fox
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