Entertainment Quiz #893
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Q1. What nationality was the band Trio which launched the hit song "Da Da Da" in 1981?
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Q2. The actor who plays police sergeant, then manager of the post office and eventually publican, Oscar Blaketon in the UK TV series "Heartbeat" was formerly well-known in which role?
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Q3. What fictional ship, with black hull and sails, was originally named "Wicked Wench"?
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Q4. When was the waltz "After the Ball" written?
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Q5. What US television series (the format for which is now syndicated world-wide) involves a chief executive spending time as a trainee in his or her own firm?
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Q6. In early 1991, regular programming on BBC1 (and BBC Radio 4) was suspended to provide live coverage and discussion of what?
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Q7. What 1936 film sets out a future to 2036, predicting World War II from 23 December 1940, bombing raids on cities, a plague ("wandering sickness") in 1966, and a civilization based in Basra, Iraq, that renounced war and outlawed independent nation-states?
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