Entertainment Quiz #32
Film, Arts, Music & Entertainment Quiz for 27 August 2009
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Q1.
What name was given to a group of painters who first exhibited at the Salon d'Automne in Paris in 1905, including Matisse, Braque, Derain, van Dongen and Dufy, who presented bold forms, brilliant colours and clearly defined patterns?
Note: This question was updated in December 2016
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Q2.
The opening sequence of the film "Airplane" (also entitled "Flying High") is a parody of which film?
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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
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Q3.
Which British music chart television programme was originally broadcast weekly from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006?
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Q4.
After he had directed "Australia", Baz Luhrmann's next project was a film based on which book by F Scott Fitzgerald?
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Q5.
By what name is Paul David Hewson (born 10 May 1960 in Glasnevin, Dublin, Ireland) better known?
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Q6.
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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Q7.
In 2009, Heath Ledger was the second person to win a Best Actor Oscar posthumously. Who was the first?
Note: This question was updated in June 2017
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