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Entertainment Quiz #52

Film, Arts, Music & Entertainment Quiz for 14 January 2010

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Q1. Which American singer who starred in "The New Mickey Mouse Club" from 1993 to 1994 and released her debut album "...Baby One More Time" in 1999 was ranked by Forbes in 2009 as the 13th most powerful celebrity and the 2nd biggest-earning young musician?

A
Vera Lynn
B
Liza Minnelli
C
Annette Funicello
D
Britney Spears
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Q2. What term is used to describe Western European architectural style for the period from the late 10th to the 12th century which was identifiably Medieval and prefigured the Gothic, yet maintained the rounded Roman arch?

A
Pre-roman
B
Romanesque
C
Rococo
D
Doric
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Q3. Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jnr, Peter Lawford, Dean Martin and Joey Bishop were known as what?

A
The Cards
B
The Brat Pack
C
The Rat Pack
D
The Jokers
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Q4. Which British TV series starring John Simm as DCI Sam Tyler and Philip Glenister as DCI Gene Hunt was remade in the USA starring Jason O'Mara and Harvey Keitel?

A
The Office
B
Ashes to Ashes
C
Life On Mars
D
Gene Genie
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Q5. Billie Piper played the travelling companion to the lead role in which TV series that played in Great Britain in 2005?

A
Silent Witness
B
Travels With My Aunt
C
Life On Mars
D
Dr Who
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Q6. Which ballet, with music by Igor Stravinsky and choreography by Vaslav Nijinsky under impresario Serge Diaghilev, caused a riot at its 1913 première in Paris by The Ballets Russes because the music and choreography were considered barbaric and sexual?

A
The Miraculous Mandarin
B
The Rite of Spring
C
Petrushka
D
Jeux
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Q7. Which of these words describes plaster made from 3 or 4 parts sand and 1 part hydraulic lime that can be applied to the walls of buildings?

A
Stucco
B
Enamel
C
Siding
D
Pueblo
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