Entertainment Quiz #234
Film, Arts, Music & Entertainment Quiz for 11 July 2013
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Q1.
Jay Ward and Alex Anderson created which character which first appeared on American TV in 1959?
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Q2.
Which play by Alan Bennett, set in Cutlers' Grammar School, Sheffield, in the early 1980s that follows a group of pupils preparing for examinations, premièred in London in 2004?
C
Hector, Irwin and Lintott
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Q3.
Restoration Drama in Britain in the 1690s differed noticeably from that of the 1670s, one aspect being...?
A
A strong middle-class element
B
Women appeared on stage for the first time
C
The focus shifted to comedy
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Q4.
What British town's pier was referred to in a book title by George Orwell?
Note: This question was updated in June 2022
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Q5.
Homeland, broadcast 2011-12 on US TV , concerned the activities of which law enforcement organisation?
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Q6.
It started as a long-running radio series, became an even longer-running TV series the first episode of which was introduced by John Wayne. Which was it?
C
The Adventures of Philip Marlowe
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Q7.
Which of these groups was the last to have a UK #1 hit single?
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