Entertainment Quiz #290
Film, Arts, Music & Entertainment Quiz for 7 August 2014
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Q1.
Life on Mars, the popular UK TV series from BBC Wales 2006-7, with UK sequel and spin-offs in the USA, Spain and Russia, was earlier declined by the BBC for what reason?
A
"There are too many sci-fi and psycho dramas on the books"
C
"It's going to be silly"
D
Political disagreements with the show's creators
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Q2.
When was the Royal Variety Show first televised in the UK?
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Q3.
What was the US TV series 1992-3 featuring a ninja-trained former Special Forces agent who retires to Hawaii and uses his skills both to help those in need and to search for his long-lost son?
D
Mortal Kombat: Konquest
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Q4.
Who has the line "Is this a dagger which I see before me" in a Shakespearean play?
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Q5.
What do the initials in the UK TV show "QI" represent?
C
Quotient of intelligence
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Q6.
Which category best describes a piano?
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Q7.
When the UK version of the biographical documentary "This Is Your Life" TV series aired who was the first presenter?
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