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Entertainment Quiz #298

Film, Arts, Music & Entertainment Quiz for 2 October 2014

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Q1. Dr Who has been portrayed in the UK TV series of the same name by a number of actors other than those fronting the twelve incarnations in the series to 2014. Which of these was not one of them?

Note: This question was updated in March 2022
A
John Hurt
B
Michael Jayston
C
David Bradley
D
Toby Jones
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Q2. Which US doctor and poet wrote the "Breakfast Table" series, "Over The Teacups" and "Elsie Venner"?

A
Oliver Wendell Holmes
B
William Cullen Bryant
C
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
D
James Russell Lowell
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Q3. Which city is generally accepted as the birthplace of Grunge, a subgenre of alternative rock that emerged during the mid-1980s?

A
Seattle
B
Memphis
C
New Orleans
D
Detroit
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Q4. What was the political background on the day when Ike and Tina Turner and John Lee Hooker were inducted into the USA's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?

A
The UN Security Council voted unanimously to condemn Israel's treatment of the Palestinians
B
USA announced it was starting Operation Desert Storm, the Gulf War
C
Nelson Mandela and Mangosuthu Buthelezi agree to end violence between their political parties
D
Soviet forces attacked Vilnius in an attempt to stop Lithuanian independence
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Q5. When is The Sundance Film Festival, that began in 1978 as the Utah/US Film Festival, held annually?

A
June
B
September
C
March
D
January
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Q6. Which TV comedy series started screening first?

A
Curry and Chips
B
The Benny Hill Show
C
Monty Python's Flying Circus
D
Clangers
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Q7. On 3 June 2010, an episode of which British soap opera, which featured a hostage situation involving guns, was postponed after it was due to air on the same day as a man shot 12 people dead and injured several more in Cumbria, England?

A
Coronation Street
B
EastEnders
C
Emmerdale
D
The Bill
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