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Entertainment Quiz #382

Film, Arts, Music & Entertainment Quiz for 12 May 2016

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Q1. Time On Our Hands, which held the record for the highest UK audience for a sitcom episode from 1996 for over ten years, is from which TV series?

A
Only Fools and Horses
B
The Goodies
C
Absolutely Fabulous
D
The Good Life
Select from the options above.
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Q2. After an earlier experiment by AOL's QuantumLink Serial what was the episodic online story (1995-7) which first included paid advertising banners and product placement?

A
ridethespot.com
B
The Spot, or thespot.com
C
Something to be Desired
D
The Strand
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Q3. Where was co-founder of the band which became Crowded House, Neil Finn, born and raised?

Note: This question was updated in June 2023
A
Australia
B
New Zealand
C
UK
D
USA
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Q4. The film, Tess of the Storm Country (1914), was an early highlight in releases by the company, Famous Players in Famous Plays; this company merged with others to form another company now known as what?

A
Paramount Pictures
B
Gaumont Film
C
MGM
D
Universal Studios
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Q5. The rights to which book, begun in 1768 by William Smellie and completed in 1771 and continually revised, were bought by Sears, Roebuck of Chicago, Illinois, USA in 1920?

A
Chambers Dictionary
B
Chambers Encyclopaedia
C
Encyclopaedia Brittanica
D
Pears Cyclopaedia
Select from the options above.
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Q6. Neo, Morpheus and the city of Zion feature in what 1999 film?

A
The Sixth Sense
B
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
C
Eyes Wide Shut
D
The Matrix
Select from the options above.
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Q7. What kind of music does Simon Cowell's group Il Divo perform?

A
Skiffle
B
Gospel
C
Classical crossover
D
Country
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