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Entertainment Quiz #404

Film, Arts, Music & Entertainment Quiz for 13 October 2016

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Q1. In July 1966 the Musicians' Union banned miming on the UK TV programme "Top of the Pops", but as some bands' attempts to play were inadequate, a specially recorded backing track was permitted as long as … what?

A
All musicians on the track were simultaneously playing in a back room
B
It was not the same backing track as used on the record itself
C
The backing track was recorded on a different day from the recording on sale
D
All musicians on the track were present in the TV studio
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Q2. What was the name of the ship captained by Nemo in "20,000 Leagues Under The Sea"?

A
Pequod
B
Nautilus
C
Enterprise
D
Hispaniola
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Q3. The biography by Sir Ranulph Fiennes published in 2003 was about which Captain?

A
Blood
B
Cook
C
Scott
D
Bligh
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Q4. Which ragtime pianist, between 1894 and 1915, composed tunes such as "The Entertainer" that became popular in 1973 after being included in the film "The Sting"?

A
Clifford Jordan
B
Scott Joplin
C
Jelly Roll Morton
D
Duke Ellington
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Q5. What actor co-created and portrays the fictional character Alan Partridge?

A
Eddie Izzard
B
Rowan Atkinson
C
Steve Coogan
D
Paul Merton
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Q6. Which country did Peder Balke, intensely dramatic landscape painter, pioneer of Modernism in his country, activist for social justice, and great-great-grandfather of jazz musicians Jon and Erik Balke, paint?

A
Norway
B
Belgium
C
The Netherlands
D
Czechoslovakia
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Q7. For what UK show was the fictional character Alan Partridge created?

A
Knowing Me, Knowing You
B
On The Hour
C
Alpha Papa
D
The Day Today
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