Entertainment Quiz #509
Film, Arts, Music & Entertainment Quiz for 18 October 2018
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Q1.
According to the tagline for a film musical starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, what "is the word"?
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Q2.
Edgar Wright, writer/director of the 2017 US/UK film "Baby Driver", drew initial inspiration for the film from which music, which also provided the backdrop to the film's opening scene?
A
"Start a Fire" by John Legend, Hurwitz, Marius de Vries and Angelique Cinelu
B
"Another Little Drink Wouldn't Do Us Any Harm" by Clifford Grey and Nat Ayer
C
"A Million Dreams" by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
D
"Bellbottoms" by the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
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Q3.
Which British musical, based on a TV show and noted for its profanity, irreverent treatment of Judeo-Christian themes and surreal images such as tap-dancing Ku Klux Klan members, ran for 609 performances in London to February 2005 winning 4 Laurence Olivier Awards, and made its New York City debut in January 2008 at Carnegie Hall, starring Harvey Keitel?
B
Jerry Springer: The Opera
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Q4.
What was the setting for the 1998 film starring Gwyneth Paltrow and John Hannah, "Sliding Doors"?
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Q5.
Which of these is a character created by Charlie Chaplin, and played by him in films from 1914?
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Q6.
The 2018 Netflix release "Love Per Square Foot" was filmed in what language?
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Q7.
Which British sculptor and artist of the 20th century, whose work was said to “exemplify Modernism”, was made a Dame in 1965 and died aged 72 in a fire in her studio at St Ives, Cornwall, in 1975?
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