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Entertainment Quiz #545

Film, Arts, Music & Entertainment Quiz for 27 June 2019

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Q1. Who composed the score for the 1948 UK film "Scott of the Antarctic"?

A
Ralph Fiennes
B
Edward Elgar
C
Edvard Grieg
D
Ralph Vaughan Williams
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Q2. What crime did Truman Capote research and write about in his true crime novel "In Cold Blood" (1966)?

A
The 1956 José León Suárez massacre by the police
B
Murders by the Charles Manson "family"
C
The murder of the Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas, USA
D
Police shootings in a black artists' community in New York
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Q3. What is a link between the films "The Thomas Crown Affair" (1968), "The Way We Were" (1973), "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" (1982), "Yentl" (1983) and the television series "The Sandy Duncan Show" (1972)?

A
Director Norman Jewison
B
Composer and pianist Michel Le Grand
C
Singer, director and actor Barbra Streisand
D
Lyricists and songwriters Alan and Marilyn Bergman
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Q4. Which UK TV show frequently labels its guests "bantermeisters"?

A
QI
B
The Jonathan Ross Show
C
Eggheads
D
8 Out of 10 Cats
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Q5. Which American TV sitcom series, originally airing from 1984 to 1992 and set in Brooklyn, New York, USA, spent all eight of its seasons in the top 20 in the Nielsen ratings?

A
In Living Color
B
The Fresh Prince of Bel Air
C
The Cosby Show
D
All in the Family
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Q6. What does the company Faber and Faber Ltd do?

A
Dig ditches
B
Publish books
C
Run beauty contests
D
Stage mediaeval jousts
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Q7. Where was most of the film "The Last Samurai" (2003) filmed?

Note: This question was updated in May 2023
A
The Czech Republic
B
Horai Valley, Hyogo, Japan
C
Shirakami Mountains and Yakushima Island, Japan
D
Taranaki, New Zealand
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