Entertainment Quiz #594
Film, Arts, Music & Entertainment Quiz for 4 June 2020
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Q1.
Which 1945 film about the Italian Resistance Movement, made in the last months of World War II to a script by Roberto Rossellini, Sergio Amidei and Frederico Fellini, was virtually unnoticed in Italy but caused a stir when smuggled to New York and London?
Note: This question was updated in September 2022
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Q2.
Which subscription streaming service offers film from National Geographic?
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Q3.
Which of these was the last to win an Academy Award for Best Picture?
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Q4.
What enabled the introduction of quiz shows to American television in the 1950s?
A
Wealthy sponsor Hazel Bishop, Inc, underwrote five new TV quizzes
B
They were ruled not to be a form of gambling
C
Finance for producing TV drama was severely reduced
D
British TV introduced them
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Q5.
Who composed the music of "Dido and Aeneas", first performed around 1688?
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Q6.
In which 1973 film does rich Hindu eighteen year old Raja fall for and elope with the sixteen year old granddaughter of his Goan-Catholic governess?
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Q7.
Among the many works of 19th century British poet and playwright Robert Browning, was ...?
B
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
D
The Charge of the Light Brigade
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