Entertainment Quiz #595
Film, Arts, Music & Entertainment Quiz for 11 June 2020
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Q1.
In what English city is the TV series "Endeavour" (first screened in 2013) set?
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2
Q2.
Sir Winston Churchill as well as being a soldier and politician was a prolific writer. Much of his writing was in the non-fiction genre, military, social and political history and analysis; which was his only full-length published novel?
B
London to Ladysmith via Pretoria
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3
Q3.
Horseshoe arches, or keyhole arches, are particularly characteristic of what kind of architecture?
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4
Q4.
Rowan Atkinson created which character that first appeared on British TV in 1990?
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5
Q5.
Which series, starring at various times Martin Shaw, Tim McInnerny and Kierston Wareing, centres on a veteran of British operations in Afghanistan?
B
Strike (C.B.Strike in Canada and the USA) (first screened in 2017)
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6
Q6.
What real life matter did Lucy Prebble's play, "A Very Expensive Poison" (2019), deal with?
A
The murder in the UK of Alexander Litvinenko
B
The suspected poisoning of Emperor Claudius
C
Cantarella, the poison said to have been used by the Borgias
D
Mercury, at one time used to cure syphilis
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Q7.
Which of these was a film starring Tom Hanks about the war between the Mujahideen in Afghanistan and the USSR?
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